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Santa Costume!

Santa costume is here! Deluxe Santa suit hire for bargain hire price! Includes wig, beard, hat, glasses, pants with boots, jacket, tummy, belt, gloves, and present sack with bells on! Inquire now for availability. Other Christmas character costume ideas: Mary Christmas, Mrs Claus, Angels, Elves, candy canes, Christmas puddings, christmas parcels, Bon-Bons, Christmas crackers, the [...]

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Cool runnings, Jamaican bob sled team costumes!

Cool runnings costumes for hire! In fact I just sent I one to Brisbane for this weekend, leaving 4, a complete bobsled team left to party on this weekend! Made to fit 6 foot tall plus guys. So get your mates together, call up and book them! Complete with totally blingin’ chunky gold chain first [...]

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Weirdest costuming job ever!

Weirdest costuming job ever!

This is by far definitely the weirdest costuming job I’ve ever been asked to do. Beyond making a lycra super hero suit for a garden gnome ( not surprisingly, by the same Art director) I get a phone call, “This may sound weird, but, do you think you could make a tuxedo, .. for a [...]

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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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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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Super Beginner Sewing Tips

Super Beginner Sewing Tips

Lets look at the basics of the thread on your machine, before you even try to navigate a clothing pattern. The first thing you need is a machine that sews properly and evenly. What if your thread wont pick up? What if the thread is unevenly sewing, or snapping before you even get half a [...]

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Altering a baby tuxedo!

Altering a baby tuxedo!

Today I’m performing clothing alterations a baby tuxedo! The owners ordered the smallest size they could find online, and it was still too small for the little fellow who is not even a year old. What’s he going to wear to the wedding? Luckily Mum and Dad stopped by at Agent Costume and asked if [...]

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Sewing lessons in Melbourne

Sewing lessons in Melbourne

Thread Den Revisiting Melbourne, I discovered an amazing space called Thread Den. In Errol St, North Melbourne. It turns out, I studied costuming with one of the founders, Kylie Shepherd, from the year 2000. It’s great to keep in contact and see what other people are achieving with their talents and dedication. Thread Den is [...]

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