Bubblicious Fancy Dress Costume

Need a quick to make fancy dress costume? Suitable for ladies and outgoing gentlemen ...
The Bubble Dress
You will need:
* A friend
* 5" width Bubble Wrap (length to be measured to your size but make sure long enough to go around  you twice) You may strike lucky with a Freecycle appeal but self-storage companies e.g. Big Yellow often sell wide widths.
* Gaffer tape or the transparent carpet tape with a weave through it.
* Scissors
* Underwear

To make:  
* You stand still.
* Friend cuts a bodice width from one end.
* Friend gathers the main length round your waist. You hold it tight while friend tapes it into place.
* Friend tapes bodice tight enough to stay in place and then runs around you taping the bodice to the  skirt.
* Any left over bubble wrap can be used as shower proof shawl. If cold,  make fetching wristbands as these insulate your heat pressure points.
N.B. Crystal necklaces not mad enough for festivals ... choose your necklace well. If the party/festival has a specific theme you can dress your neck accordingly  (e.g. bike inner tube would go well with black Doc Martens for a hardcore effect).

You're now ready.

This outfit is particularly recommended for:

NIGHTS OUT where drinks are likely to be spilled all over you either by yourself or others.
FANCY DRESS STREET PARTIES (when rain threatens)
FESTIVALS (as above) and the bubbles attract new friends because everyone wants to have a pop. Your bubbles will keep you warm in the tent at night. The skirt is easily lifted for the toilet even for men using "We can see you" freestanding festival and street urinals.
Your outfit is rainproof and mud tolerant.
The off-the-shoulder option is best worn by both men and women. A skirt alone is not enough to create required fancy dress effect.
Take spare clothes with you or just wear the dress throughout a festival because the only way out is to be cut out. This is fine though, because you will have plenty of air up the skirt and off-the-shoulder is so cooling.


Be prepared to be popular. This is not for the shrinking violet.
And, another time, you may like to have a go at the following skirt/kilt. Enjoy!