NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — If you’re looking to get into some kind of get up, this is your place.
It’s Southern Costume Company. It’s at 951 Lafayette St. It’s been the place for costumes for movie stars in movies.
If you’re looking for a fashionable Mardi Gras get up, this is it.
Or used to be it, as WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood wants you to know.
Owner Wingate Jones is closing up shop. Because the movie business is changing. Because you can get costumes for anything, anytime online now. Because his rent has doubled.
Wingate is closing the doors.
In the meantime, you can get a great deal on all the costumes now for sale.
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