Halloween in NYC
Where to Find a
Costume
Costume Shops
Any of these costume shops are good spota to
pick up the perfect outfit for Halloween. Unless otherwise noted all
have adult costumes for sale or rent and children's costumes for
sale only
Abracadabra Superstore
19 W 21st Street | between 5th Avenue
& 6th Avenue | Manhattan | 212-627-5194
Monday thru Saturday 11:00A to 7:00P | Sunday
12:00N to 5:00P
Specializes in Accessories | Animal |
Christmas | Custom | Easter | Makeup | Wigs
Animal Outfits for People
2255 Broadway | 3rd Floor | at 81st
Street | Manhattan | 212 877-5085
Specializes in just about what the name says
242 W 36th Street | between 6th Avenue
& 7th Avenue | Manhattan
212-564-5552 | Fax 212-564-5683
Specializes in adult costumes only
Paramount
52 W 29th Street | between 21st Street
& 22nd Street | Manhattan | 212-696-9664
Monday thru Friday 9:00A to 4:30P
Specializes in costumes for sale only
Manhattan Costumes
250 W 57th Street | Suite 1609 | between
8th Avenue & Broadway | Manhattan
212-245-6770
Monday thru Friday by appointment 9:00A to 9:00P
Specializes in costumes for rent only
Paramount
52 W 29th Street | between 5th & 6th
Avenues | Manhattan | 212-696-9664
Monday thru Friday 9:00A to 4:30P
Specializes in costumes for sale only
Rubie's Costume Company
120-08 Jamaica Avenue | Richmond Hill |
Queens | 718-846-1008 | Fax 718-846-6174
Specializes in a full line of excellent
adult costumes | Costumes for sale can be ordered from Steven's
Costume Emporium
Source Three
49 W 24th Street | 7th Floor | between
5th Avenue & 6th Avenue | Manhattan
212-243-2164
Monday thru Friday by appointment 10:00A thru
6:00P
Specializes in costumes for rent only
Village Papers
18 Greenwich Avenue | between 6th Avenue
& 7th Avenue | Manhattan
212-675-9697
Monday thru Friday 9:00A to 9:00P
Specializes in children's costumes also for
rent
Specialty Shops
These shops normally offer specific business or
consumer items but are a great resource for the costume-minded
Allan Uniform Rental
121 E 24th Street | 7th Floor | between
Park Avenue & Lexington Avenue | Manhattan
212-529-4655
Monday thru Friday 9:00P to 5:00P
Specializes in adult costumes only
Barry Hendrickson's Bitz-n-Pieces
1841 Broadway | at 61st Street |
Manhattan | 212-397-0711
Specializes in theatrical and costume wigs
Craft Clerical Clothes
247 W 37th Street | between 7th Avenue
& 8th Avenue | Manhattan | 212-764-6122
Monday thru Friday 9:30A to 6:00P | Sat 9:30A to
3:00P
Specializes in Caps & Gowns | Religious
| School
Creative Uniform Ltd
330 W 38th Street | 16th Floor | between
7th Avenue & 8th Avenue | Manhattan
212-564-5552
Monday thru Friday 9:30A to 4:30P
Specializes in adult costumes only
455 Broadway | near Canal Street |
Manhattan | 212-226-8454
Specializes in Military uniforms | Work
clothes
Kaufman's Army & Navy Store
319 W 42nd Street | between 8th Avenue
& 9th Avenue | Manhattan
212-757-5670
Specializes in Military uniforms | Work
clothes
Lacey Costume Wig
505 8th Avenue | at 34th Street |
Manhattan | 212-695-1996
Specializes in theatrical and costume wigs
Sumiko's Salon
152 W 57th Street | at 7th Avenue |
Manhattan | 212-2471282
Specializes in Japanese kimonos &
costumes
Weiss and Mahoney Army & Navy Store
142 5th Avenue | at 20th Street |
Manhattan | 212-6751915
Specializes in Military uniforms | Work
clothes
Trimmings and Notions
If you have a mind to make your own costume you
need a source for all the fabulous doodads and geegaws that make it
great. Check out the list below or stroll along Import-Export Way
(Broadway from 23rd Street to 34th Street) or Button & Bead
Boulevard (Broadway from 34th Street to 42nd Street). Don't forget
6th Avenue, 7th Avenue and all the side streets in between
Sidney Coe
306 W 38th Street | between 8th Avenue
& 9th Avenue | Manhattan
212-631-0220 | Fax 212-631-0221
Specializes in Appliques | Beads | Sequins |
Trims | More…
Artistic Ribbon & Novelty
22 W 21st Street | Manhattan |
212-255-4224
Specializes in ribbons and novelties
S Axelrod Company
7 W 30th Street | between 5th Avenue
& 6th Avenue | Manhattan | 212-594-3022
Specializes in a bit of everything | Bells |
Braids | Chains | Cords | Doll's eyes | Findings | Rhinestones |
Sequins | Trims | More…
C & C Metal Products
240 W 35th Street | Room 804 | Manhattan
| 212-244-6800
Specializes in glass gems | Metal buttons |
Rhinestones | Settings | More…
Fred Frankel & Sons
19 W 38th Street | Manhattan |
212-840-0810
Specializes in Beads | Beaded trim | Pearls
| Rhinestones | Sequins | More…
Elliot Greene & Company
37 W 37th Street | Manhattan |
212-391-9075
Specializes in Bangles | Beaded trim | Beads
| Pearls | Rhinestones
Hyman Hendler & Sons
67 W 37th Street | Manhattan |
212-840-8393
Specializes in Ribbon | Trims
La Lame
250 W 39th Street | 4th Floor | Manhattan
| 212-921-9770
Specializes in Braids | Cords | Fringe |
Lace | Metallics
Novelty Pom Pom Company
264 W 40th Street | Manhattan |
212-391-9174
Specializes in Braids | Pom poms | Tassles
Penn Braid & Trimming Company
141 W 36th Street | Manhattan |
212-736-4606
Specializes in Braids | Cords | Fringe |
Lace | Metallics
S Shewin Enterprises
29 W 37th Street | Mezzanine Level |
Manhattan | 212-730-0766
Specializes in Can't describe what they
have, can't see half of it. Stop in, look around. Never knew you
wanted it until you trip over it
Web Sites
Some things you can only find on the Web. Here
are a couple of the best and most unique
Links to sources for everything exotic, many
in NYC | Imported Turkish and Egyptian belly dancing costumes and
accessories | Custom-made costumes and accessories | Medieval
costumes | Chain Maille | Flamenco costumes | Oriental costumes |
Gypsy costumes | Harem costumes | And a lot of other stuff we don't
quite understand
Specializing in Rubie's
Costumes | All periods, all types | Civil War | Native American
| Pirate | Colonial | Arabic | Medieval | Empire | Ethnic |
Theatrical | Gay 90s | Gangster | 50s | Fantasy | Christmas | Easter
| Mascots | Wizard of Oz
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