Cocktail Costume Ideas

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About Cocktails

Although it usually used to refer to a specific type of alcoholic drink made from hard liquor, sugar, water, and bitters, now the term cocktail can apply to any sort of mixed drink. Classic cocktails include a Whiskey Sour or a Martini. Newer more exotic cocktails include the fruity Sex on the Beach and a Malibu Bay Breeze made with coconut rum, pineapple and cranberry juice -- very refreshing. Heavier cocktails made with cream include the White Russian (a favorite of "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski!) and a Kahlua Mudslide.

"Cocktail" was also the name of a 1988 film starring Tom Cruise as a flashy bartender, inspiring numerous bottles of alcohol to be smashed while attempting to emulate his "Hippy Hippy Shake" trick.

Dressing up as a Cocktail

Show your love for your favorite alcoholic concoction with costumes celebrating your choice of liquid entertainment. The Strawberry Daquiri costume is a saucy twist on the frozen favorite, featuring a minidress made to look like a refreshing version of the cocktail with a red "glass" on the front and a "straw" shoulder strap. Uber-flattering, even if you've put away a few during the night, the dress features black contouring on the sides to give a curvy glasslike effect and comes with a cute hat to garnish the costume.

Serve up some fun with the Cocktail Bunny and Cocktail Hunny costumes, a spin on the comely Playboy bunny waitresses at Hef's Playboy club in the '60s. Each costume comes with bunny ears and a strapless mini-dress with flared skirt in either black or ice blue.