I want YOU to support your country and buy costumes.
Happy birthday, America! You’re looking good, I must say. Have you had work done? Who would guess that a spry young country like yourself is celebrating 233 years this Fourth of July?
Here at the lab we’re going to be celebrating July Fourth the way we always do: by trying to take over the world! Also, with a patriotic barbeque and fireworks. I do love fireworks. Scarface has been working all year on his ballet wherein he creates the perfect full size Statue of Liberty out of sparklers. He performs it while dressed as Lady Liberty. I think you must agree that it is sheer genius in its simplicity.
After the barbeque, we’re going to have our traditional patriotic costume pageant. Yes, the kiddies really enjoy that one. We give them tricorner hats and powdered wigs and set them loose to plot revolution. Even Killer gets to dress up in his Uncle Sam dog costume.
Cousin Dweezil has always been an overachiever.
The very best part about our Fourth of July holiday costumes is that they’re multi-use. Yes, after their first outing on Presidents Day, we packed them away until Memorial Day, then we bring them out for our Independence Day festivities and again at the end of the summer for the real party: Labor Day! And you don’t even want to know what happens on Veterans Day. (I’ll give you a hint. It’s AWESOME.)
Yes, it was worth skimming off the donut budget to get these patriotic girls and boys costumes. I think you’ll agree they make the America’s 233rd birthday a super one!
Now I have to run, the kiddies are about to start their yearly tea party! We’re breaking into the neighboring laboratory and dumping their kitchen into the pool!
Good afternoon friends! And the rest of you, as well. Things are very busy here in the labs. You see, we’ve had a breakthrough! A complete revolution! All the long hours of experiments have paid off, all the intern sacrifices were worth it. (Sorry about the eye, Scarface!) At last we have achieved true greatness! One might even call it brilliance! What am I talking about? Why it’s our most fiendish Halloween costume yet. Behold, the GlowMan!
It’s a GlowMan! Sheer genius!
It is mind-blowing, is it not? I see you are speechless. Yes, so you should be.
Get up and get glowing
You see, Halloween is a most magical time of year. Trick or Treating is a national treasure unrivaled by such silly things as apple pie and baseball! But trick or treating also takes place at night. I think you see the problem here. Most costumes — less revolutionary costumes — require light for you to appreciate them. Not these unique costumes, oh no. These babies work best with the lights off. Observe!
Glow for it
We have so many options for you! Some called us mad (fair enough) but we persisted and now we have not just GlowMan costumes but GlowGirls! And a GlowPrincess! (I created the GlowWitch for my mother in law.) And why be robots in disguise like some major film franchises (We also carry Transformers costumes.) when you could be a GlowRobot in Lights!
GlowMan Robots are a Bright idea!
I know you are excited. So excited that you can’t wait to get your hands on these glowing beauties. “Professor Doctor Dippel,” you cry, “I need them now!” My lovelies, I have one more treat for you. Yes, just for you. From now until Halloween you can get 15% off each and every costume on HalloweenStreet.com. 15%! All day, every day. Use the code HS5 when you check out to save. Until next week. Dippel out!
It’s the most terrifying part of the year. As June rolls on, schools everywhere will open their doors and set forth upon the quiet streets a plague of children.
Rambunctious, bored and without homework to keep them locked in their rooms, it’s the nightmare of every good parent. How to keep the kiddies entertained before they turn into complete couch zombies, endlessly playing X-box for days on end?
Fear not! We’ve been working hard in the labs and we have a solution. We think it’s quite ingenious in fact. Behold! The Summer Costume Party!
Ahem. There should have been a fanfare there. We’ll get someone to fix that.
If your home is going to be playing host to a kid this summer, take my advice: Stock up NOW on cool costumes. That way when you have three bored kids sitting around the living room you’ll be able to pull out your secret weapon–the instant costume party!
Children’s costumes don’t have to be just for Halloween. Treat your little girls to a princess tea party. Invite over five little girls and let them decide who is sweet Snow White and who’s smart Belle. Who is the sassy girl that will put on the Tinkerbell costume? Does your group have a spunky Princess Jasmine or a hard-working Cinderella?
Would you have ever guessed that a mad scientist’s favorite television show would be So You Think You Can Dance? Me neither, but all that spinning and leaping and hip shaking! I just can’t get enough! Plus, now that SYTYCD auditions are over, we’ll soon be seeing bedazzled and befringed costumes adding to the amusement. Costumes + Dancing = A Very Happy Professor Dippel.
Do you like to dance? No, I didn’t ask if you think you can dance. You may have two left feet and an upside down leg, but there’s something about moving to the rhythm that’s so exciting and empowering. Just ask Carmen Miranda. Do you think she wore a basket of fruit on her head in case she got hungry? She wore that signature up-do because it gave her the extra confidence and sparkle she needed to shine on stage.
At HalloweenStreet, we’ve got an array of dance costumes, representing styles that span the decades. Feeling vintage? Ladies can recall the roaring twenties with a flapper dress costume and a jazzy 20s era wig. Don’t leave Fido out — there’s a flapper dog costume for her, too! Your pooch will be the cat’s meow and the bee’s knees.
If you’re a fan of the 70s, ladies can get funky in a tie dye, gold-trimmed disco dancing costume while men can channel Studio 54 in a glittering 70s disco shirt. And if the 80s is your deal, show your respect with a King of Pop Michael Jackson costume that will get you moon walking right to the dance floor. Or live like an 80s pop star when you channel the Material Girl herself. But whichever you choose, don’t resist the urge to break out the Charleston, the Mashed Potato, the Hustle or the Thriller. It’s time to get your groove on.
