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Dress Up With These Fabulous Showgirl Themed Costumes, Accessories & DIY Projects
Showgirls are known for their fun and vibrant costume ensembles. Featuring colourful designs, shimmering details and sparkling accents, you'll for sure be in for a fun celebration when dressing up in a showgirl costume. Whether you're attending a showgirl party, celebrating Halloween or even throwing your own showgirl-themed event, put your DIY skills to the test and craft a homemade showgirl costume. A DIY costume is always an opportunity for you to showcase your creative skills, and a DIY showgirl costume just takes it that one step further with so many fun details involved.
You can also add a showgirl twist to any ordinary ensemble with show-stopping accessories. Craft fabulous tinsel dresses, create intricate make up looks with face gems or bedazzle a cowboy hat and celebrate like a showgirl with these DIY costume and accessory ideas.
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- A Sparkly Gold Fringe Dress For the Perfect DIY Vegas Showgirl Costume
- Shimmer and Shine With This Tinsel Fringe Jacket
- A Cosy Showgirl Ensemble: Pure Wool Cardigan
- Enchant Your Jacket With Shimmering Tassels
- Sewing Patterns For Perfectly Tailored Showgirl Looks
- Transform a Costume Hat into an Exciting Showgirl Accessory
- Bedazzle A Shirt With a Fiery Charm
- Ready-Made Showgirl Costume Ensembles
- Add Sparkle To Your Showgirl Look With Body Glitter and Face Gems
- Feel Fantastic With A Feather Boa
- Costume Jewellery For Budget-Friendly Elegance
- Wings For a Magical Showgirl Look
- Customise Your Look With Hand-Made Friendship Bracelets
- Decorate With a DIY Showgirl Banner
- Create a Snug Showgirl Themed Quilt
Express Your Showgirl Era With These DIY Costume and Accessories
Are you ready for it? The best way to stand out from the crowd is with the right outfit, and you can ensure yours is unique by hand-making yours! At Spotlight, we've created a collection of DIY projects inspired by the glitz and glamour of showgirls. We've collated some of our favourite DIY showgirl costumes, as well as some inspiration for what unique accessories you can make to suit the occasion right here, inspiring you to get creative with your costume.
A Sparkly Gold Fringe Dress For the Perfect DIY Vegas Showgirl Costume
For a full-body bedazzlement, look no further than our gorgeous fringe dress project. This easy dressmaking project is suitable for beginners and will create a shimmery, shining metallic dress that is super fun to dance in! We love the look of gold metallic tassels for the dress, but feel free to go with pink, baby blue or silver tassels for an alternate look. Complete the look with some DIY rhinestone cowboy boots, a striking cowboy hat and perhaps even an inflatable guitar and microphone for a superstar performer costume.
When planning a showgirl costume, our minds are instantly drawn to vibrant, fun colours that are instantly eye-catching and joyful. This incredible tinsel fringe jacket features four different colours of tinsel that you can organise in colour order for a gorgeous ombre effect. Choose pinks and purples, purples and blues, yellows and greens or oranges and reds and create a jacket that shimmers and shines as you move. You will feel totally bejewelled and ready to dance the night away with this amazing tinsel fringe jacket that just hits different!
If you're feeling extra creative, you can add a DIY rhinestone navy bodysuit and rhinestone boots for a complete look.
For a comfy, cosy and cute showgirl experience, this pure wool cardigan project is the one for you. A great project for crafters who love a challenge, this lovely cardigan features rustic cable knit patterns, simple detailing on the sleeves and front, and two buttons that allow you to close the cardigan if needed. Recreate this cardigan in bright coloured yarn - think orange, blue and pink - for a fun showgirl element. For some extra flair, add some cute sew-on patches and motifs to the sleeves such as stars, hearts, flowers or even cats!
Enchant Your Jacket With Shimmering Tassels
A denim jacket is the perfect accessory for any night out, but how can you make it stand out from the crowd? With tassels of course! We've got a huge range of colourful and sparkly fringe trims and tassels you can add to any clothing, but we love the idea of sewing it under the collar and around the back of your jacket so you can wear it like a multicoloured cape. Some of our favourite costume tassels and trims include:
- Metallic tinsel fringe: This rainbow, metallic fringe is 20cm long, meaning it will just brush your elbows if sewing under the collar of your jacket. The gorgeous rainbow colours means it goes well with any outfit, and the metallic strips will make you look fabulously shiny under the showgirl party lights!
