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Purim Costumes Are an Important Part of the Purim Celebration

February 3, 2010 in Holiday Costumes, Uncategorized by Lara Burke

Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays. Considered more of a Jewish national holiday and a strictly religious one, it is a time of great celebration. Because it is not considered a high holy day ordained by the Torah, most orthodox Jews are still permitted to transact business. As with all Jewish holidays, Purim begins at sundown the night before. This year Purim begins at Sundown on February 27.

The four main mitzvot of the day are:

  1. Listening to the public reading, usually in synagogue, of the Book of Esther in the evening and again in the following morning (k’riat megilla)
  2. Sending food gifts to friends (mishloach manot)
  3. Giving charity to the poor (matanot la’evyonim)
  4. Eating a festive meal and drinking wine (se`udah)

Jews of all ages enjoy the festivities of Purim. The tradition includes wearing Purim costumes and having parties complete with noisemakers, prizes and treats. For those who need a very secular explanation, Purim is like Halloween in reverse. Instead of going door to door receiving treats you go door to door giving treats.

Instead of wearing Halloween costumes, kids wear Purim costumes. The most common Purim costumes are the Queen Ester costume and the Mordichai costume.  You can also find funny costumes like Dreidel Maidel and Menorah Man.

Costume SuperCenter has a wide variety of Purim Costumes for children at super low prices.

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Tooth Fairy is Costume of the Week

February 2, 2010 in General Costumes by Lara Burke

This week, the new movie Tooth Fairy was released. Tooth Fairy stars Duane Johnson as minor league hockey player Derek Thompson who is aptly named “The Tooth Fairy” because of his reputation for knocking out the teeth of opposing players when he checks them against the boards.  “The Tooth Fairy” gets into trouble when he breaks the heart of 6 year old Tess by telling her there is no such thing as the Tooth Fairy. This is witnessed by the Fairy Godmother who summons him to The Department of the Dissemination of Disbelief to serve one week in the Tooth Fairy Army.  The rough and tough hockey player is forced to comply. As retribution, he must not only take on all of the duties and responsibilities of the Tooth Fairy but he must also dress the part, complete with a tutu, wand and fairy wings.

With his Tooth Fairy costume and a few flying lessons he is sent to collect teeth. As you can imagine there are funny mishaps and lessons to be learned in the process.  It’s an imaginative movie that is surprising good. It reinforces a kid’s belief in childhood mythology and worth seeing if you have a child on the fence about belief in the Tooth Fairy.  For us grown ups, it’s humorous an appealing to see “The Rock” in a ballerina style Tooth Fairy costume.

There is no official costume for the movie but there is a funny Tooth Fairy costume for sale at Costume Supercenter for only $34.99 that includes a top, shorts, tulle skirt, wings and a headpiece. If you choose, you could also buy a pink or blue ballerina costume or fairy costume with wings and come up with a creative way to make it “toothy.”

The Mad Hatter is the Hot New Halloween Costume

in Uncategorized by Lara Burke

The Mad Hatter is Johnny Depp’s newest re-creation. Tim Burton has employed the talents of his good friend once again to portray the Mad Hatter in his remake of Alice In Wonderland, due in theaters March 5, 2010.  Come this fall there will be many Mad Hatter Halloween Costumes and for good reason. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have created an insane Wonderland with spectacular costumes and imaginative sets. The Mad Hatter is over the top just what you have come to expect from these two creative geniuses.

As of this writing, the Mad Hatter Hat is the only item for which I have any details. The Mad Hatter costume is still in production but the hat I’ve seen and it is very true to the one in the movie trailer. Disney has stringent guidelines with their licensed products so this hat is a quality accessory. 

The Mad Hatter hat manufactured by Elope comes in three styles. Two are men’s styles, one with build in curly red hair and one without hair. They feature a tied sash band with a peacock feather on one side and the 10/6 tag on the other. The third is a women’s hat featuring a smaller version of the hat affixed to a headband and with a long satin band that trains down one’s back.

I love Johnny Depp and cannot wait for Alice in Wonderland so I can experience his characterization of The Mad Hatter. His has that sexy yet odd, super talented and quirky thing going I that I find extremely appealing. I look forward to seeing him bring something completely unique and understatedly sexy to the character while still being distinctively “Johnny Depp.” If the character has as much quirky charm as the Mad Hatter Hat then we are in for one crazy trip down the rabbit hole.

Mardi Gras Madness – A Glorious Bacchanal of Sin…and Costumes

in Uncategorized by Lara Burke

Mardi Gras also known as Carnival is a time to let lose, party hard and bare it all. It is the celebration revelry, debauchery and mayhem for the two weeks leading to Fat Tuesday, the eve of Ash Wednesday. The festivities include dancing, drinking and dressing in elaborate Mardi Gras costumes while parading in the streets.

