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It’s not the sort of thing you want the kids to see…a handcuffed Snow White being dragged away from Disneyland by the cops.

It gets worse. Cinderella, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans last Thursday after a labor dispute involving three Disney-owned hotels.

Following an hour-long march, thirty-two protesters, many wearing costumes famous Disney character costumes, sat in a circle on a busy intersection outside the park holding hands before being carted off in plastic handcuffs by the police.

Tourists in Disney T-shirts and hats looked on with bewildered faces as the costumed picketers we’re hauled away.

“It’s changing my opinion of Disneyland,” an Australian tourist commented.

Indeed, the “Happiest Place on Earth” was less than a fairytale that day!

[via CNN]

There’s been a lot of fuss in the news lately about the Bigfoot corpse found by hunters. Turns out it was just a costume.

There was a big press conference held in Palo Alto, CA.

Tom Biscardi, owner of SearchingforBigfoot.com owner paid an estimated $50,000 to Georgia residents Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer for their frozen “corpse” and the rights to the news story.

Meanwhile, many websites, such as MakeupandMonsters.com did their own detective work and compared the corpse photo to a popular Bigfoot costume.

They noticed the face and nose were exactly the same as the costume. It wasn’t until many days later that the Bigfoot corpse was officially declared a hoax.

Why did they do it? The hoaxsters simply wanted “to give the psychos something to do over the weekend.”

Many of you have probably heard about the new Invisibility Cloak that scientists are developing.

What a great costume this would be! I took a chance and contacted the scientists to see if they would let me try one.

The guy on the phone was like, “MyDisguises? Isn’t that the incredibly popular costume blog?”

“Yep,” I said.

“Hey, we love your blog. Sure thing, we can send you an invisibility cloak, no problem,” he said.

I was so excited. I couldn’t wait! And sure enough, several days later, I received a package in the mail.

Wow, it works great! I had so much fun wearing it. I took a bunch of pictures.

Here’s me sitting on a park bench.

Here I am about to kick a soccer ball.

Riding around town on my bicycle.

Posing with my girlfriend.

As you can see, I had a great time. It’s the best costume ever!

 
Looks like the kid in this video has an invisiblity cloak, too. I think his mom is one of the scientists, but I’m not completely sure.

I suspect these invisibility cloak sightings will become more and more common in the near future. If you spot someone invisible, please take a picture and send it to us!

Just when you think you’ve seen it all…

Zombie Haiku? Why not? It’s actually quite popular these days. All you need to know is that a Haiku is made up of 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7, and the third line has 5.

I’m inspired to try it myself:

I want to eat you
bite into your tasty flesh
just doing my job

If you’re feeling deadly poetic today, why not post your own Zombie Haiku in the comments below?

Because there’s no such thing as too much Star Wars…

Awww, look at the little furry animal…

Over at SourHumor.com they have a fun collection of animals in costumes. They are definitely cute.

 
The blogger writes, “If you think about it, we are really mean for making animals wear this stuff.”

Do you think that’s true? Sound off with your opinion in the comment section below.

[via SourHumor.com]

This is the third and final part of the history of my personal costuming experience.

Part Three: Post-College

These days, I try not to be too serious about costuming. I’m good enough of a seamstress now that I don’t stress about irreparably screwing it up and wasting a lot of money. If a situation pops up where I need a costume (I have a friend who is fond of throwing costume parties, for example), my strategy is to glance at my wardrobe and what costume pieces I have on hand, and just piece something together. I’ll make new pieces or buy them if I feel it’s necessary to complete the costume. That’s exactly what I did last year for Halloween, and I think my Little Red Riding Hood costume turned out very well. Even better is that I didn’t spend a lot of time, effort, and money on it!

But that’s not all I do with costuming. I’ve always been fascinated with historical fashion, and these days I do a lot of sewing to make garb. It seems more practical to me than costumes, although I’m not sure how I’ve convinced myself of that, because it’s not like I go to Renaissance fairs any more often than other costuming events. But I did get to go to one this spring! I ended up making medieval clothes for almost my whole family, so that we could look awesome at the Ren Faire. (And we definitely did look awesome.) Maybe I’ll end up selling garb at a Ren Faire someday.

It’s not all fun and games, either. My penchant for costuming has not escaped the notice of my friends, and now I’ve been asked to design and create the wardrobe for a feature-length independent film which my friends will be shooting this summer. For the film, I’m only making one costume from scratch, but it’s pretty exciting.

I’m definitely doing a lot more costuming now than ever before in my life. And I’m enjoying it a lot more than ever before too! The experience I’ve gained in sewing makes designing and constructing the costumes a lot more easy and enjoyable for me, while I can still challenge myself by trying styles and methods I haven’t done before. In the meantime I’ve come across more reasons to costume, just for the fun of it. Maybe my next birthday party will be a costume party!

