Latest News About Costumes

Ueno Zoo staff in Santa Claus costume feeds Galapagos tortoise with watermelon in Tokyo (AlertNet)
A Ueno Zoo staff member in a Santa Claus costume feeds a Galapagos tortoise with a piece of watermelon in Tokyo December 24, 2005. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Celebrate Express Inc. Recall Magic Party Favors and Costume Shield (Kansas City InfoZine)
The magic party favors and the dragon ornament on the shield could break or crack, exposing sharp points that present a possible laceration hazard to children.
Surgeon dons Grinch costume for ride through Brownsville streets (Austin American-Statesman)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas ? Some motorists got a surprise Thursday as they shared the road with a bicyclist clad in green tights, flip-flops and a red Santa cap.
Dickens has music, costumes, kid stuff (Macomb Eagle)
The 11th annual Dickens on the Square holiday festival is Dec. 2 and 3 and promises to be bigger than ever. Music surrounds the Macomb courthouse square both days. Performances begin Friday at 5:30 p.m., with the Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir strolling the square.
Regional Groningen Costume - 19th Century (BellaOnline)
Regional women's costuming in the 19th century in Groningen, The Netherlands reflected the family's financial abilities and wealth. Styles that were the fanciest were influenced by Paris designs of the time.
For costume drama, just add water (The Age)
For author John Berendt, there's more to Venice than the canals and gondolas that lure the tourists. Photo: Louie Douvis Having fallen in love with the city 20 years earlier, and following many visits, John Berendt's desire to see Venice as a functioning city rather than a tourist attraction took him there for an extended stay, early in February 1996. This extract from his subsequent book The
Get a costume for your guinea pig (The Arizona Republic)
WINONA, Minn. - Looking for the perfect outfit for your guinea pig? A Winona woman might be able to help.
Texas Surgeon Dons Grinch Costume For Ride Through City (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Some motorists got a surprise Thursday as they shared the road with a bicyclist clad in green tights, flip-flops and a red Santa cap.
Costumes, dioramas, a trip to Hawaii (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Middle-schoolers at Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning are reading about the attack on Pearl Harbor that occurred 64 years ago today. In May, they?ll get the ultimate hands-on lesson ? in Hawaii.
In Cirque's 'Varekai,' Performers And Costumes Dazzle (Tampa Bay Online News)
ST. PETERSBURG -- That stare, that look of a curious animal mesmerized by humans who stare back. It opened the show Thursday night as performers dressed in dazzling Technicolor costumes slithered across the stage in physical transformations that took them from man to beast. To snake. To bird.
East St. John receives Frito-Lay money for new mascot costume (L'Observateur)
LAPLACE - East St. John High School is $500 richer and the recipient of a new inflatable walkaround mascot thanks to the Wal-Mart and Frito-Lay 2005 Fall Football Program.
Costume designer to speak on 'Narnia' (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fans of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" can get a firsthand look at the costume-making magic of New Zealand's WETA Workshop from one of its design experts.
Rocky Horror Costumes in a bag (Cinematical)
Filed under: Classics , Comedy , Fandom , Music & Musicals I know you really didn't need another sign that all acts of spontaneous cultural rebellion will eventually be co-opted and sold for $19.95, but here it is anywat: you can now buy official Rocky Horror Picture Show costumes . Via Cory Doctorow , who fondly recalls the good ol' days riding to the midnight show on the back of
Treasure house of costumes, design, playbills to find new home at Civic Center museum (San Francisco Chronicle)
"What we're doing is creating a new museum," David Humphrey says with a calm that belies the enormity of the undertaking. "It's not just that we're changing our name. PALM (the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum) and its collection will be part of...
She puts costumes in a starring role (South Coast Today)
Arianne Phillips is working the racks at Decades, the famed vintage emporium on Melrose Avenue, flipping through a wild mix of clothes from the 1920s to the 1980s, deciding in seconds if a piece is a yay or a nay.
Costumes of Asian rulers and priests on display at ACM (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Typical exhibitions on Chinese history usually feature collections of potteries and paintings. But an exhibition on costumes worn by rulers and priests at the Asian Civilisations Museum proves to be very different.