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That Costume BlogOrigin of Christmas in July
Where did the Term Christmas in July come from?
A North Carolina camp named Keystone was the first to coin the Christmas
in July phrase in July of 1933. The camp celebrated Christmas with a
tree, gifts and of course a visit by Santa. This was reported by the
National Recreation Association Journal Recreation in 1935.
In 1940 a movie with the same name was released. The movie involves a
story about a man who...
The Origin of Uncle Sam
The symbol that became synonymous with American pride, Patriotism and
the American soldier originated from a meat-packer named Samuel Wilson
in 1812. Wilson was was an inspector of beef and pork, in Troy, N. Y.
He inspected
the meat purchased for the government after the declaration of war
against England in 1812.
A contractor Elbert Anderson
purchased meat, and the barrels were marked "E.
A.," the initials of his name, and "U. S.," for United States.
Wilson's workers had their own explanation of what the initial U.S.
stood for.
Most Expensive Dress Ever Sold at Auction
Debbie Reynolds who is auctioning off her entire collection of Hollywood memorabilia had 700 of items up for sale to the highest bidder this past Saturday. The most well known piece was Marilyn Monroe's dress from "The Seven Year Itch" sold for an amazing $4.6 million. Debbie had intended to house the collection in a museum, but plans fell through in 2009 Tennessee when the creditors went bankrupt leaving Debbie to pay the bills. The winning bid easily outpaced the estimated sale price of $1 to 2 million for the dress.
Was Eminem inspiration for the New Robin Character in Batman's Arkham City Game
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Before Lady Gaga and Madonna there was the Flapper
Women came of age in the 20's. They smoked, drank, danced and voted. In
other words women finally got their "groove on" post World War I.
Without the flapper we probably wouldn't have the Lady Gaga or Madonna.
These "flappers" cut their hair, wore lots of make-up, and sometimes
went to petting parties. What is a petting party you ask? A petting
party was basically a group kissing party.
This Week in Costumes June 17th, 2011
This week we have a creepy book from Ransom Riggs that you might like. A new costume from the upcoming Captain America movie is revealed and two kids from Winnipeg have a shotgun lightsaber wedding.
This Week in Costumes June 10th, 2011
This week we have news about Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood costume auction, a Disney princess re-imagined as a superhero and of all things the world's most embarrassing dad just in time for Father's day. For starters Debbie Reynolds is auctioning off her entire collection of Hollywood memorabilia. She's been collecting costumes and props for fifty years from Academy Award–winning films, including My Fair Lady, Gone With the Wind, Ben-Hur, The Sound of Music, and Casablanca. The collection includes items worn by a who's who of Hollywood A-list actors of yesteryear including Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston...
Harry Potter the Exhibition in NY
Harry Potter the Exhibition is opening in New York at Discovery TImes Square.
Warner Brothers and Global ExperienceSpecialists (GES) have created a 14,000 square foot exhibition of all things Potter. The show is featuring a number of items from the hit movie franchise including costumes props and artifacts from the film. Items from the last two Harry Potter films, Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 will be included as well.
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Clothing
Are you a fan of the Metal Gear franchise?
The award winning video game series by Konami released a PSP game entitled Metal Gear Peace Walker in 2010 after the wildly successful PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots game that released in 2008. Metal Gear Peace Walker is a prequel of sorts, set in 1974 with the protagonist Snake working as a mercenary in Central America.
The PSP game has turned out to be a solid release for Konami, no pun intended. With the huge popularity of the game and the franchise Musterbrand LLC and Konami has created a series of game inspired clothing including coats, sweatshirts, pants, t-shirts and hats which will be availabe on April 11th.
Biggest Darn Bunny You Ever Seen
What's cuter then the average bunny? How about a gigantic bunny
rabbit. In case you did not know there are two breeds of monstrous
bunny rabbits, the Flemish Giant and the British Continental Giant.
