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Hundreds of retailers face spot checks to test flammability of costumes to see if they meet safety standards. An assessment is also taking place to see whether European safety standards are ugh enough.
Last year Strictly daughter Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman suffered serious burns when her Halloween outfit caught fire.
Figures show that 94 people in England were admitted to hospital for a reason of their clothing either igniting or melting last year, of which 21 were children under 18.
The investigation follows a call from MPs for ugher fire safety regulations for children’s fancy dress. It will look at retailers of all sizes, including those online, and will check whether the costumes are meeting current safety standards required for toys.
Evidence will also be fed to a separate assessment being carried out by the British Standards Institute which will look at whether Halloween costumes should’ve been classed as clothing rather than toys.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid, who granted funding for the spot checks. My immediate concern as a father and a minister is that children wearing these fancy dress costumes are safe.
Trading Standards officials will report their findings later in the autumn. Reacting to the investigation news, Claudia Winkleman said. We’re extremely happy the government is taking action on this and we’re so grateful to the supermarkets who are selling safer costumes.
Winkleman’s ‘eight year old’ daughter was in a witch’s costume when it brushed against a candle and caught fire last year.
The TV presenter ld the BBC at the time that the outfit tights had melted into her skin and they had struggled to put the fire out.
She added. It was like those horrific birthday candles that you blow out and after all they come back. Leon Livermore, chief executive at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, said he welcomed the government funding for the Trading Standards investigation.
Andrew Opie, from the British Retail Consortium, said it was committed to ensuring that all testing was robust and that safety standards were sufficiently rigorous.
He said retailers had gone a step further in testing children’s costumes conforming to more stringent nightwear flammability standards and had worked with British Standards to have the existing y flammability standard.
Oooo, some real classics there! These are some fabulous costumes! Yaaaay I loved this post, and I LOVE fancy dress! Besides, love Becca xxxcan’t believe how young you look in photos first lot! You look soooooo young in that first photo, such a little babyface you are!
All the fancy dresses described in those post are very good and amazing.
DIY costumes all the way. For instance, this is great!
Keep it up and post blogs on related matter. Ahhh, where did you find that pirate pic, lol? Can’t believe I’m not going to see Katy Perry with you this time round, I’d defo come home just for that if I could, lol! This amkes me want to look through old pictures but mine are all in the premises. The question is. That was our first night out gether I reckon?
Oh my god, you look SO wee in these photos!
You look like you have lots of good memories. Super cute xx These are all actually pretty amazing!
OMG Great FuN costumes! Don’t you Love dressing up? Dora made me LOL my fav was Bride of Frankestein Really your fancy dress outfits are awesome!