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13 Best Fancy Dress Ideas for Couples

Are you and your friend heading to a festival this summer? Maybe you and your partner have been invited out to a fancy dress party? Or perhaps a colleague has convinced you to pair up with them for fancy dress day at work? Whatever the event, you need an easy couples costume that’s comfortable and iconic. From funny costumes to sexy costumes and everything in between, we’ve got you covered.

Shrek and Fiona

Show the world that true love goes deeper than looks with this Shrek and Fiona couples costume. Whether you’re having a party at the swamp or going on a trip to the kingdom of Far Far Away, your costumes will be instantly recognisable as the knight in shining armour who saved the princess from the dragon-guarded castle. An ogre isn’t an ogre without green skin, so you need to make sure you complete your look with green body paint.

Like the thought of a couples costume inspired by film and tv? Check out our roundup of the 18 best film and tv couples costumes here.

Skeletons

Bring a ghost and ghouls vibe to the party with a skeleton couples costume. Easy, simple, and straight forward but also effective and stylish, you’ll fit right in at a halloween or spooky themed event. Simply slip into the one-piece costumes and add some spooky face paint. Alternatively, you could opt for the dress and suit skeleton couples costume to party in style.

Caveman and Cavewoman

Travel back to a simpler time with a much-loved fancy dress costume that has stood the test of time. This classic caveman and cavewoman couples costume combines funny and sexy to create the perfect matching outfit for your next fancy dress party. Whether you’re wanting a flintstones look or just a wilder stone age look, you can make it happen. Just don’t forget to add a mock caveman club to finish the look.

Clowns

You can entertain everyone at the party with the clown one-piece couples costume or the dress and suit couples costume. Fun, bright, and colourful, these clown costumes have everything a fancy dress outfit needs. Bring laughter and smiles to everyone around you whether your speciality is jokes, magic tricks, illusions, or just amusing everyone with your dance moves.

Mimes

Just because the party is loud, it doesn’t mean you can’t practise some silent theatre. Inspired by the French pantomime character Pierrot, this mime couples costume comes complete with white gloves, black beret, and face paints. Like the famous mime illusion of being trapped in a box, you can tell your story through your movements instead of your words. Don’t want to do the act? Don’t worry, you can wear the fun 1920s mime costume while just being your normal talkative self.

Army

Are you ready for battle…a dance battle? Get ready soldier, you’re needed at party central at 22:00. Simple, stylish, and sexy, in this couples costume you’ll be ready for anything that comes your way. Designed in camouflage print and army green, the only thing you need to add to this army couples costume is some camouflage face paint.

Vampires

Let the fangs grow in and the blood lust come out as you start your eternal life as vampires. These gothic costumes will douse you in mystery, entrancing your victims so you can take a bite. Enjoy dancing the night away at your party, but make sure you’re back at the castle by the time the sun comes up unless you want to see what happens to vampires in the sunlight.

Pirate and Wench

You’ve been searching all across the seven seas, following the treasure map to find the perfect couple's fancy dress outfits. Now you’ve finally found your treasure - this pirate and wench couple's costume. The wench costume comes as a couples costume with either a brown or black pirate costume. Whichever pairing you go for, the pirate look won’t be complete without a plastic sword, an eye patch, and even a hook.

Addams Family

Add a bit of macabre to your fancy dress party with an Addams Family couples costume. Known for their romance, mystery, comedy, and gothic style, Gomez and Morticia Addams are the couple to be. You could even turn this couples costume into a group costume by combining it with Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Cousin Itt.

Mary Poppins

Step into the magical world of Mary Poppins with this classic Mary and Bert couples costume. Whether you’re flying off with your umbrella to a house party across town, or riding a carousel horse to a fancy dress event in the park, your costumes will be practically perfect in every way. All you need to add to make them superclifragilisticexpialidocious is Mary Poppin’s bag and umbrella.

Grease

Have you found the Danny to your Sandy? If so, this couple's costume will go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong. It’s time to step into Rydell High for a night of romance, dancing, and a whole lot of hair gel. Then hopefully at the end of the night you’ll get in your car and fly off into the sunset (or maybe it’ll be sunrise if you’ve been partying all night long).

Abba

The winner takes it all…and you’re a winner with this costume. Transport yourself back to the 70s and channel your inner Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Bjorn, and Benny. The name of the game is to find the perfect couples costume, and whether you choose the white and blue or the white and red costumes, you’ve found it! Now it’s time to hit the dance floor and become the dancing queen.

Egg and Bacon

Has your search for a couple's fancy dress costume got your head fried? We’ve got the costumes to save your bacon. If you and your bestie are big foodies, then this is the couples costume for you. Egg and bacon are by far the best breakfast combo and by wearing this costume, you’ll have the best fancy dress combo at the party.