I suppose the moral of the story is, if you like costuming, don’t let the lack of events stop you. Just keep on making costumes. I’ve had several events recently where I was really glad I had a costume stash, so that I could lend them to people and quickly come up with costumes for parties and other things. If you like doing it, do it! And if you’re really desperate for reasons to wear your costumes, I know we have entries addressing that matter in our archives.

Most importantly, have fun with it!

What if I told you this stunning costume gown is made out of paper?

Yeah, that’s what I thought too.

This and many other paper costumes are the work of Isabelle de Borchgrave, of Brussels. She is the designer of textiles, ceramics, porcelain and other products for the home.

Isabelle has expanded her talents into other fields, including interior design and a new line of party paper products now available at Target.

In 1994 Isabelle met a Canadian theatre dress designer. Together they created an astonishing collection of dresses in paper known as “Papiers a la Mode,” covering 300 years of fashion history.

First shown in France in 1998, this substantial collection has since traveled all over Europe, the United States and Japan and continues to be exhibited throughout the world.

You can actually commission Isabelle to make a party dress for you…but I don’t think you’ll like the price of the paper!

Looking for some really strange costume ideas? Check out this “Costume Art” created by Philip Toledano.

His goal is to illustrate the “external manifestation of the internal desires and paranoia that are adrift in America.”

Woah, that’s heavy stuff! And definitely some of the strangest costumes I’ve ever seen.

Hmm, for some reason that last costume is making me hungry….

You can learn more about Mr. Toledano’s art by visiting:
http://mrtoledano.com.

Originally, jousting tournaments were held as military exercises between the various nobles. Such tournaments started peacefully but often turned into bloody battles between jealous champions.

At the end of the thirteenth century, jousting tournaments started evolving into organized spectacles, subject to chivalry and fair play and often fought with blunted weapons. The knight’s object became one of knocking opponents off their horses.

Modern day Renaissance Fairs, The Society for Creative Anachronism and the National Jousting Association have kept the sport of jousting alive.

But a new style of jousting is emerging, quickly gaining widespread popularity.

Nowhere is there another sport that encourages more pageantry, chivalry, and excitement than what you’re about to witness…

What would you do if you saw Elvis…no, make that Elvi, flying down the slopes of your favorite ski resort?

Each spring, Ski resorts host some clever costume events to amuse and delight skiers and spectators, alike.

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Every once in a while, we find a very strange costume news story.

Meet Ally Ashwell, a 30-year old UK woman who recently gave birth while wearing a bumblebee costume! She didn’t know she was pregnant, and attended a bachelorette party (known as Hen Night) to celebrate her friend’s upcoming wedding.

She safely delivered a baby boy, born 14 weeks premature. Fortunately, the baby received proper medical attention and is doing well.

Wow! Glad to know the baby is fine. A spokesman for the Blackpool Victoria Hospital said: “It is very unusual for a baby to be born in this situation.”

Gee, you think?

I wonder what kind of baby gifts she’ll receive?

Having been deemed as the writer with the most costuming experience, I am here to share with you–

A Short History of My Own Costuming Experience.

Part One: High School

It was in high school that I started making costumes for reasons that didn’t involve Halloween or theater productions. In fact, it was at this time that I started making costumes at all—previously, all my costumes had been purchased or made by my mother.

I made five costumes in my high school career.

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Ever been to a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game? If so, chances are you’ve seen The Great Sausage Race that occurs during the 7th inning stretch. This hilarious, and hugely popular event involves five people in sausage costumes racing around the field.

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Sometimes it’s hard finding a costume, especially if you’re looking for something clever and unordinary.

You may think that costume choices for wheel chair dwellers would be limited. But as these pictures illustrate, the physical limitations of wheelchair life impose no restrictions on creativity.

In fact, the wheelchair is incorporated into the costume to create an entire mobile scene, like a parade float.

The most important factor in creating a wheelchair costume is safety.

The costume must allow for chair mobility and be free of anything that might get tangled in the wheels.

With safety considerations well in hand, when it comes to creative costume choices, the sky’s the limit…not the chair.

Roll on!

Rita Riggs was recently profiled in The Ann Arbor News. At age 19, Rita is a professional circus performer, clown, hula hoop dancer, sword swallower, ballerina… and BIG costume lover. She also performs regularly with the Tickled Fancy Burlesque troupe in Ann Arbor.

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My brother-in-law recently contacted me in regards to making a kilt for him. I’ve always been of the opinion that kilts are a garment for only the manliest of men, so naturally I was delighted to be a part of bringing another kilt into the world. Sadly, I’ve never made a kilt before, which lead me to do some research on this wonderful item of clothing.

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I like clowns, most of the time. I admit that a part of me, deep down, is scared of clowns. Sure, they’re lots of fun at the circus and at parties, but at night, when they hide in the shadows with an evil grin…. Ok, I better stop. I’m scaring myself. But to quote Lon Chaney, “There is nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight….”

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Remember how Evel Knievel used to jump over greyhound busses in his star-spangled jumpsuits?

Apparently, there’s a new trend in jumping stuff…and all you need is a devil costume and some babies.

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