Here's another bit of weirdness I stumbled upon that I felt I had to share with my loyal readership. The subject today is the website for Antiks Costume Hire, a British-based firm that rents out outfits for "fancy dress parties" and other nutty affairs that require one to dress up like a fool. Now, in America, there's tons (as opposed to tonnes) of ads for Halloween costumes, most of which use the same generic photographs of professional models sporting the outfits. What makes Antiks Costume Hire so hilarious to browse through is that a) a lot of the costumes suck, and b) they're modelled (apparently) by the store staff, folks who don't tend to be the most photogenic around. Go through all the costume sections and click on the highlighted names to see photos of the modelled costumes. They're fabulous. Start with the Characters section, maybe. Don't miss the Rocky Horror, the Pirate Wench, Ziggy Stardust, and my favourite, Adam Ant.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Costumery From The Kingdom, Pip-Pip!
Here's another bit of weirdness I stumbled upon that I felt I had to share with my loyal readership. The subject today is the website for Antiks Costume Hire, a British-based firm that rents out outfits for "fancy dress parties" and other nutty affairs that require one to dress up like a fool. Now, in America, there's tons (as opposed to tonnes) of ads for Halloween costumes, most of which use the same generic photographs of professional models sporting the outfits. What makes Antiks Costume Hire so hilarious to browse through is that a) a lot of the costumes suck, and b) they're modelled (apparently) by the store staff, folks who don't tend to be the most photogenic around. Go through all the costume sections and click on the highlighted names to see photos of the modelled costumes. They're fabulous. Start with the Characters section, maybe. Don't miss the Rocky Horror, the Pirate Wench, Ziggy Stardust, and my favourite, Adam Ant.
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