Lovin' White Gold

One of my latest favorites from television land is not a show or a series, but a set of commercials. I can’t help but smile and get a huge kick out of the newest gimmick by the milk coalition. White Gold is pure brilliance. I hate milk – haven’t had a drop of the stuff since I was 12 or so. Even so, I must admit, those cow juice loving folks have some fun marketing approaches. Milk moustaches, to “GOT MILK”, and now White Gold.

This White Gold character rocks. His outfits are utterly fabulous – all that gold lamé and white – and his whole 80s hair band look – just wonderful.

I haven’t found a company yet that makes a White Gold costume, so if you are lovin’ this character like I am, it’s going to be a operation requiring a keen mind, a creative sense, and the bravery to venture into new territories. The good news is this costume is perfect for the latest spiral our economy has taken.

In order to complete your mission, you will need to make a trip to your local thrift store. Look at everything white and shiny gold. Gold lamé is the key carrying off this look in style. Inspect everything from tights, to knickers, tops, jackets, tights, shoes and accessories in search of pieces you can combine in White Gold style. He wears several different outfits so you have some flexibility here. Just remember these key points - gold lamé, white, gold lamé, and more white all combined in a loud, over-the-top way.

There are just two more items you just gotta have to make the White Gold look complete. His guitar and his hair. You’ll have to pull out your creative skills to create the guitar. Think cardboard, plastic, foam, or even wood (if you know you way around a saw and other sharp, pointy objects).

White Gold’s hair is . . . well . . . white and gold – big shock there, huh? He’s got that long super light blonde wig, with long gold bangs framing his face. I’d get a long blonde wig and color the bangs. And don't forget the moustache!

White Gold for Halloween!

The Buzz about Bees

The weather is changing and I feel fall creeping its way back. I’m missing spring - you know, the whole birds and bees thing. I’ve always thought this Busy Bee Costume was pretty stinkin’ cute so I thought I’d take it out for a spin and have my own personal springtime. I also thought it would be good to see what I thought of it as a wearer instead of just a spectator.

Some costumes look one way on the model (cute and quality) and entirely different on you. Well, I have good news to report. This costume isn’t one of those – it rocks. It is super comfy – the stretchy spandex tube dress is as comfortable as wearing a workout shirt. The tube part (the upper half of the dress) is cut sort of long – this makes it work for both people with long torsos and those of us with a more condensed midsection. I just tucked the extra into the skirt, and you can hardly tell. If I would have pulled the top to its full length, the skirt would have started at about my thighs. So there’s plenty of costume for you tall girls, but it can easily work for someone my size (about 5 feet tall, on a good day). On top of being comfy and versatile, the costume feels really well made. Roma has a habit of making really high quality stuff for a good price and this one is a prime example.

As you can see, the straps that hold the wings on are out for the world to see, since I don’t have long hair like the model. Accessories could do the job of hiding those straps, if you wanted. Most obviously, you could wear a long wig. Or you could throw on a boa to cover those straps.

While we are on the subject of accessories, there are a ton of little ways you could tweak the look of this outfit, just by adding little extras. Let’s start with the shoes. I wore black boots, but you could do black pumps, black fairy tale shoes, or even the bumble bee shoes (that are totally cool). Raise the look another notch by adding fishnet pantyhose or some yellow and black fuzzy striped leg warmers. What fun!

Now we’ve got the creative juices flowing. How about a petticoat underneath? Just a little touch, adds lots sexification to the costume. While you’re at it, you might as well throw a matching Honeybee purse.

Make yourself the Queen Bee by accessorizing with a yellow boa and a crown. Some elbow length gloves would be a nice touch as well. A yellow afro or short and sassy wig with this costume would be a fun combo too. Let your imagination go wild, and accessorize.








We carry quite a few different styles of bee costumes, some even come with antennae! And they are all made by either Roma or Leg Avenue, both of whom are known for making a high quality products. All the bees in our hive are fun and happy, with just the right amount of pizzazz to make them sexy. Heck, since we're on a roll here, why not have your favorite pooch join your hive with her own bee costume.

Batman vs Joker

This summer we have the ultimate rivalry in the movie that is being touted as the biggest and most amazing superhero movie ever. In the Dark Knight, we have Christian Bale, the best Batman ever, in the best version of Batman ever, with Heath Ledger, who I’m thinking is the best Joker ever (sorry Jack). That’s a whole lot of BESTS, so who could miss out on this movie? Not me. I was firmly planted in my seat today for all 2 plus hours of superheroic action.

I’m not an official movie reviewer. I don’t have a degree in movie-osity or anything lofty and impressive like that, but in my humble, movie-goer opinion, this movie was pretty great. I’ll leave all the observations of acting, script, and such to the professionals and wannabe professionals --- mostly. I have to say two things though. They kept the dialogue pretty realistic – she said with a sigh of relief. And Heath Ledger was amazing as Joker.

