Appetite For Distraction

With Halloween and some very controversial fancy dress outfits looming large, here are some alternative dressing up ideas that will ensure you stand out from the crowd

TD Mick Wallace offers inspiration for a last-minute topical costume which could be assembled from common household items Pic: Collins

Call me old fashioned, but I think it was a toss-up between this year’s “Sexy Female Beast From Beauty And The Beast”, “Sexy Pregnant Kylie Jenner” and “Sexy Fake News” that made me truly regress and long for the black bin bag Halloween costumes of yore.

One hole for the head, two for the arms, a load of baby powder into the hair and a generic scary face mask from the pound shop ...