Costumes! Costumes! Costumes!

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Party On Dude ! Have a blast from the past at your next summer party. This set of 12 neon colored "Wayfarer" style sunglasses make awesome party favors for pool parties and cookouts. Assorted earpiece colors of purple, orange, blue, pink, yellow and green. Black fronts. Fun for adults and children alike ! Set of 12 sunglasses. Assorted neon colors. Each measures 5.5" W Makes great party favors ! Not recommended for children under 3 years.

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Have a blast from the past at your next summer party. This set of 12 "Shutter Shade" style sunglasses make awesome party favors for your next 80s party. Assorted colors of purple, blue, pink and green. Fun for adults and children alike !

Plus Sizes.  Accentuate the Positive! 

“Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative and don’t mess with Mister In-between”.  Lyrics from a 1940’s song, but the best advice for a Halloween costume choice for a plus size.  

 As in selecting any clothing, horizontal stripes are out, and vertical stripes are in (that does eliminate the jailbird costumes, though). Also, black or dark shades are preferable to lighter colors.

Costumes shown above are available at Annie’s Costumes.  Annie’s ad appears as ‘Halloween Costumes’ in column to the right of this article. 

If one is full figured with a balance, then it’s simply a matter of selecting the right size.  If not, then ‘accentuate the positive’.  Ala, the sexy costume advice, ‘a little cleavage and a nicely turned ankle oft times is much more alluring’. 

 If it’s comfort over style, then a loose fitting garment that hides and slims is the better choice. 

 If it’s style over comfort, then drawing attention to your umm…..attributes is preferable. 

Q: “I am look for a size 20W Dress pattern for Mrs. Santa Clause.

Can anyone tell me where I can find 1 cheap/free? would be best and cheap will work too. Thanks 

A: Remember pattern size is not the same as ready to wear dress size, so choose a pattern by measurements. Cheap: most chain fabric stores like Joann and Hancock offer $1-2 specials on Simplicity, McCalls or Butterick at least a couple of times a month. You’re not likely to find anything labeled as “Mrs. Claus”, so take a look in the costume sections for patterns with the silhouette you want. FWIW, one year I made a friend an “emergency” Mrs. Claus costume of a red and green plaid flannel nightgown and a big white hoover apron over it, with red rickrack trim and holly appliqued on the pocket.

Some suggestions (and be sure to look at all the pattern views by clicking on the photo that comes up:)

Simplicity 3723

http://www.butterick.com/item/B5265.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5155.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4548.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M2337.htm”

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Q: “The largest Santa costume I have ever seen was sized XL. And even those XL’s are quite meagre sized, closer to a large than an extra large. Surely if Santa was a big fat man, they should make Santa costumes to fit big fat men. There’s nothing in this world that looks as stupid as a thin Santa.”

A. “There’s nothing in this world that looks as stupid as a thin Santa.That’s the fist time I have ever heard a skinny person discriminated against. Too funny!”

Editors note: In my past life, we had Santa costumes that fit men well over 500 lbs. and the costumes were listed as XXL or even XXXL. Presently, most suits are manufactured in Asia, and don’t seem to follow most sizing standards.  I would recommend checking with your nearest fulltime costume shop.  Here is a link that will assist you.  

http://www.costumers.org