Cheap Knock-offs

About ¾ of our Halloween stock has arrived. We are so excited to share it with Calgary. For those of you who’ve been in the store before, you’ll know we work hard to keep our prices down. We’ve succeeded and kept our quality promise to you.

I feel I need to point out that we carry only genuine costumes. We order directly from Leg Avenue, Shirley, Rubies and BeWicked. The reason I am pointing this out is because last year, a major company took one of the above suppliers designs and sent the specs off to China. While the costumes looked similar, their fit and material was very poor. I understand that there are lawsuits etc. For the average consumer it is hard to sort out what is quality and what isn’t, that is until you wear the costume, then the poor fit and workmanship is clear. These costumes were sold openly in temporary costume stores around the city.

The net is now full of knock offs too. On a daily basis, I get emails from Chinese companies who can supply me with the ‘same’ costumes for less. I lived in Hong Kong for almost 10 years. I know China is capable of incredible quality. It also, when given the choice, will deliver the cheapest product possible.

I will be the first to admit, the genuine costume costs more. We choose to carry only costumes that we can stand behind.