Greetings from HalloweenStreet, D. Dippel is back again for another week’s worth of exciting costume news and ideas.
Costume parties are all the rage now, especially amongst celebrities. The 2009 Met Costume Gala showcased some of the more …questionable choices in celeb fashion, but still, it was for a good cause.
Companies are also jumping on the bandwagon. Nashville Tennessee’s Adventure Science Center hosted a costume party fundraiser, dressing up as their favorite Nashville legend, monument or team. Across the pond, a lot of businesses are turning away from dressing up events and turning more to fancy dress parties as a way to keep costs down.
So if you or your company is looking to throw a fundraiser or shindig this summer, why not make it a costume party? HalloweenStreet has a wide variety of costumes for any event or theme party. If you get to dress as someone from an historical era, you can be a Roman warrior, or one of the most historically important musical influences in the past 20th century, Sonny Bono! (What? I Got You Babe is a classic! …Okay, fine, here’s a Beatles costume.)
Another great costume tradition that’s been popping up is a Great Gatsby party. Everyone dresses up straight out of the Roaring Twenties and has themselves a grand old time (sometimes completely missing the point of the book, but oh well). HalloweenStreet can help you out with one of those with a deluxe flapper costume. You’ll be the cat’s meow in one of these 20s fringed flapper dresses.
Whatever the need, HalloweenStreet is here to provide it for you. For those of you in the United States, have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend. Dippel out!
Greetings from HalloweenStreet and all the folks here at the labs. This week we’re going to focus on something of the adult repertoire, so you might want to send the little ones out of the room. Are they gone? Excellent. So, May is in full swing, and for some that means feeling a little extra frisky. I mean, why not? Winter’s over, and it’s not quite the dog days of summer, so it’s the perfect time for a little extra action.
HalloweenStreet.com is here to help you spice up your May with a wide variety of sexy costumes to get you and your partner into the mood. Costumes are not just for Halloween, especially when it comes to the bedroom.
HalloweenStreet is here to provide whatever you dream up for your May fantasies. Check back here next week for more in Halloween Costume news. Dippel out!
Greetings from HalloweenStreet and your friendly neighborhood blogger, D. Dippel. Summer is almost upon us, but you would not know that seeing as how very hot it’s been the past two days. Someone needs to get our a/c fixed stat, because holy indoor sauna batman, it’s hot in here. However, for some summer signals not only the return of hot days, but also of RenFaire.
RenFaire is time to put on your green tights, lace up your corset, and go out and get yourself a giant turkey leg and a big tankard of ale. Don’t have anything to wear? Never fear, HalloweenStreet is here.
And for those of you looking for a little madcap adventure with your Faire, why not try being a pirate queen or a Carribean pirate?
Feel free to browse through our huge selection of renaissance and historical costumes to find the right kind of RenFaire garb for you! As for me, my green tights are so comfy I have taken to wearing them all the time. I have been told I do have nice legs…
Greetings from HalloweenStreet! May is here and summer is almost officially upon us, and with it we’re getting a whole bunch of new shipments in, just in time for this year’s movie season. What’s on everyone’s minds costume-wise is the upcoming May 8th release of the Star Trek Movie.
Plus, convention season has begun, and what better way to show your Starfleet street cred than by these official licensed Star Trek costumes? I myself have been sporting the Captain Kirk shirt, and I do say it makes me look rather dashing (though I am told I will have to eventually wash it). Me and the minions are gearing ourselves up for the premiere next week by watching all of the movies (yes, even Insurrection) and we can’t wait! Until next week, Live Long and Profit!
Next week is an exciting week here at HalloweenStreet. Break out the popcorn, because it’s the official start of the summer movie season, and there are some great titles coming out. May 1st kicks it all off with Wolverine, staring Hugh Jackman and serves as a prequel to the popular X-Men movies of the early part of this decade. Also upcoming is the rebooted Star Trek, which also promises to be very popular. Don’t forget the sixth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due out in June, and the second Transformers movie coming out in July.
What this means to you is that HalloweenStreet is going to get in glut of new movie costumes and accessories and we’ll be featuring them here in the weeks to come. In honor of the upcoming Wolverine movie, we’ve got some brand new, licensed Wolverine costumes for your perusal.
First up is the Child Wolverine CostumeDeluxe Wolverine Adult Costume for the grownups who want to get in on the action. This isn’t just a yellow t-shirt, bub, this is the official licensed version, so you know it’s going to be high-quality. And for those of you who just need a good pair of Wolverine claws, never fear, we have the Wolverine Deluxe Child Claw perfect for any Wolverine costume, or just to wear around the house. I myself am currently sporting a pair while I type this. How do I type with these on? You may ask, well, you should see me when I’m wearing boxing gloves.
And for those of you traditionalists out there, we have the Wolverine Mascot Costume. Show the world what a real Wolverine is, kids.
The internet, the final frontier. These are the voyages of your friendly neighborhood mad scientist blogger and his loyal minions as they traverse the blogosphere and bring you the latest in costume news…
The biggest of which is The Star Trek movie which re-imagines the original adventures of the Enterprise crew with an all-new cast. Even if you are a purist, you have to it admit that it is pretty exciting to see the Enterprise fly again.
But the coup de grace is the Star Trek 2009 Phaser Gun we have in our accessories. This is a authentic, licensed version and a must for any of the movie costumes.
Check back with us for more info as we get it regarding more Star Trek costumes, and in the immortal words of James T. Kirk: stay groovy, people!
