Back in March 2016, founder Dom Portman had spent 3 summers travelling the country to University freshers' weeks, hosting a stall called Fancy Fresher, selling costumes to excited freshers. Dom believed that costumes helped to break the ice and create great memories for people who had never met before but were destined to spend 3 years of their life together. Dom had bigger plans to bring the electric energy at these freshers' weeks to the world through Fancy Dress Worldwide.