You've Got Mail Order—How the TDF Costume Collection Ships Rentals Across the Country

TDF: As emerging costume designers, Ariel Kregal and Gabe Bagdazian had been running into each other for years. So she wasn’t that surprised when she walked into the TDF Costume Collection in spring 2024 to rent some items and spotted Bagdazian, who had recently been hired as an In-House Designer.

Maria Callas costumes on rare US display at Washington exhibition

Monaco Life: The costumes, which belong to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, represent Callas in four roles: Ifigenia in Ifigenia in Tauride, Amina in La Sonnambula, Anna in Anna Bolena, and Fiorilla in Il Turco in Italia. Their journey to the United States was made possible through a joint effort between the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and the Embassy of Greece.

MY FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR 2026

Time Traveling in Costume: My group of ladies in the Historical Dressers had our first fashion show of the year at a new location: the New Frontier Senior Community. I was excited about doing yet another senior community and one of our models, Jeanette, lives there. She pretty much was a major part in making this a perfect event and having our fashion show as the entertainment for an afternoon tea for the residents there.

Wicked Witch's Hat From 1939's 'Oz' Hits Auction Block

www.hollywoodreporter.com: the iconic hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz is going up for auction on Dec. 9. Offered by Heritage Auctions — which last year sold a pair of ruby slippers from the film for $28 million — that hat comes up for sale just as Wicked: For Good, which brings to an end a revisionist telling of the witch’s backstory (played by Cynthia Erivo in the Wicked films), hits theaters ahead of Thanksgiving.

The Met Unveils 2026 'Costume Art' Exhibit and New Galleries in NYC: See Pictures

www.timeout.com/newyork: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute is making a bold claim with its next blockbuster exhibition: that fashion isn’t just adjacent to art history, it’s stitched straight through it.

Guillermo Del Toro's 'Frankenstein' Costumes

Interview: Costume designer Kate Hawley has worked on enough films with Guillermo Del Toro to know which shade of red is Guillermo’s. On “Frankenstein,” Hawley heightens the world of the film with operatically bold colors and shapes, taking cues for silhouettes from the 1850s period setting, but ultimately turning Del Toro’s adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel into a dream of that period — or, as is sometimes the case in the film, a nightmare.

Meet the artist who knitted every tiny sweater in Coraline

Boing Boing: Althea Crome is a professional micro knitter who makes incredibly tiny garments. She made Coraline's clothes in the beloved 2009 iconic stop-motion. In this fun video, we hear her discuss her process.

A treat during a tricky time: Unions offer free Halloween costumes to children of federal workers

Georgia Public Broadcasting: Federal workers in Georgia missing paychecks during the government shutdown will not have to miss Halloween. This week, the unions who represent them are handing out holiday supplies, including costumes.

Swarovski’s Masters of Light Exhibition to Open in Hollywood

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The one-of-a-kind immersive activation was designed to spotlight the Austrian crystal brand’s milestone 130 years in business and is the brainchild of Swarovski global creative director Giovanna Engelbert, curated with the help of British fashion journalist and critic Alexander Fury.

Exceptional Cosplayers at the 2025 Quebec Comiccon

Neatorama: Quebec Comiccon is wrapping up tonight at the Quebec City Convention Centre, right in the back yard of our friends at Geeks Are Sexy. That means we have a gallery of the best cosplayers who made their way to the con. A rather large gallery, too.

Iris Van Herpen Has Created Ballet Costumes Evoking Calm and Chaos

wwd.com: Say ballet costumes, and most people probably think of tutus and leotards. If you’re Iris Van Herpen, you think 3D printing, laser cutting and vaporous honeycomb structures. All of the latter will be on display Wednesday night at the New York City Ballet‘s fall fashion gala, where choreographer Jamar Roberts’ latest work will premiere, with music by Arca and costumes by the Dutch couturier, synonymous with cutting-edge technologies and fabrics, scientific collaborations and otherworldly silhouettes. Five performances are planned.

Inside costume house Cosprop, cinema’s ‘dressing up box’

Wallpaper*: Stepping inside Cosprop’s headquarters, discreetly located in a former garage on Holloway Road, north London, is like walking into a colossal dressing-up closet. There are boxes on top of boxes, from floor to ceiling, filled with fabric samples, ribbons, lace trimmings, buttons and beads. In a room with alcove shelving laden with shoes, bags, parasols, canes, and umbrellas, regal hats sit nonchalantly on top of various display heads.

Step Into the Spotlight: DIVA Brings Iconic Costumes Worn by Rihanna, Whitney Houston and Kylie Minogue to Melbourne

www.broadsheet.com.au: The word “diva” might conjure spectacular costumes and once-in-a-generation talents, but behind every powerful performer deemed worthy of the grandiose label is, of course, a person. The essence of a diva lies somewhere between the glittering ballgowns and the individual behind them. When a diva sits at the vanity mirror, the legacy of the performers who came before them stares right back.

Jennifer Lopez dances in heavy 50-pound dress for “Kiss of the Spider Woman”

pagesix.com: Jennifer Lopez appeared on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend, speaking with Lee Cowan about the impending film adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” In the role, Lopez worked with costume designer Colleen Atwood, the genius behind recent productions like “Wednesday,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and more.

Clothing KC Ballet’s Nutcracker dancers is a year-round project

kansascitymag.com: “The Snow Queen tutu is probably my nemesis,” says Kansas City Ballet’s costume director Jennifer Carroll about one of the most famous costumes in all of ballet. Carroll and her two team members are getting ready for one of KC’s most beloved holiday traditions: The Nutcracker. Carroll says that with seven casts and more than 200 costumes, Nutcracker prep is really a year-round endeavor.

Depop’s Newest Feature Lets You Visualize a Full Outfit Assembled From Different Listings

lifehacker.com: love when technology works in a way that meets my particular needs—and that's the case with this fun new tool I found on Depop, a resale platform I use almost exclusively as a buyer. One inconspicuous little button helps you create a visual representation of an outfit made up of clothing and accessories across various listings.

National Theatre to use home-grown dye in sustainability push

www.thestage.co.uk: The National Theatre has committed to using natural dye for all its future productions, which it will make from plants grown in its newly launched well-being garden. The venue says the innovation marks a "clear statement" of its intention to improve its sustainability and "future-proof" its work in accordance with recommendations laid out in the Theatre Green Book.

Lady Gaga's 'Wednesday' Costume Was a Ghostly Design for Rosaline Rotwood

variety.com: Last Halloween, Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood was accepting Variety’s creative impact award at SCAD Savannah Fest. Immediately after, she had to head to Los Angeles for a mysterious VIP fitting for “Wednesday.”

James Gunn's Superman Costume Had One Clear Directive Behind Its Design

www.slashfilm.com: Todays marks the moment when one phase of the DC universe has come to an end, while another officially begins. All eyes have been trained intently on DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn and, specifically, the grand unveiling of his newest reboot of the Man of Steel with "Superman."

How I made the costumes for the West End hit The Devil Wears Prada — and why I don’t care about the criticism

The Standard: It’s tricky to design the costumes for a show that is modern dress and, on top of that, uses fashion as the backdrop of the story. There is a lot of pressure to “get it right” but what that means exactly is hard to define.