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Costume Ideas
Aired October 22, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: As you probably know, Halloween is just around the corner. And if you and your kids are still looking for costume ideas, who better to go to than our own Jeanne Moos?
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When it comes to Halloween, even a baseball can strike fear. These are the glory days of gore, when you can walk around literally holding your head in your hands. It sort of makes you long for the old days.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Probably about 1940s.
MOOS (on camera): Wow, it's Lassie?
(voice-over): Lassie came home along with dozens of other costumes from the past century, from Woody Woodpecker to the earliest one, this handmade devil from the 1890s, to cheap plastic masks.
(on camera): What's handy about this is everyone knows what I'm supposed to be.
(voice-over): Dressed For Thrills opened with a costume party at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's a gypsy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Film and slides.
MOOS: And even those who didn't come dressed up, like musician David Byrne, recalled favorite childhood costumes.
DAVID BYRNE, MUSICIAN: Yes, I had a ghost outfit that lit up.
MOOS: In the pages of photographer Phyllis Galembo's book, you might even find a costume you once wore.
PHYLLIS GALEMBO: Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
MOOS: From "Alice In Wonderland." Galembo found twin girls to photograph wearing the costumes from the '60s. She's collected over 500 outfits.
GALEMBO: I started going to the flea market, looking for costumes that had heart and soul.
MOOS: But heart and soul have given way to blood and guts. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This guy is back. Freddy's back.
MOOS: At New York's Abracadabra, there are no real standout trends this year, though the store says white tiger masks have sold out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They asked for a maimed Roy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, someone asked for a maimed Roy already, like a costume already with him being maimed.
MOOS: That doesn't exist. Nor does another much requested mask.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's what they want, they want to be Arnold now.
MOOS: The major mask makers say there wasn't enough time to make one of Governor Schwarzenegger. As for this talk show host...
(on camera): Larry ordered five of these.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For his office, yes.
MOOS (voice-over): Actually, his office ordered them for his family.
(on camera): When you see the show come on and you see "Larry King Live," it may not be Larry King.
(voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 22, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: As you probably know, Halloween is just around the corner. And if you and your kids are still looking for costume ideas, who better to go to than our own Jeanne Moos?
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When it comes to Halloween, even a baseball can strike fear. These are the glory days of gore, when you can walk around literally holding your head in your hands. It sort of makes you long for the old days.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Probably about 1940s.
MOOS (on camera): Wow, it's Lassie?
(voice-over): Lassie came home along with dozens of other costumes from the past century, from Woody Woodpecker to the earliest one, this handmade devil from the 1890s, to cheap plastic masks.
(on camera): What's handy about this is everyone knows what I'm supposed to be.
(voice-over): Dressed For Thrills opened with a costume party at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's a gypsy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Film and slides.
MOOS: And even those who didn't come dressed up, like musician David Byrne, recalled favorite childhood costumes.
DAVID BYRNE, MUSICIAN: Yes, I had a ghost outfit that lit up.
MOOS: In the pages of photographer Phyllis Galembo's book, you might even find a costume you once wore.
PHYLLIS GALEMBO: Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
MOOS: From "Alice In Wonderland." Galembo found twin girls to photograph wearing the costumes from the '60s. She's collected over 500 outfits.
GALEMBO: I started going to the flea market, looking for costumes that had heart and soul.
MOOS: But heart and soul have given way to blood and guts. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This guy is back. Freddy's back.
MOOS: At New York's Abracadabra, there are no real standout trends this year, though the store says white tiger masks have sold out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They asked for a maimed Roy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, someone asked for a maimed Roy already, like a costume already with him being maimed.
MOOS: That doesn't exist. Nor does another much requested mask.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's what they want, they want to be Arnold now.
MOOS: The major mask makers say there wasn't enough time to make one of Governor Schwarzenegger. As for this talk show host...
(on camera): Larry ordered five of these.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For his office, yes.
MOOS (voice-over): Actually, his office ordered them for his family.
(on camera): When you see the show come on and you see "Larry King Live," it may not be Larry King.
(voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