The British Continental Giant can grow unusually large, much larger then
your average 7-8 pound domesticated rabbit. In some cases up to 40
pounds which is of course larger then your average toddler. Video after the break
Top 10 Funniest Costumes of 2010
Each year we compile a list of the funniest costumes for the season.
This year there's less offensive items and a return to humor. Warning: There's still a few costumes here that may offend, but there's nothing here thats NSFW.
1) GingerBread Warrior Costume from Shrek
I am going with this as my favorite. Who's doesn't love this adorable guy in the Shrek movies? There's an adult and children's version of this costume.
2) Twister Costume
The old favorite board game is now a costume complete with the spinning wheel. There's a plus size and children's size available too, but this design has that chic mod look.
3) The Deluxe Green Army Men Costume from Toy Story
This costume licensed from Toy Story looks
just like the ones you (at least the guys) used to play with. Comes in adult and kid sizes. Add some green face paint and your ready to go.
4) Double Occupancy Costume
Let em know your occupied for at least for Halloween night. Don't plan on breaking out any dance moves in this costume.
5) Tic Tac Toe Dress Costume - Women's Plus Size Humorous
Everyone knows the game of tic tac toe. This playful costume gives you somethig to do with a friend if your Halloween party is as stale last year's Halloween candy.
6) Operation Costume - Men's Humorous Costume
7) Smurf Costume
Yes the smurfs are back for 2010. There's a new movie coming out this year. There's a Pappa Smurf and Smurfette version available as well. What's funnier then some huge guy in a smurf costume?
8) Pokey Costume
Does anyone remember this guy? Its the licensed pokey costume from Gumby and Pokey fame.
9) Inflatable Doll Costume (Male or Female versions)
I suppose this costume needs no explanation.
 
10) Petting Zoo Costume
Saving the creepiest for last. Another costume that stretches the limits of good taste.
We want to know what sort of humourous costume idea you have. I am sure you can come up with some funnier costume ideas.
For other offensive and just plain hilarious costumes please check out our humourous costumes page.
Was the Mad Hatter Actually Mad?
Was the delirious Mad Hatter who was featured in Lewis
Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" actually mad? If so how did he get that
way? Well let's look back to the process of making hats in the
nineteenth century.
Lewis Carroll regularly used common songs, nursery rhymes,
expressions, and etc. as the ground work for characters in his
intriguing stories. The birth of the phrase came from the popular
thought that hatters really did lose their mind.
The various
chemicals used in the hat making process included mercurous nitrate
otherwise known as mercury. Mercury was used in the process of
manufacturing felt hats that were worn in England during Lewis' time.
Flamboyant and erratic behavior was one obvious alteration caused by
mercury among other side effects included mood swings, different
debilities, and excessive drooling. Victims developed uncontrollable and
severe twitching limbs and muscular tremors called "Hatter's Shakes".
Other common symptoms were confused speech and distorted vision.
Advanced cases revolved around psychotic symptoms and developed
hallucinations.
Real Walker Robot for Kids
Imagine your kids getting ahold of one of these for Halloween. Created
by the Sakakibara-kikai corp of Japan. This is a new smaller "kid
friendly" version of the full-size landwalker robot the company
developed in . Pretty cool stuff from a company that usually produces
feed sweepers. Check out the video after the break, you'll also get a peek at the
larger version in the background.
Invasion of the Board Game Costumes
Does anyone remember playing board games? You know that thing you and your family did before cable tv and the interweb. I certainly remember family game night. Some of my favorite old school board games have been resurrected as Halloween costumes.
1) Twister
Complete with twister spinning wheel.
2) Checkers
Its playable with velcro pieces
3) Operation
4) Tic Tac Toe
Dude you have to supply your own jeans.
XOXO
5) Monoply Guy
Tell us what board game favorites are missing here. I for one would like to see Rock em Sock em Robots costume. I know its not a board game, but if you had two robot costumes, one in each color it would be quite cool.
Guy Builds His own Aliens Inspired Power Loader
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