Pierre's Costumes

Theatre season is here!

It indeed is the most wonderful time of the year! Theatre season is upon us! This is the time when there is a HUGE influx of productions through out the world. Hundreds of thousands of Schools and theatre’s are introducing young minds to the joy of theatre… and we at Pierre’s are always excited to [...]

Cold snowy day in Philadelphia

As the song goes; ‘Baby it’s cold outside‘. Today is one of those days that makes you glad that you are inside looking out at the snow rather than being out in it. Today we learned (much to our chagrin) that we had not restocked the building with salt for ice and snow. When spring [...]

Costume job opening. We are looking for an experienced costumer.

Old City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Salary is dependent on experience and abilities.  Locals preferred. Established Professional Costume House seeks artistic person to work within many aspects of a busy costume shop.  Role could include working with customers, pulling costumes for theatres, creating visual displays, creating costumes, overseeing projects, working with make-up and wigs, and other generally [...]

Santa Claus is coming to town…

The retail store is full of older heavy set guys with white beards! It’s very obvious to us what these customers are looking for before they even ask. We are selling lots of Santa claus suits, along with many accessories. Santa Claus is buying eyebrow whitener to make their brows even whiter (beards too). They [...]

Costume rentals are way more popular this year.

Consumers are renting more high-end costumes instead of buying cheap bagged costumes It seems that consumers are wanting to look good in professionally made costumes instead of wearing thin flimsy bagged costumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 21, 2011 — Rentals on professionally made costumes are dramatically up from previous years at Pierre’s Costumes.  Halloween falls on [...]

Halloween rush time

We are in the middle of the Halloween rush season right now.  It is starting to get very busy in the shop and we have lots of customers looking for their Halloween costume.   We are also unpacking lots of new items for the retail walls.  You would not believe the amount of boxes that [...]

Stock up for Valentine’s Day with up to 85% off!!!

Sexy Lingerie makes a great Valentine’s gift idea for your sweetheart! Valentine’s Day gifts from Pierre’s Costumes will make sure Valentine’s night is extra special and now through February 14th we are offering amazing discounts to show you how special we think you are!! It’s called the “Lover’s Holiday”. Every year on February 14th, loved [...]

11 Days and Counting!

As we prepare for the Christmas Holiday, We would like to take a break from the commotion of the end of fall theatre season and all of the costumes we are making for Santa and His helpers to share some photos with you! Santa Stopped by the Pierre’s to try on one of his new [...]

Busy summer theatre schedule…

Busy summer theatre schedule… We are very busy pulling summer stock theatrical costumes.   It seems that this summer is a very busy one for summer theatrical productions. Currently we are pulling a production of Aladin for a local community theatre, and getting ready to ship out several other large productions across the country. Add [...]

Summer is the time for Custom-made projects

We are currently talking to several customers about large construction projects. We typically find ourselves working on specialized large volume costuming projects. Since we get to be quiet during the summer, it’s a great time to work with us on your marketing, theatrical, and other types of costumes. We typically create design sketches first, then [...]