The wardrobe department couldn’t find a fur headpiece to fit the script, so they ordered a fur and some glass eyes, and sent the materials to my workshop. It was a strange experience. Normally I would use faux fur for my costumes. I had to straighten out the ears, one was squashed flat to the…
Fashion Blogger The Garb Wire interviews Agent Costume. The Garb Wire Interview with Agent Costume . It’s fun to step back and take stock of whats going on. What motivates and inspires us. How we become who we become. It was fun, Thanks TGW Elisa Do you need a costume for your next event? Contact us for a quote…
“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…
Last year for Social Diary’s Melbourne Halloween dated Christmas party, we made the host Tiffany’s costume and the fearful gorgon Medusa for her lovely assistant.
Superhero costumes made to order! If you think all the best Superheroes are taken, then let me tell you, you are mistaken. There are offices and streets full, on this planet, of superheroes still waiting to be expressed, are you one of them? Then wait no more, make an appointment, come on in for a…
Check out these cartoon heads made to complete dance costumes for a school dance performance. They had already arranged the black leggings and singlets, and required from me the images on the front for them to hand stitch to the singlets. I could have made lycra jumpsuits or leotards, but they already sourced an alternative…
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…
How many times have i been asked to make a custom made top hat to fit a skiing helmet? so far, only once. “This is a long shot, but do you have a 79cm size black top hat with 13 cm height?” This text stopped me in my tracks….a 79cm sized top hat?? 79cm is…
I made a fabulous PVC Maleficant costume for a Pole dancing competition this August, which went well, photos to come when the client sends some in full regalia, make up, hair and boots. You can’t really tell by the naked eye, but the dancers muscles are built up in places that requires a custom made…
And the winner for best new costume theme name for the month of august is…. “Glam Animal!” YaaaaY for a brilliant new take on Glamour, Fantasy, Party Animal and Rock Stars. You can tell a party with this set theme is going to rock. Whether you take it literally and team diamonds with animal ears…