Now for the real stuff. The costumes were just plain fabuloso! Of course, I’m thinking that this may be the summer movie that inspires the most costumes come Halloween. And why not?

Batman’s costume is dark, and invincible-looking. It’s got all the right looks in all the right places. No nipples, thank god. When Bruce asks for improvements, they all make sense and make the costume look even better. And we get a Batman who can actually turn his head to look over his shoulder.

Being as cool as it is in the movie, making your own version of this bullet-proof-yet-flexible, functional-yet-sexy costume could be near impossible. Unless you are a millionaire, that is, with a whole division of your corporation devoted to making ultra-expensive gizmos. There are other options of course. You could order a bunch of pizza from Dominoes and assemble your own Dark Knight costume that way. Two draw backs come to mind for this alternative. After eating that much pizza, you won’t really have the superhero physique to go with the superhero costume. A big old gut hanging out the bottom of your torso unit may fail to inspire the necessary fear and awe that the Dark Knight should. Secondly, when you show up to your hip, cool, Halloween party stinking of pepperoni that’s been fermenting for months, it may hinder your plans to hook up with anyone (except someone with a serious case of the munchies after way too much partying).

Other alternative - you could buy a costume Batman Mask and then wear black tights, black shirt, black chest protector, black cape, Batman gloves, and the utility belt. You'll want to spend some time searching out the perfect black superhero boots, because black motorcycle boots just ain't gonna cut it. There are a few Dark Knight costumes out there for sale, but the only ones that look even slightly close, cost about $400. And I don’t know about you, but that is a pretty steep price for a Halloween costume. Or you could go for the retro Batman look and hope everyone appreciates your sense of nostalgia.

On the other hand, we have Joker. What a simple, yet perfect costume. And, even better, it’s one you could actually make for yourself. Just head on down to your local thrift store and to get all the clothing. Now, you may not find a long purple jacket, but if you happen to get that lucky, you should definitely make a scene and jump up and down. Otherwise, pick up any long jacket you can find and die the sucker purple. Can't find a long coat at the thrift store? You could buy a purple costume coat and make some small alterations.

Buy a green vest (or die one) and you are done with the two hardest parts. Now you just need a blue dress shirt with some sort of design or print – the one in the movie looks like it’s got a reptile or spider web sort of pattern on it. Joker’s tie looks pretty unremarkable – dark colored with some sort of gold designs. I think the regular length jacket is optional, since he's not wearing it all the time. So make your choice based on where you live and how cold it is in late October. Of course, you’d want to throw in these accessories: gloves, hanging keychain, and several joker cards.

You could then either go with a wig (It's hard to find a stringy hair wig, but you could give a long hippie wig a cut to get the same look) or do your own hair. If you do your own, use a bit of green hair spray (this isn't available in our online store, but we've got plenty in our retail store). Heath’s hair looks nice and grungy so don’t wash yours for few days before you costume up. But don’t overdo that aspect or the green coloring, or the outcome could be tragic. Then best thing about Joker’s look is the nasty makeup job. I love the way it’s all imperfect, with sweat lines and smudges. That is something I you don’t have to be a makeup artist to pull off. Three simple colors of make up; white, black and red, and you'll be looking like Batman's arch-enemy.

Now I’m betting we’re all going to see a lot of Jokers out there this Halloween. If you are having an ache to be the insane madman too, but don’t want to look like one of the many that are out there, I’ve got an idea for you. I love the scene in the movie, where Joker appears in Harvey Dent’s hospital room in a nurse’s outfit. Now that would be the way I would dress as the Joker for Halloween. Clown makeup done Joker-style, a white nurse's uniform, a red wig, all topped off with a monster handgun.

In the Halloween costume battle, I’d have to give this one to the Joker. Seems only fair, since the movie ended with that first battle going to the Bat.

Is it that time of year AGAIN??

Ok, so it's been awhile (or almost a year!) since we last spoke. I have a few new items I wanted to share with you so you can all get a jump on the Halloween Season. First, let's start with this stunulicious Sexy Pirate Costume by Roma. The detail on this costume is amazing and it's made of the utmost quality materials. They've done a fine job here.

Next, have you seen our new Sexy Boots? We're thinking these boots just freshen up any spunky costume you decide on.

Our Bumble Bee Shoes are to die for though and complete any of our hot Bee Costumes. The one shown here is by Roma. While we sell a bunch of these bee costumes, I always wonder if all those people are walking around Halloween Parties or whatever with those wings on. It would really disturb me to no end if someone kept flapping all over the place and then to think if there were hundreds of them all gathered in one place - kind of a scary thought. But, the costume is a hit and we've never had any complaints about it - high quality and it's very comfortable and easy to wear.

Well, we'll try not to let so much time go by next time we write. We've got lots of amazing new Sexy Costumes to talk about, so we'll be back soon to give you the latest scoop.

And, if you're in Santa Barbara, CA - drop by418 State Street and check out our Costumes!

Ciao for now...