- Sequin fringes: This beautiful corded trim features shining sequins scattered throughout, giving it a mermaid-like mystique. At 20cm long it can work as a cape-like addition to your jacket, and it comes in a range of colours you can choose to ensure it matches your look.
- Ombre fringes: The trendy ombre fringe starts in one vivid colour and then fades into another, giving you three different hues on the one accessory. Featuring gorgeous colours like pink, blue, white and purple, these long fringes will be sure to make you stand out from the crowd!
Sewing Patterns For Perfectly Tailored Showgirl Looks
Spotlight is your one stop shop for all your crafting needs and even offers an incredible collection of sewing patterns so you can create showgirl costumes that fit you perfectly! Explore our range of dress, skirt or top patterns and discover all the possibilities these patterns bring.
Spotlight is also home to an incredible range of dress and apparel fabrics that will bring these sewing patterns to life. Simply shop for your desired sewing pattern and explore all the different fabric designs and colour. Dress fabrics in colourful tones such as pink, blue or gold and those with elegant aesthetics such as satin, lace, sheer and sequin fabrics are always a great idea for a showgirl costume.
Transform a Costume Hat into an Exciting Showgirl Accessory
A costume hat is always the perfect finishing touch to any costume, and at Spotlight, you can shop from a variety of different kinds of hats to complement any costume. With a great range of bright and colourful cowboy hats in eye-catching designs such as the Spartys Denim Cowboy Costume Hat, these costume hats are sure to be the perfect finishing touch to a vibrant and cheerful showgirl costume.
When it comes to dressing up in a showgirl costume, you can also express your creativity and transform any of Spotlight's costume hats into a fun and lively accessory. Add a showgirl twist to your costume hat and decorate with captivating craft supplies for a stand-out accessory. Take our customised rhinestone cowboy hat project, for example. Covered in white glitter and coloured rhinestones with sparkling tinsel and trim accessories to boot, this easy-to-make cowboy hat can be customised to your liking if needed. Use pink glitter, gold trim or sparkling blue sequined tassels - the choices are endless!
Bedazzle A Shirt With a Fiery Charm
You can flip any item in your wardrobe into a showgirl inspired look! Infuse a fiery showgirl spirit into an old t-shirt and bedazzle incredible designs. With the Crafters Choice Multi Shape AB Gems, available at Spotlight, you can bedazzle a myriad of different designs, including this fire heart design created by Audrey, also known by her Instagram username @audrey_swiftie. Outlining her design, Audrey glued a range of beads to a t-shirt with fabric glue. Check out how she made this design on her Instagram page.
Dress to Impress With These Showgirl Costume Ideas
At Spotlight, we offer a great range of cute and colourful costumes, and costume accessories you can pair with your favourite showgirl outfit. Let's go through our top costumes and accessories fit for a showgirl!
Ready-Made Showgirl Costume Ensembles
In a time crunch? No need to stress, Spotlight offers an extensive range of costumes, ready for you to wear! Spotlight's range of ready-made costumes are available in various styles and colour tones, including our stylish selection of flapper girl costumes, the perfect option for your next showgirl party. These flapper costumes are versatile and are sure to be a valuable addition to your costume box, the perfect back-up costume for your Halloween celebrations or dress-up party. Finalise your showgirl costume with some fabulous accessories for a complete and cohesive luxurious ensemble.
Add Sparkle To Your Showgirl Look With Body Glitter and Face Gems
Vegas showgirls are known for their glittery and glamorous appearance, so of course, no DIY Vegas showgirl costume is complete without this shimmering accessory. Body glitter and face and body gems from the 90s are making a comeback, as they offer the perfect way to add some sparkle to your body for a shimmering, finishing touch to your costume.
Popular face gem and glitter designs include:
- Framing the outer corners of your eyes with gems about from the edge of your eye.
- Create a line above your eyebrows using glitter as the base and adding gems over the top, mirroring the natural curve of your brow.
- Create a line going down from above your eyebrow and curving down your cheek across and underneath your cheekbone.
- Design a loose triangle shape in the centre of your brow with the point facing down towards the middle of your eyebrows.
You can also use body gems and glitter on your shoulders, collarbone and even on your back for a little additional glam!
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Feel Fantastic With A Feather Boa
Grab any of our fluffy feather boas for a classic showgirl look! Choose from beautiful colours like white, pink, purple or blue, metallics like gold and silver or even a rainbow for your boa. Here are some of our favourite ways to wear a feather boa:
- Hanging off the shoulders: The simplest way to wear a feather boa is to hang it around your neck with the ends pointing towards the floor like you would a scarf. This leaves the ends free to move as you dance, and you can also grab them and twirl them around if the mood suits you!
