Cats don’t like wearing costumes. I made a wizard costume once for another costume designer. She told me the cat wouldn’t put its legs in, so it ended up wearing a hastily fashioned cape. It did wear the hat though, so not all was lost. For the Wizard job, I intuitively altered a Chihuahua costume…
“Can you make a schnitzel novelty costume?”Long answer short: Yes. Time frame and budget were discussed and we came up with a solution. The cheapest way we decided in the end would be to print one up and make a costume from the print. It would save days of testing and layering materials, not to…
The nature of costume hire is changing. These days costumes are cheaply made available, spewed out of factories in their thousands packaged in plastic and sent all over the world for the unfussy masses. These costumes are worn once, and then thrown into garbage destined for landfill, because quite frankly, they are generally not worth…
An elegant lady walked into this costume shop two days ago inquiring about 1920’s costume idea and accessories. She later returned with this AmAzInG feathered crop top she wasn’t wearing anymore which we swapped for a costume hire. I love it so much, I’ve been wearing it all morning! Imagine, a bias cut silk evening…