Pop into their massive Avondale abode and get browsing or go to town scrolling their collections online.

And if you’re looking to throw the party of the century, the team can help you out with full event theming too with giant animal statues and backdrops resembling The Great Gatsby mansion. Arrive with a vague idea of what you're after (a pic is even better) and let the wizards fly around kitting you out with just the right accoutrements as we did dressed as Blackadder and Queenie (main article image above). First Scene Avondaleīoasting Aotearoa’s largest selection of party props and costumes for hire with over 400,000 items in stock, First Scene really does have it all. Located in the Blackpool School building on Nikau Street, you can drop by on Fridays from 2-6pm to nab a costume for just $30. The costume shop’s collection was formed over the years by Otherworld Productions, a community organisation that supports local arts. Otherworlds Costume Hire Waihekeįangirl as you try on original pieces from the Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules tv shows (among others) at Otherworlds Costume Hire on Waiheke Island. Better still, in total commitment to the cause, their Penrose haunt is circus themed so make a beeline for their big top and prepare to be costumed. Their costumes are carefully curated and, in many cases, handmade.

And that’s no surprise given they’ve been in the business since 1928. Best Costume Shops In Auckland Desiree Costume Hire Penroseįrom Donny Darko’s skin-crawling semi-mutant rabbit Frank to classics like Jigsaw, Morticia Addams, and It, Desiree Costume Hire has just about everything you could… desire in a costume shop. Here are the best costume shops in New Zealand. Where will you get your spook from so you can get your spook on this Halloween? We’ve rounded up the best of the best costume shops in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and online so you can dive straight into bringing your worst nightmares to life. And while Halloween might not be as big a deal here as it is in The States, there are still a load of frighteningly good costume shops about, brimming with more costumes, props and decoration than you can shake a blow-up sword at.

October is on the horizon and that means a month of Halloween treating and trickery awaits us (if anyone tells you Halloween is just one day, they’re wrong).

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