- Wrapped around the neck: For a warmer look that's a little glamorous, wrap the feather boa around your neck like you would a scarf on a cold day. You can leave the ends behind you or perhaps even have one end dangling in front and one at the back.
- Draped across the arms and behind the back: This elegant look involves having the boa behind you with the bulk of it crossing horizontally along your back, with the ends popping out at your upper arm and then dangling over your forearms.
If you find your boa is shedding feathers, try giving it a spray with a strong hairspray. It won't feel quite as soft and fluffy, but it should keep your feathers in place!
Costume Jewellery For Budget-Friendly Elegance
Jewellery is always a great idea for a finishing touch to your outfit when getting dressed, and a showgirl outfit is no different! With an exceptional range of costume jewellery available at Spotlight, you can feel the elegance of a showgirl with a flowing costume necklace, large hoop earrings and sparkling rings. Lightweight in their designs, you can immerse yourself in the luxurious showgirl experience without the splurge.
Wings For a Magical Showgirl Look
There's something so magical about a pair of costume wings that effortlessly complements the whimsical elegance of a showgirl costume. Finish off your showgirl look with a pair of captivating costume wings. We love costume wings because they are light and comfortable to wear, and they are also soft enough that you don't need to worry about poking a fellow party-goer with the wire of your dress-up wings. Some of our favourite costume wings include:
- Fairy wings: Our gorgeous rainbow fairy wings loop around your shoulders with two comfortable straps, allowing you to dance and sing unencumbered while still looking fabulous!
- Butterfly wings: Choose from pastel pink and gold or gorgeous emerald green butterfly wings to suit your costume outfit. These wings inflate bring a pop of colour to complement your showgirl outfit.
- Angel wings: These wings are effortlessly elegant in their aesthetic. Available in pristine white colour tones, these wings often feature beautiful faux fur and feather details that spread wide, commanding the space and taking your showgirl outfit to the next level.
Customise Your Look With Hand-Made Friendship Bracelets
When it comes to jewellery-making, friendship bracelets are one of the easiest accessories to create, and one of the most fun! Friendship bracelets are thin, colourful bracelets that often feature extra-special add-ons like colourful beads, dangling charms and letter beads that can spell your name, your friend's name or even the name of your favourite showgirl.
If you'd like to try your hand at making friendship bracelets, read our helpful blog that details everything you need to know about making them at home. Then you can try your hand at some of our bracelet-making projects - try the Happy and Button friendship bracelet projects to create adorable friendship bracelets you'll never want to take off!
You can find everything you need to make friendship bracelets by shopping our range of bead packs and friendship bracelet kits.
In addition to colourful decorations and costumes, you can also create showgirl-themed decorations. Take this showgirl themed garland from @audrey_swiftie, for example - it's an easy project that you can recreate for the perfect showgirl themed decoration. Start by cutting out round pieces of sparkling cardstock in a variety of colours. Then use shimmering letter stickers on white paper to spell out a glamorous showgirl message. Carefully punch two holes in each of your cardstock pieces so you can thread a sparkling piece of ribbon through, connecting your pieces to make a complete garland that's ready to hang in any room. Check out how Audrey made this garland over on her instagram page.
Enjoy your favourite showgirl movies and performances snuggled up in a cosy, homemade quilt. Instagram crafter @textiletoddy put her creative skills to the test and crafted this stunning showgirl themed quilt, perfect for hosting a cosy watch party of your favourite performances. Comprising of vibrant orange and teal quilting fabrics, Textile Toddy crafted intricate star-shapes for the perfect showgirl accent to complete this quilt. Check out how Textile Toddy produced this stunning quilt over on her Instagram page, @textiletoddy.
Bring Your Showgirl Dreams To Life With DIY Projects At Spotlight
Gear up for a night to remember! Dressing up in your own DIY costume will help make the night extra special and certainly one to cherish! Don't forget to make fun friendship bracelets to share with your friends on the day. Our expansive range of beads and friendship bracelet kits has everything you need.
After more showgirl inspiration? Check out our huge get concert ready category as well as our guide on how to host a showgirl party to help your party planning! And, make sure to look through our expansive costume and sewing categories for everything you need to make your eye-catching costumes and accessories. At Spotlight, you can find everything you need to create a unique outfit. Shop online or visit your local Spotlight store today.
