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This creature mask is a creepy alternative to the ‘in' masks ot 1998’s Halloween.
Costume shops provide
treats for shoppers
Eugene offers costume
shoppers plenty of
Halloween stores with gore
By Jennifer Asher
lor the Emerald
If you can’t decide what to wear
as you prepare for your Halloween
festivities, fret no more. Year-round
costume shops, as well as others in
the area that have popped up for the
occasion, are ready to help students
get dressed for that big bash.
This year, costumes aren’t all
about ghosts and goblins. “I guess
aliens are pretty popular this
year," said Bruce Unger of the Hal
loween Warehouse. The rows of
alien masks at the shop come in
various colors and styles to suit
anyone who plans on dressing
out-of-this-world.
The gangster suit and the frock
suit are popular among men, said
Charity Moffat from The Costume
Loft. (Worn in the Victorian era, a
frock suit is like a striped tux with
tails.) Women are more likely to
take the safer route. They often
pick “what they’ve seen in Disney
movies, like Beauty, Belle and
Snow White,” Unger said.
But employees at other costume
shops have a different take.
Women tend to “be either a flap
per or a medieval [woman] with
an Italian Renaissance dress,”
Moffat said.
Not everyone wants to go in
standard Halloween gear. “The
strangest thing we have to rent is a
tutu for a man with logging boots,”
said Shirley Humphreys of The
Costume Connection.
It's not unusual to dress in drag.
Last year, University student Alan
Ferguson chose to switch sides
and dress up as a girl. He wore a
bra and makeup and worked the
entire day in a skirt. He said the
outfit was "drafty, yet refreshing."
Some of the wackiest costumes
the Halloween Warehouse sells
are plastic butts and boobs that can
be worn on the outside of clothing,
Unger said. More oddities include
a huge turkey, a gorilla and a wool
ly mammoth suit. But Moffat said
the woolly mammoth suit is “not
really popular," although someone
did rent it a few days ago.
Former University student
Michelle Matchulat has taken a
walk on the weird side. She and
her friends dressed up one year as
the cast of the “Rocky Horror Pic
ture Show.” “We had a wheel
chair and everything,” she said. “I
was Janet ... We went to people’s
houses and did the ‘Time Warp.”’
If none of these ideas are right
for you, Bill or Monica are always
options. Most costume shops car
ry masks of Bill —some even have
thecigar. “We had two of Bill and
sold both of them," Moffat said.
Monica attire is also available,
including her trademark beret and
brunette flip. But don’t get too ex
cited about being the former in
tern. One employee at Parties-to
Go said you can't get a Monica
mask because she’s not a public
figure and therefore has the rights
to her own likeness.
Moffat, however, said she has
heard otherwise. “We don’t have
one, but you can order them,” she
says.
But no matter what you’re plan
ning to wear on Halloween, wait
ing until the last minute to decide
will limit your options. Moffat
said to make sure to “come in ear
ly and reserve.” If not, you might
get stuck with the woolly mam
moth suit.
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