update on Costume Sale!
after reading this excellent tip on Gothamist yesterday…

20,000 PROFESSIONAL THEATRICAL COSTUMES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC – “shopping bags for $20 each…. go through the collection and fill the shopping bag with any costumes in the warehouse”

…we strategize a 10:30 am attack to see if we could get in line a bit past the dealer flood. as our cab approached from 5 blocks away we could see masses of people from all angles walking towards the warehouse, once we hit the building we saw a wide line from the entrance leading endlessly down 26th Street.

we told our cab driver not to turn off the meter as we followed the line all the way from 12th to 11th Ave and saw it go up 11th and turn around the corner to 27th. the line wasn’t moving and 6 people wide. filled with pro and non pro fashionista’s, it looked like the door for the best party in town!

and it was killing us as we watched these amazing costumes being rolled off trucks and into the space (maybe from another warehouse.) our eye caught a Robin Hood-ish one that looked really well made and heavy, with vibrant green and brown velvet, and lush trim. dam it all!!

4 p.m. UPDATE: a friend got in and said the crowds are insane, and there are tons of greedy buyers with loads of bags and groups of people grabbing/buying for them. they also said – at this point there’s still good stuff to be found… tons of Military wear, peasant dresses, gypsy outfits, high quality stuff… but going fast and the place is getting trashed.