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blue dopple gangers on stage

Have machine – Will travel!

What a fun filled week! I got flown home to my old home town Melbourne for three days to sew on a set designed by Edwards Moore for Architecture in Helsinki to use for their Big Day Out Tour! A funny coincidence that a band with the word Architecture in their name would go with [...]

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Flight attendant in a suitcase costume

Come Fly With Me

Have you ever dreamt of flying in costume into the vast blue skies yonder? Up Up and Awaaaaaayyyyyy! Well now is your chance to make it real! (well, more real!) Dress to theme, “Come Fly with Me” the song made famous by Frank Sinatra, pictures exotic far off places for dreamy lovers to visit and [...]

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Designing a wedding dress

Designing a wedding dress

The first thing a bride-to-be needs to do is some thorough research. Look in magazines and online, collect and print out as many relevant images you can find. Label them and be clear about why you like them. Take this folder to your dress maker. Consider which styles are most flattering to you, neck lines, [...]

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Custom made promotional costumes

Custom made promotional costumes

So I get this phone call one afternoon, something along the lines of: “Hi we need some costumes made up for a promotional event next week. We have some designs but the client isn’t happy with them, are you able to send us some designs of your own, and then get them made up for [...]

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Cat suit pole dancer!

Making a Poledancing Cat suit!

A beautiful girl walked into the shop one day wanting a cat suit to pole-dance in! She was about to travel to Belgium to partake in a competition and had brought in some images of the type of costume she was after. Together we drew up exactly what she wanted. We arranged a price and [...]

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Burning Man Festival

Burning Man Festival

The Burning Festival is one of the most amazing exciting fun festivals of ALL time, and it’s coming up again! Come to Agent Costume for your costumes, I can make you ANYTHING you like, and I know what it takes to live in comfort for a week in the desert, what pockets are needed for [...]

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Cushions for set dressing

Cushions for set dressing

A well established Sydney Art Director needed some cushions for a television commercial to help dress a scene set in Mexico. He handed me a Mexican blanket with some very simple instructions and dimensions. “Two cushions, this high and this wide, each with a fish. Each cushion is to be fringed all around with some [...]

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How much does a custom made costume cost?

How much does a custom made costume cost?

Custom made costumes vary greatly in price depending on the time needed and materials required. The price depends on variants of the following: How long it takes to define the pattern how many fittings are required? How long it takes to cut out all the peices are the pieces lined? how expensive is the fabric? [...]

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What is Agent Costume?

What is Agent Costume?

Agent Costume is a small costume making and costume hire business in Bondi, Sydney, Australia, operating as a sole trader. I share a tiny little workshop space  in Bondi with another costume maker and we have filled the space ’til it’s busting at the seams! If you are looking for Agent Costume you have to [...]

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Half Man Half Woman Costume

Half Man Half Woman Costume

Are you interested in finding out more about a Half woman/half man costume? Then read on: “Dear Agent Costume, I’m going to a Fancy dress party, the party theme is ‘Lost at the Altar’ and I want to go in a half-bride half-groom costume. Do you have one to hire? Is this something you can [...]

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