International Talk Like A Pirate Day Sept 19th

Pirate Costumes for Talk Like a Pirate Day

Each year September 19th be "Talk Like a Pirate Day". This is a fun, annual celebration world wide. Talking like a pirate isn't enough for some. Dressing like a pirate makes talking like a pirate even more fun! AnniesCostumes.com features pirate costumes for all sizes; for babies, kids, adults, teens, plus size adult costumes and even pets too! Everyone can get in on the Talk Like A Pirate Day fun!

Christmas in July - Santa Suit Costume Sale!

Christmas Costumes and Santa Suits

Visit AnniesCostumes.com and SantaSuits.com for our Christmas in July Sale!

Featuring deluxe, professional quality Santa Suits and Santa Claus costume accessories. Plus Christmas costumes like Mrs. Claus. Santa's helpers, Elves, Snowman Costumes, Reindeer Mascot Costumes and more!

St. Patrick's Day Costumes

St. Patrick's Day Costumes

St. Patrick's Day is the day the whole world celebrates the luck of the Irish. Parades, drinking green beer, and Irish music are just part of the celebrations. Of course, St. Patrick's day is more fun in costume, dressing up a mischievous little Leprechauns or sexy Beer Hall Girls definitely make a St. Patty's Day Party even more fun!

Below are just some of the St. Patty's Day costumes we have available at AnniesCostumes.com. We also have lots of green costume accessories, wigs, necklaces, green makeup to add some flare to your St. Patty's Day outfit!

Lucky Little Leprechaun Child Costume

Lucky Charms Leprechaun Costume

Leprechaun Cutie Child Costume

Leprechaun Charmed Sexy Costume

Gretchen Beer Girl Costume

Purim Costumes

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.

Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Scroll of Esther, additions to the prayers and the grace after meals, giving mutual gifts of food and drink, giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal, other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration.

For Purim, we feature queen and king costumes, biblical period costumes, Roman period costumes, Esther costumes, Mordecai & Haman costumes. Purim 2012 begins at sundown March 7th.

See all of our Purim Costumes at AnniesCostumes.com.

Besides traditional Purim costumes, many Purim celebrations have different themes or any type of costumes!

Queen Esther Child Costume

Queen Esther Adult Costume

King Costume

King Crowns

Mordecai Costume

Biblical Period Costume

Toga Period Costumes

Good Luck to the Academy Award for Costume Design Nominees!

Good luck and congratulations to the nominees for The Academy Award in Costume Design! Tune into the Oscars tonight to see who wins!

Lisy Christl for Anonymous.

Mark Bridges for The Artist.

Sandy Powel for Hugo.

Michael O'Connor for Jane Eyre.

Arianne Phillips for W.E.

Mardi Gras at Universal Orlando Parks

Mardi Gras falls on a different day each year and 2012 had a very early Mardi Gras, but for Universal Orlando, the party is not over! Mardi Gras goes on through April 14, 2012 at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. They have a daily parade where you can see Mardi Gras floats and catch Mardi Gras beads. There is French Quarter, New Orleans style music and food in the courtyard, concerts on Saturdays, and an after party night time at City Walk.

Take inspiration from Universal Studios and celebrate Mardi Gras all spring or all year even! AnniesCostumes.com carries Mardi Gras costumes and Mardi Gras accessories all year long.

Mardi Gras Masks at AnniesCostumes.com

Mardi Gras is always such a fun time of the year with all the parades, costumes, theme parties and masked people celebrating all over the world. Mardi Gras is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana; but people all over the United States celebrate Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is traditinally the celebration before lent, and is celebrated in different ways all over the world. There are Carnivale celebrations in South America and parts of Europe, and in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, they celebrate Fasching. Here are some great definitions from Wikipedia:

Carnival

Fasching

Mardi Gras

We have a really great selections of masks for whichever holiday you are celebrating, where it is Carnival, Mardi Gras or Fasching!

Here are some of our feature masks for Mardi Gras & Carnival. They are hand made in the U.S.A.

Rosegarden Mask:

Venetian Men's Couples Mask:

Venetian Women's Couples Mask:

Odyssey Silver Mask with Green Feathers:

Here are some of our other Mardi Gras Masks and Masquerade Masks: