Wild West Fancy Dress - 5 Accessories to Make Your Cowboy and Cowgirl Outfits Look More Authentic

From an early age boys and girls just loveyou have already made the decision to go to the
dressing up in Wild West fancy dress costumes.party in Wild West fancy dress, then the chances
Playing Cowboys and Indians is probably theare that you are going to want to buy a toy gun
second most common children's dress up gameto compliment your outfit. Most specialist cowboy
after Doctors and Nurses.fancy dress websites carry a range of toy pistols
Well, if the costume parties over Halloween andand holsters to choose from, but the Pecos Hand
New Year's Eve are anything to go by, thisGun, crafted from die cast metal and plastic, is
childhood obsession is perhaps something thatparticularly realistic looking.
never quite goes away. Cowboy and cowgirlNeck scarf
outfits seem to be getting worn more and moreAn accessory that is often overlooked in this
at these parties, as well as at Carwash Nightclubs,genre, but one which can really add a lot to your
meaning that Wild West fancy dress appears tooutfit, is that of the neck scarf. In the dusty
be more popular than ever before.plains of North America, the neck scarf was as an
So if you have decided to go to the upcomingimportant item to the cowboy as his holster and
party as a cowboy or a cowgirl, then you nowgun, so adding one to your costume will help
need to make the decision as to whether or notmake it look that little bit more authentic.
you are going to buy your Wild West fancy dressMake-up
costume online or have a go at making your own.Ironically, it is more likely that the guys are going
Whatever you decide to do, you should stillto be needing to apply make up to enhance their
consider the following accessories, in order tocostume than the girls, because here I am
transform your outfit into a realistic lookingactually talking about adding some stubble to give
cowboy or cowgirl costume.your character a more realistic hardened, Wild
Cowboy hatWest look. Alternatively, there are some great
Perhaps the most obvious accessory to go withlooking cowboy-style moustaches that you may
your cowboy/cowgirl outfit is a Western styleconsider purchasing.
hat. If you have purchased your costume, thenCowboy boots
there is a good chance that you will get a hat asUndoubtedly the most expensive accessory you
part of the ensemble, however, if you are makingare likely to buy to go with your costume are a
your costume yourself then this is obviouslypair of Western boots. However, these are also
something you are going to need to buy.the one item that will really add that extra
Holster and gunsomething to your outfit and you may be
Toy guns are not everyone's cup of tea, but ifsurprised how reasonably priced they can be.