Cosplay USA

With September coming, Halloween is starting to cross all the minds of the young at heart or just plain dark hearted. I dress up so much all year long, Halloween is usually my day off. If anything I dress up for work or for a few hours for contests or to humor people.

I will also be accepting commissions again this year, but make your requests now please. If you are unfamiliar with my commissions process, here are some details:

1) Send photo of desired costume for a quote.

2) Quote is provided for 2 installments; Materials and Labor. Materials fee is required before anything is bought or started. Labor costs are due upon pickup/completion of costume.

If you are far away, that’s fine; I can provide you with the measurements needed to complete your project. The measurements are then sent to me by email or IM and the completed costume is shipped to you for the cost of shipping. If you are local, it’s a simple pick-up or delivery.

All patterns are custom made to fit YOU and look like the design. I also do costumes for babies, children, and animals! Those are really fun. With all the new babies around, I’ve been making a new baby costume every year. These include a baby sorceror Mickey from fantasia and a baby Goofy. Animals are also adorable to dress up although some like it and others won’t tolerate it for any amount of extended time. At my last office job, someone had dressed up their guinea pig. :)

The costs are actually pretty modest considering the costs at Halloween shops. They overcharge and you get a low quality costume that likely another person will also be wearing. With my designs you get a custom, quality outfit and you’re sure to be one of a kind. This is especially good for Halloween balls or themed parties. The costumes can cost between $50-200 depending on what you’re looking for and the quality of the fabrics used.

Another option that’s available is buying costumes on E-bay. Unfortunately there is no way to guaranty it will arrive on or before Halloween. Case at hand; I’ve always wanted a costume made by one of those seamstresses in China. The pictures always look so nice… The prices are always low although the hefty shipping makes up for that. They get charged a percentage of what they make on the item, so they sell it at a lower amount to pay less and have you pay it in shipping so they cannot be charged for the excess. I ordered my costume for last Halloween about 1.5 months before Halloween. It took about 1 month to realize it was either lost or never sent. Then I had to wait for a refund although there was no time left and I clearly got nothing. So I had to fork over another $100 to have another seller sell me “the same costume” using the same exact picture. That one showed up about 2 weeks after Halloween, so you can see why I advise against this method. The end product was not impressive either. What I wound up with is a poorly maid Chibi Usa costume with the skirt length down past my knees. I honestly don’t know what they were thinking except they must have had a heavy-set person or man in mind… One with a 25″ waist…? Some of the parts like the bow were made from paper-like cellophane material which I don’t even feel is suitable for wear. The bow is crunched up and not attractive. Needless to say the costume has sat and I never wore it. I may as well finish the Chibi-Usa I had started years ago and do it right. I was thinking I’d save myself the time, labor, stress, and it would come out looking picture perfect. Wrong. Other people may have had better experiences ordering this way, but I for one don’t recommend it.

For more information on having a costume custom designed and made for you, just drop me a comment or send me a reference photo and I can get you a quote today. Don’t delay, time is wearing thin and I do fill up quickly during this season.

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