Christine Kilcline-Schalwitz
dermatologist
“Carmen Miranda. I got most of it from a thrift store and got the hat from a local costume store.”
Matthew Martinek
retired engineer
“I’m going to be an Aussie. I put it together myself, and got the wig at a wig shop.”
Nate Adamski
hard cider marketer
“I rented an Austin Powers costume from Costume Capers when I was in sixth grade, and I danced to ‘Secret Agent Man.’”
Suzanne Talbot
caterer
“I’m always a vampire. I make the costume myself.”
This article appears in Sep 24 – Oct 1, 2015.