Huge queues have formed in Liverpool city centre as shoppers wait to get their hands on last minute Halloween costumes.
While Halloween may not be until tomorrow, many will be celebrating the spooky occasion this evening instead.
Some shoppers will no doubt have had their costumes boxed off for weeks, but others have instead headed into the city centre today to get their hands on one.
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Queues formed outside fancy dress stores Lili Bizarre and Smiffys today, with hundreds waiting outside.
Shoppers have queued outside Lili Bizarre on Tarleton Street this afternoon, with more than 100 people waiting to enter the store. The queue goes along the shop window before curving around and leading back towards Kurt Geiger.
Taking to Twitter, one person said: “There is a massive queue outside the fancy dress shop in Liverpool city centre. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before #Halloween”.
Shoppers have also reported the queues for the fancy dress stores were “Primark style”. One person said: “Mad queues for the fancy dress shops in town. Primark style.”
Another wrote: “Was on Bold St before. Must have been a 50m queue for Smiffy’s fancy dress shop. Grown humans.”
Liverpool’s Halloween parade takes place tomorrow, October 31, from 4.30pm at the Bombed Out Church from 4.30pm before heading through the city centre and finishing at Liverpool ONE at 9pm.
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