The purpose of Mardi Gras is to create an outlet to “get your jollies out” before the start of lent. Lent is a Christian season of penitence and self-denial when followers participate in a modified fast. This fast may include giving up a favorite food or drink for 40 days and nights leading up to Easter Sunday. Hence, the time of Carnival is sort of like a last ditch effort to indulge in your favorite sinful things.   

Mardi Gras’ origins date back to Medieval times but here in the US we can date the tradition back to the 1600s’s in New Orleans. Today, New Orleans is still the most famous place in the United States for celebrating but anyone can have a Mardi Gras party.

The traditional colors or Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green. The meaning of the colors is purple for justice, gold with power and green for faith. Costumes for Mardi Gras range for very risqué to elaborate. You can find costumes for men, women and everything in between. Even if you decide not to wear a Mardi Gras outfit you cannot go without the most important accessory: beads.

Stayed tuned for my next blog when I tell you all the things you can do with Mardi Gras beads.

Things to do With Mardi Gras Beads

in Holiday Costumes by Lara Burke

A flash here, a flash there. Mardi Gras brings out a side in us girls that we wouldn’t show anywhere else (at least most of us). If you dare to bare it during Mardi Gras we guarantee you’ll be going home with your share of beads. Being environmentally conscience I’d hate to see all these plastic beads wind up in a landfill so I have made a list of things that you can do with your Mardi Gras Beads.

Chances are you received beads in a rainbow of colors with the predominant theme being purple green and gold. You can sort them by color or create combinations to suit your holiday, theme, décor or whatever.

Make a decorative beaded doorway curtain. Cut them open to form long strands. Tie those strands together and time them to a strand that you string across the top or the doorway. This is a retro look that is great for dorm rooms and kid’s rooms.

Use them as curtain tie backs – metallic, faceted beads

Lace them through the holes of your shower while wrapping them around the curtain rod. They add color to a blah bathroom and they won’t get rust stains on your shower curtains like cheap metal hooks.

Give them to your kids, nieces, etc to use as dress-up jewelry. Little girls can’t get enough of this stuff.

Decorate a lampshade – cut the necklace to make one long strand. Hot glue several strands to an inexpensive white lampshade. This is a great idea for play rooms, kid’s rooms and dorm rooms.

Sew them in a circular pattern onto an old bathing suit top for a risqué and sexy Mardi Gras costume for next year.

Put a large pillar candle in a hurricane lamp. Fill the lamp with beads half way up the candle. Make sure you use an evaporating candle so wax won’t melt all over the beads. This is perfect for Christmas, Halloween, Valentines, St. Pats and 4th of July depending on the colors you use. Stick to a white candle and all you need to do is change the beads.

Hang a few them from your rear view mirror as a keepsake of your good time at Mardi Gras.

Decorate your Christmas tree. The beads sparkle so nicely in the Christmas Tree lights.

If you still have beads left over, offer them to a school or post an ad for free beads on Craigslist.

Who’s Hiding Inside That Costume?

in General Costumes by Lara Burke

Costumes are a great way for celebrities to disguise themselves and go out in public. Just take the example of Toby Maguire. Monday’s Daily Dish blog posted a story about how Toby McGuire wears his super hero outfit away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi so he can entertain kids. “The actor keeps one of the web-slinging action hero’s costumes hanging in his wardrobe and reveals he has a tendency to don the one-piece bodysuit to surprise kids with a few Spider-Man stunts to keep himself in shape.” It will make you wonder the next time you see a superhero at a birthday party who is beneath the mask.

Several years ago, singer/songwriter John Mayer made a TV show. In one segment he is seen walking around the parking lot of the concert venue dressed in a Bear costume. His goal was to get the fans’ perspective and see what goes on in the parking lot before his concerts. He got some good insight and no one was the wiser.

Then again, some celebrities try to disguise themselves but stick out like a sore thumb. Look at Joaquin Phoenix. You can barely see his face beneath that Grizzly Adams beard of his and if you didn’t know him personally you’d never recognize him. He made the mistake of appearing on television with a face full of hair. Now his disguise is blown. But I guess it doesn’t matter because he seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth anyway.

If celebrities want to buy costumes that will keep them incognito, maybe Spiderman outfits and bear suits are not the best choices. The same can be said for hiding under big hoodies, behind ginormous sunglasses or wrapping your face with a wooly scarf which only make you look like you’re trying to hide.

To all you celebs out there I suggest you give up trying to hide. The paparazzi (who I agree are all scum) will find you no matter what you do so embrace the life you’ve chosen and save the costumes for the set.

