For anyone who is gearing up for Mardi Gras, costume concerns will be one of the vital things you will need to get sorted. Nobody wants to leave a decision like that to the last minute, so right here we are going to take a look at a couple of ideas that will just get the cogs turning in time for the get together.

The swinging sixties was a time of love, understanding and peace among men (and women), at least that's what the younger generation thought. That kind of attitude of general happiness and tolerance is a wonderful ethic to take to any party and the dress of the day tends to make great fancy dress as well.

We'll take a look at several different ideas below, both for men and women and they may provide a good starting point for your own investigation, if these suggestions are not to your taste.

The Fever 60's Groovy Swinger costume consists of a small multi-coloured cutaway dress, to show off your figure, white belt and matching headband. This is a real eye catcher and teamed with some chunky sixties style boots, the hippie chick style will be complete.

The 60's Flower Power costume is another outstanding ladies fancy dress, with a multi-coloured mini dress with extended flared sleeves and matching multi-coloured headband. Very attractive, feminine and of course directly out of the Sixties!

For the men who want to get hippy - look at the Psychedelic Man fancy dress. This outfit contains purple velour pants, flower power top and a matching headband. Simple to wear and if you add a hippie style wig and glasses throw up a few peace signs, people will assume they have stepped back in time!

It is the perfect accompaniment to either of the female costumes above - you could very easily start your own personal commune!

Do you have some sixties design and style apparel of your own or can you steal some from your parents? In that scenario it's possible you'll just need a handful of necessary accessories to make your transformation to fun loving festival attendee total.

The Hippie kit for guys contains some of the critical ingredients for any self-respecting hippy. A long brown wig, round, John Lennon style glasses, ban the bomb, peace sign medallion and a long red head scarf. Make love, not war...dude!

Hopefully the recommendations we've discussed right here ought to provide you with a great starting point for your own fancy dress costume search. These fancy dress outfits are just a sample of the Sixties style fancy dress that happen to be available - do some research on the net and find something that matches your individual style.

Online fancy dress costume sellers have a fantastic range for you to pick from and remember to add a few accessories to help make you really stand out.