While Indigenous "headdresses" are no longer the costume accessory of choice (despite the indie sleaze revival), some of the public's popular Halloween choices still hark back to complicated ...

which represented every possible period and type of costume and accessory. Many of her longtime customers made a pilgrimage to the shop to say goodbye and buy a piece of costume history.

Accessories such as jewelry complete the look ... a charivari (jewelry chain on the traditional costume), loferl (calf socks) and a traditional hat. Why should you watch the traditional costume ...

Her store is busy year-round, but when Twelfth Night hits and Carnival season commences, customers start flooding in, on a mission to add more accessories to their Mardi Gras costume closets.