Best Hen Do Fancy Dress Ideas
6th Jun 2023
Wedding season is fast approaching and with it comes the season of hen dos. Whether you’re a bride-to-be, a maid of honour, or a hen do guest, you’re in for an amazing time. From classic naughty costumes to funny and sweet costume ideas, these fancy dress themes will create a night full of fun and laughs that nobody will forget.
Film/TV Inspired
Grease
What better way to show off your friendship on your hen do than with this iconic look from the movie classic Grease. Pull on a Pink Ladies jacket and hit the town. If your hen party is a smaller group of girls, take the costumes to the next level and dress as Sandy (either in the yellow dress, cheerleader outfit, or black costume), Rizzo, or Frenchy. One of you could even go as Cha Cha and have a dance off in the club.
Mean Girls
Does your hen party consist of a group of 4 girls? You’ve got the perfect number to recreate the “plastics” from Mean Girls. You just need to decide who in your group is more of a Regina George, Gretchen Weiners, Karen Smith, and Cady Heron. Leave the Burn Book at home and have the night of your life.
Game of Thrones
Our third (and possibly our favourite) movie/tv inspired hen do group costume comes from Game of Thrones. Let the bride-to-be become the queen she is for the night - the Queen of Dragons. The rest of her hen party can then become her precious dragons for a fiery night of fun.
Cruella de Vil
Like the idea of the bride-to-be as leader of her hens but more of a Disney fan rather than Game of Thrones? This movie inspired group costume dresses the bride as the evil villain Cruella de Vil with her hens as the dalmatian puppies. This gives the hens the option of being sexy dalmatians with a bodysuit and dalmatian kit or funny dalmatians with the dalmatian onesies.
Uniforms
Military
Gather your troops together, pull on the camo print, and get in the team spirit with our range of military uniforms. From khaki military dresses to tops with trousers or skirts, there’s a military outfit for every style of girl in your group. Take the outfit to the next level and complete the look with a bullet belt.
Police
Somebody should call the police because you’re about to steal the night. Take charge and show your girls a good time with these police costumes. Whether you fancy yourself as a police officer, special constable, or FBI agent, make sure you bring your handcuffs in case you need to make any arrests.
Air Hostess
Fasten your seatbelts and take off into the night with your hen do cabin crew. Every bride-to-be deserves a send off to remember. With a range of air hostess costumes to choose from, we hope your hen do avoids turbulence and leaves you on cloud nine.
Nurse
Nurse uniform costumes are always a fun and sexy choice. Our nurse costumes range from smoking hot Fever nurses to more traditional (but still sexy) scrub nurse uniforms, and everything in between. But instead of healing people, you’ll spend the night raising temperatures. Although, you’ll wish you did have magic healing powers when you’re nursing your hangover the next day.
Cheerleader
Give your bestie the send off into marriage that she deserves with a classic cheerleader theme hen party. Gather the girls together, bring the pom-poms and get loud to show your support for the bride-to-be. Our range of cheerleader costumes includes classic red or black outfits as well as sexy Fever cheerleader alternatives.
School Girl
Been friends since school? Let the bride-to-be relive her youth before going into the next stage of life with these school girl costumes. Whether you’re looking for a school girl dress or a skirt and blazer uniform, be the rebellious student and let your hair down for a crazy night with your girls.
Nun
On the outside, your group of girls may look as sweet and innocent as a saintly nun, but on the inside you’re all as naughty as the devil. From classic nuns to sexy nuns (and even zombie nuns if you’re having a horror themed hen do), you better be ready to abandon your commitment to God and all things holy for the night.
Cowgirl
Take a trip to the wild wild west with your cowgirl fancy dress costumes. With cowgirl dresses and sexy rodeo costumes, your girls will think they’ve been transported to the American West for your special night. Don’t forget to add a cowboy hat and some cowboy boots to create the full look.
Other
1920s
Looking for a more sophisticated hen do fancy dress idea? Let out your inner flapper with a 1920’s theme. Our flapper dresses come in a wide range of colours and designs. We recommend the bride-to-be wears a silver or gold flapper dress with her hens in the colour of their bridesmaid dresses, whether that be red, pink, green, or teal. Celebrating a lesbian hen-do? Party in style with the rainbow flapper dresses.
Devil
Is the bride-to-be and her hens looking for a night of devilish fun? Look no further. Whether the whole party wears matching devil bodysuits or dresses, the bride-to-be wears a sparkly devil costume to stand out from the group, or each hen brings her own devilish personality to life in her costume, you have a range of options to choose from with the devil theme. Don’t forget to complete the look with those all important devil horns.
Bunny
Bring out your cute and seductive side with these sexy bunny costumes. Pop on a pair of bunny ears, wiggle your bunny tail, and bounce around on the dance floor with your best girls all night long. You can also upgrade your fancy dress from cute to hot by combining this outfit with a pair of fishnet tights.
Animal Onesies
Not into the sexy costumes? That doesn’t mean you can’t have some fancy dress fun. Ask each hen to dress up as their favourite animal. Prefer to be the same animal? Get the whole hen party to dress up as the bride-to-bes favourite animal and become a tower of giraffes, a parade of elephants, or a zeal of zebras.
Hippy
Step back into the 1960s and have a chilled out hen do with a hippy fancy dress theme. Whether you’re heading out on the sesh or looking for a more festival friendly fancy dress group costume, you can’t go wrong with a bit of flower power. Don’t forget to complete the look with some hippy glasses, a flower headband, and a peace sign medallion.
Additional Accessories
No hen do would be complete without some essential accessories, ranging from classic and elegant to funny and rude.
Sashes
A great way to unite the hen party together is to all wear sashes or badges. Not only does this make the hen party stand out as a whole, but indicates who the bride-to-be is within the party. With a range of sash and badge designs available, you’re bound to find the ideal style for your gal group.
Headbands
Headbands are often worn by the bride-to-be to make them stand out within the group. Traditionally, this headband will have just a veil or a veil alongside a crown or tiara. There are also “team bride” headbands if the rest of the group also want to join in with the cute headwear.
Penis props
Finally, every hen do needs a naughty prop. Whether you want to go for a more subtle option with dick straws or you want to go all out with a 3ft inflatable willy, have a laugh on your hen do with a novelty penis prop.