Cinco de Mayo

So what is Cinco de Mayo? Easy…translated it’s the 5th of May, which is the day on which it is celebrated, but what it represents is a bit more in depth. It is a Mexican holiday that celebrates the defeat of the French Army in 1862, it celebrates Mexican heritage and pride combining traditional food, music, traditions, and dancing. In the United States it has taken on much the same status as other cultural holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, Oktoberfest, and the Chinese New Year. 

How do you have your own celebration? Well that to is easy The Costumer carries costumes and accessories to set your own Cinco de Mayo celebration apart. We carry costumes and accessories such as serape (Mexican Ponchos), lace fans, Bandolero bullet belts, and hats of all sorts including sombreros, matador hats, and Spanish mantillas and combs. Don’t forget playtime with our inflatable cactus cooler/ring toss game, just blow up and add ice!

Leg Avenue

More and more items are being added to our website every day as we continue gearing up for Halloween 2009.  Did you know that at the time of this post there is only 192 days and 14 hours until Halloween? As with years past we expect that Leg Avenue is going to be a big seller and all the Leg Avenue items are currently being added to our website. You can view all of our Leg Avenue selection including the new costumes for 2009 by clicking here. 

Show Time!

It is show time at The Costumer we have been busy with both our spring show season and getting the show going online. We now have a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and as you can see, now we also have our very own blog!

At this time we have costume rentals going on for over 50 shows and are sending out over 1200 costumes, and that is just the rest of April. Our sales department is also taking calls from directors shopping for all the additional items needed for their show such as wigs, makeup, shoes.

On the Halloween front...yes we are thinking Halloween already, and we have been since November 1st. We have already started stocking our shelves with Halloween merchandise both old and new as well as beginning to add all of the new items to our website.