Creatures of Habit

08/19/2025

It’s never too early to make your costume rental plans at Creatures of Habit for the Halloween Bash of the season! Hosted by DV8 Productions at The 1857….make your reservations today!

08/08/2025

Creatures of Habit greatly appreciates how the McCracken County School for the Performing Arts (aka McCracken County High School) has relied on our professional costume services for over a decade. Thanks to the creative direction of Mary Bowden, the Drama Department has fostered a consistently award-winning program that has won Regional, State and National acclaim for the program and individually for her exceptionally talented students. KPA Bradley Awards, Jimmy Awards (National “Tonys” for teens), Southern Theatre Conference and Kentucky Theatre Association Awards, etc. Her brilliance is defined by her incorporation of the Bauhaus concept of the “gesamtkunstwerk” (total work of art) approach, where she utilizes the amazing knowledge and talents of instructors and students at the school in the areas of dance, fine art, and emerging film, video and audio departments. Included are a number of photographs from a sampling of past MCHS productions Creatures of Habit has costumed:
“Big Fish”, “Failure: A Love Story”, “The Addams Family”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”. Congratulations to the outstanding McCracken County High School Drama Department!! Long may you run and please, keep the ghost light burning!
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08/07/2025

Creatures of Habit Costumes recently provided wardrobe for the Pyramid Players’ outstanding production of “Honk!” that was performed this past June at the Benton Civic Center, Benton, Illinois. The Pyramid Players, founded by Allan Kimball and Brian Summers in 1977, are well-recognized as providing exceptional opportunities for the development and showcasing of local talent of all ages in Southern Illinois. Thank you, Pyramid Players, for giving Creatures of Habit the opportunity to enhance the spectacle of “ducks on the wing” in a heartwarming musical based on the classic tale “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen. Honk! …If you love live theater.

08/06/2025

Creatures of Habit provided the costumes for the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, Ky summer stock production of The Sound of Music. This outstanding production was directed by Jamie Moss. Some of our finest wardrobe was supplied, accented with authentic period attire: genuine lederhosen,Tyrolean hats and loden jackets for the men and boys, stunning German/Austrian dirndls for the women. With these costumes the ensemble was able to dance the Schuhplattler in style! Additionally, we supplied the Austro Hungarian Naval uniform worn by Captain von Trapp and authentic military clothing of Swiss design to simulate the search and destroy ending. We acknowledge that the wardrobe is just a part of any production, but the confidence, professionalism and reliability required to create the spectacle was assured when the extraordinary Glema Mahr production requested our services! Bravo! Sehr ausgezeichnet!

08/06/2025

“Live in person!” The Fantastic Four torched the Cinemark theater crowd last night as these academic whiz kids proclaimed, “It’s clobber time!” In jest, these polymath wunderkids decided to partake in this year's summer blockbuster release of The Fantastic Four while in costume (courtesy of Creatures of Habit), before heading back to their respective college universes. Owen (Mr. Fantastic) nee Reed Richards, Eden (Invisible Woman) nee Sue Storm, Manav (Human Torch) nee Johnny Storm, and Ethan (The Thing) nee Ben Grimm. A former cinematic superhero from another century, Dorothy, stated it best before clicking her heels, “Be it ever be so humble, there's no place like home.”

08/05/2025

Creatures of Habit recently costumed a number of parishioners from the Macedonia Baptist Church in Kuttawa, Kentucky, who were celebrants of the church’s 175th anniversary this past Sunday. Organized in 1850 on land that was donated to the church by William Kelly (credited with discovering the method for vulcanizing steel). We are grateful to Pastor Bryan Grigg, since many dressed in period attire provided by Creatures of Habit. The day’s events began at 10 a.m. with a walk-through history and speakers elaborating on different markers in the church’s timeline. Natalya and Jack Cody, owners of Creatures of Habit, established in 1987, emphatically stated in unison, “We are pleased that the care and attention to detail, as requested, provided us an opportunity to supply an accurate portrait of rural Western Kentucky through reproduction period costuming.” Congratulations, and thank you Macedonia Baptist Church!

08/01/2025

Creatures of Habit was honored to have had the famous Belugin Brothers, Alexander and Avi, (performers extraordinaire with the Grimaldi Circus) stop by the store. Not since Alice Cooper’s last visit has there been such brouhaha inside our four walls. Masters of balance and with comedic flair, Alexander and Avi delighted patrons of our store with an impromptu exhibition celebrating the time-honored art of European circus/hippodrome performance. As the late, great Townes Van Zandt remarked, “Living on the road my friend will keep you free and clean, now you wear your skin like iron, and your breath’s as hard as kerosene.”

04/29/2025

Quilt Man and Quilt Boy……the city of Paducah was never safer! Proud to be the official costumers for this father/son dynamic duo!

🦸🏼‍♂️ A new hero has entered Quilt City, USA! Meet Quilt Boy, following in his father’s footsteps and ready to spread creativity and joy, one patch at a time!

04/22/2025

04/22/2025

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04/09/2025

Creatures of Habit costumes Trivia Night at Cedarhurst Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Reel credit: Robbie Edwards.