A little late for Halloween posts, but we left our cameras at home!
The whole buying team and some of Free People Direct dressed up as coke cans on Halloween! One of the buyers made all of the red tube dresses and everyone stenciled their own, added their own Americana accessories (denim jackets and mustang parts) and wore can tabs on chains around their necks.
Happy Halloween! I hope everyone has a fun way to celebrate and have a big hurrah before winter arrives!
Here at the home office, we are happily enjoying a number of festivities, including an adorable doggy costume parade thrown by our sister brand, Anthropologie! I went over and had a look, and there were so many cute little costumes! I snapped a few pictures; check them out!
Here comes the parade, led by a cute lobster and a football star!
A cute little bat!
Detective Pug is looking for clues…
Meanwhile Hula Dancer Pug gets ready to dance!
Here we have a great big bumble bee!
…And a little tiny bumble bee!
Last but not least, my personal favorite doggy costume, the Phillies Phanatic! So cute!
- -Nov 03, 2008, 2:41AM
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cute pets.
- -Nov 01, 2008, 9:51PM
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AWWWW!! i want a doggie now!
Spookshows.com just added a collection of vintage poison labels to their collection of Halloween images. You can download a zip file with high quality images and can do with them what you wish. The site suggests cutting them out and putting them on cocktail glasses for your Halloween party!
Did you know there was one? Check out this info about Anoka, the Halloween capital!
“Anoka, Minnesota is believed to be the first city in the United States to put on a Halloween celebration to divert its youngsters from Halloween pranks. When Anokans awoke to find their cows roaming Main Street, their windows soaped and their outhouses tipped over, they decided something had to be done.”
“Anoka has always worked to keep a family spirit alive in its Halloween festivities. Activities have included pillow fights, a kangaroo court, fireworks displays, royalty coronations, concerts, dances, window painting contests, house decorating contests, celebrity appearances, costume contests, style shows, story-telling, races and, in the 1960s, a snake dance that took long lines of participants in and out of area businesses and homes.”
Sounds like fun! Check out the site for more history and some cute old photos.
- -Jan 09, 2010, 2:02AM
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Thanks for posting this, lifted my day.
- -Oct 31, 2008, 10:10AM
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Oh my goodness, I really need to go there to rekindle my Halloween spirit, it sounds amazing. I also believe there should be a place like this for Christmas-related celebrations, where all you do is go sledding, drink cider, trim trees and sing carols. Please let me know if you find one, I'll be on the next plane.
Soto Softies provided step by step instructions for this adorable bat finger puppet! I love him! He’d be such a cute Halloween gift.
They even provided a PDF pattern. Check out the blog for more pictures.
Found via Indie Fixx. Check it for more Spooktacular Craftiness.
- -Nov 03, 2008, 3:43PM
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Hi! Thanks for including my bat tutorial on your blog. You're right! He does look like a little deer before the wings, which gives me an idea.... I'll be posting more tutorials on my blog for the upcoming holidays, so please drop by. Thanks again!
- -Oct 30, 2008, 12:04PM
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yeah! before he has wings, he looks like a little deer!
On this past Friday, one of our accessories designers showed off her Halloween costume for our viewing pleasure, and turned briefly into a robot!
The robot waited for a turn at the color copier, like so many of us do…
It also needed to approve some fabric swatches.
Home-made costumes are the best!
- -Dec 12, 2008, 7:35AM
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Hi! My name is Jessika!
- -Oct 28, 2008, 5:19PM
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Hey Christine! I talked to our robot girl, Sarah, and asked her how she made the costume! She said she just got two cardboard boxes - one big enough to fit herself into, and another smaller one to put on her head. Then she took some aluminum foil and covered them both, and made holes in the appropriate places. For the rest, like buttons and such, she searched on Google image search for "robot costume" and got lots of ideas from other people's costumes! You can go hog wild and put whatever extras on that you like! Good luck! :) And Happy Halloween! xoxo p
As you might have noticed, we are really getting in the mood for the Halloween Season here at Free People! It’s so much fun!
We went around the home office and asked people to tell us about their most memorable Halloweens. There were so many cute and hilarious stories – have a look at our video and see for yourself!
Don’t forget to check out our latest B15 Threads as well! Luren from our Visual Display Team shows us how to make the cutest tutus!
- -Oct 25, 2008, 4:24PM
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woo... really want to join your interesting function. Kris , I had a bone head to scare the people in the street last year .. is funny.. but somebody was frightened and hit my head..... >woo... really want to join your interesting function. Kris , I had a bone head to scare the people in the street last year .. is funny.. but somebody was frightened and hit my head..... ><~~
- -Oct 24, 2008, 5:05PM
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i just wanted to say RYANNE you are SO CUTE!
Loving this candy corn soap from Smoky Mountain Scents on Etsy! Found it on Etsy’s Halloween Gift Guide. Check it out for a lot more spooky handmade gifts!
- -Oct 24, 2008, 10:36AM
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This is great soap - I love it! Just discovered this site and I am happy I did!! Back to browsing!! Shauna
Halloween in Philadelphia always brings talk of the Eastern State Penitentiary, a creepy old historical prison where they do a haunted house every year.
Right now you can also view an exhibit called Ghost Cats by Linda Brenner. The work consists of a series of white cat sculptures, representing the colony of cats that lived on the prison grounds until the closing in 1971.
The photos are by Freddy Sarabia on JPG
- -Nov 06, 2008, 9:15AM
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Eastern State Penitentiary is one of my favorite places to photograph. I hope that people enjoy my Ghost Cat pictures. Thanks for the post.
- -Oct 27, 2008, 5:53PM
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omg! my grandma has the same cat that is in the last picture!
I’ve posted one of Ann Wood’s castles and a boat before, but this one was made for Halloween! Ann constructed this cardboard wonder for the window at the Lower East Side shop Johnson (you can see it in person until Halloween).
Check out her blog for some detail shots and to hear about the hidden ghosts and enchanted horse!
This is my kitty Homer. He came from the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society shelter. He is a total ham!
Recently, I moved into a new apartment, and I have yet to get some good decorations on the walls. The fish bowl on the wall is my latest attempt to have something homey and interesting in the apartment. Ever since the fishy, Lou Reed, joined the clan, Homer’s favorite hobby is watching him with extreme interest from every vantage point. It’s hilarious! We caught this picture of him and I just really wanted to share it with you!
- -Aug 11, 2011, 2:00AM
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please remind fishes are animals and need space and a natural srounding
- -Jul 29, 2009, 12:00AM
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That is awesome. I,too,love that fish bowl.
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