Recreated the Look From the Movie Nine

in General Costumes by Lara Burke

 

Sexy costumes, sexy women.  With leading ladies like Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson and Fergie Nine is all about sex appeal.  The sexy costumes during the dance numbers range from erotic lingerie to flapper style minis with a variety of high and low boots and spiked high heels.  To date, there are no “official” Nine costumes but here is how to create the look from the movie. 

“Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother in the movie Nine.”

You could wear a corset, garter and stockings a la Penelope Cruz if you dare but something more on the order Kate Hudson’s sexy black dance costume would be a real head turner too. Costume SuperCenter has many styles of costumes that resemble those worn by the dancers. Our selections, shown here total less than $100.  That’s a whole lot of sexy for a lot less than Kate’s designer costumes.

This is the Week of the Polar Bear Plunge

in General Costumes by Lara Burke

All across the United States Polar Bear Clubs are bracing for their annual icy dip. The Polar Bear Club, for those who don’t know, is an organization with clubs throughout the world who every year, usually between Christmas and New Year’s Day, hit the frozen beaches and lakes and happily plunge themselves into freezing waters.

Do they do this because they are crazy? Yes. But their craziness is in the name of charity. Most Polar Bears pay annual dues to belong to the club. The Annual Plunges are organized to raise money for charity but die hard Polar Bears meet regularly and some will frolic in frigid waters as often as once a week between November and April, so yes, they are definitely crazy.

Annual Polar Bear Plunges that are organized for charity are publicized locally through various news outlets and blogs. They are open for all spectators to watch in shock and awe. In return, spectators give a donation to charity with whom the Polar Bears have partnered. As if just stepping onto the beach in a swimsuit in January isn’t attention getting enough, many Polar Bears dress in costumes. Some don Santa hats, some come in more elaborate costumes.  The point is to draw attention to their cause and have a good time. Its all good fun, entertaining and worthy of a donation.

Look for a Polar Bear Plunge near you. Watch these frozen nuts (no pun intended) while you enjoy a hot cocoa on the beach and be sure to reach deep into your pockets. It gives new meaning to the phrase, “I’d pay to see that.”

Avatar is Cool!

in General Costumes, Uncategorized by Lara Burke

Avatar is cool! It’s an amalgamation of technology and creative genius. The concept, the creation, the passion and adventure; it sucks you in and swallows you whole. The 3D spectacle is a feast for your senses and a celebration of imagination. James Cameron is a master who puts it out there with no holds barred and come out a film making champion. Avatar, Cameron’s latest masterpiece is reportedly the most expensive movie every made coming in at a cool $500 Million. Not only is that millions more than Waterworld, Avatar is millions times better.

All of the reviews for Avatar have been remarkable. MTV Movie blog calls it the “jaw dropping adventure of the year,” adding, “”Avatar” takes a little time to suck you in but once you release yourself to it you are there and even if your brain is telling you to marvel at the effects, your heart will beg you to surrender to the story and characters.”

The technology behind this movie helps to create a magical universe. The Na’vi, planet Pandora’s indigenous habitants are blue beings created with the aid of motion capture, a technology that was not available yet when Cameron first conceived the film 10 years ago. The computer imaging and imagination that went into making Pandora a spectacular wonderland is the best that the industry has ever seen. The technology enables you to feel like their world is real and that you fly through the action. With the 3D and motion capture special effects being so realistic and the action so intense there have been reports of audience members getting motion sick and vomiting in the theater.

As with Cameron’s other blockbuster films, Terminator and T2, it’s only a matter of time before blue Na’vi Avatar costumes become available. The Avatar costumes are in development for 2010 Halloween and beyond. With ticket sales and other merchandising like costumes, Cameron stands to see Avatar break $1 Billion. That’s complete beyond reality, just like this movie.

Christ in Christmas – It’s About More Than Santa

in Holiday Costumes, Uncategorized by Lara Burke

This is becoming an increasing secular world in which we live. I’m not here to debate religion because the holiday season means many things to many different people. But Christmas is named after Christ so, if not for him (or the story of him), we would have no season of giving or gestures of peace on earth and good will toward men.

For the 2.1 billion Christians out there who acknowledge this holiday and the sacred event of Christ’s birth, it is a time of great joy. For them, celebrating the birth of the Son of God is the priority of Christmas. Santa Claus, presents, Christmas trees and all that other fun stuff is secondary to the real meaning of Christmas, the birth of a savior.

Christian children learn the story of the birth of Jesus from the youngest age at home then in church or Sunday school. An important tradition in many churches and religious schools is the annual performance of a Christmas Pageant. In a Christmas pageant, children, and sometimes adults too, dress up in costume as Mary, Joseph and the three wise men as well as angels, shepherds and other spectators. The more special pageants even incorporate real animals into a living Nativity.

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