Manga Cosplay Masks

Nowadays, it ain’t a big problem anymore to bring your favorite manga character to life. In this regard, the usual cosplay costumes don’t seem to be appropriate anymore for some cosplay enthusiasts, although most often good looking. To mimic a certain manga character as good as possible, ‘Cosplay Dollers’ as they are called utilize special cosplay costumes also called ‘Kigurumis’. Basically, Kigurumis are special costumes covering the whole body. Continue reading →

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Costume idea discovered on Google Street View

From time to time, pictures of weirdness are discovered by users of Google Street View. Recently, a perfect example that is now known as ‘Horseboy’ was found in Aberdeen, Scotland and has become a phenomenon among internet users. Horse boy is a yet unknown man wearing a horse heads costume mask, dark trousers and a purple shirt while waiting for the Street View car to pass by. Usually, news like that aren’t worth mentioning here. In this case we wish to deviate from that though, as the mask in combination with the circumstances is quite cool and might be a nice costume idea for carnival or halloween.

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Costume idea: dressing up as Jigsaw Puppet

One of the best known and most popular movies of the horror genre in recent years is undoubtedly the SAW film series. The plot of the film series revolves around a sadistic psychopath, the Jigsaw Killer, who imprisons his victims in skurile torture machines. The Jigsaw Killer wants to test their will to survive. For many of the victims of the situation in Jigsaw torture machines seem hopeless, but the crazed serial killer has built-in a loophole into each of these machines which offers the delinquent a small chance of survival. But in order to stay alive, his victims have to pay a heavy price. In order to escape death, the victims of the jigsaw killer have to inflict harm on themselves or even kill other people. But the FBI is hot on the heels of the Jigsaw Killer, to put an end to his brutal intrigues.

Since the surprise success of the movie premiere of the first part of SAW in 2004, this horror-thriller was followed by 5 sequels. The SAW film series has a large fan base, therefore it is not surprising that you can often see people wearing a SAW costume on Carnival or Halloween. The most popular character seems to be the so-called ‘Jigsaw Puppet’, with a life-size doll wearing a terrifying  mask, which can be seen in the SAW movies very often. Many moviegoers might remember the odd and scary scenes with the SAW Puppet riding a kids tricycle. Continue reading →

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Female Masks

Nowadays, in our modern society, enhancing or altering one’s natural appearance is not unheard of. Changing physical features of oneself is considered by some as a form of self development. Some people also do this just because they are free to do so, and others for fun or pleasure. One rather unusual form of altering one’s look is by female masking. Female masking is an act of wearing a mask that would copy a woman’s facial features.

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Eccentric toddler costumes

Just a short link to a site showing some pictures of a toddler in several quite eccentric costumes, made by a danish-norwegian artist. Not something you probably should use for your children as a halloween or carnival costume, but still quite notable and well made:

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Awesome home-made alien robot costume

This costume seems to have been made by a die hard fan of alien games and movies. However, he’s no ordinary movie viewer or gamer. He surely knows how to do his “thing” — making an alien robot costume. Continue reading →

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Horse head masks – Some ideas for usage

Some food for thought on what to do with one of those crazy horse head masks that became famous as an internet meme:


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Steampunk Costumes – Dress up into a ‘steampowered’ disguise!

Steampunk costumes draw its inspiration from the Sci-Fi sub-genre ‘Steampunk’. It has often been described as gritty brass gears powered fashion influenced by the Victorian period and Gothic culture. Steampunk can combine styles from the Old West, victorian era, vampires, and British military. More often, steampunk costume are set in the framework of advanced technology, fueled by steam gas engines, mechanical gears and clock dials. Steampunk costumes appeal in the realm of speculative fiction, Sci-Fi history and alternate universe, with most of the creations based on some gritty, dark, dystopian themes.

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