Comments on: Where Do I Find Red Longjohns in NYC?

Question: Where Do I Find Red Longjohns in NYC?

theoddball — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:36:02 -0800

CostumeHelpFilter(NYC): I'm trying to pull my costume together at the last minute (namely: Artie, the Strongest Man in the World.) To do so, I need red longjohns / thermal underwear / tights -- and I need 'em someplace in NYC, so I can buy ASAP. Anybody know where such things could be purchased? (Online stores are not too helpful at this point.) Thanks!

By: SansPoint

SansPoint — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:03:00 -0800

My first thought would be K-Mart (there's one on Astor place), and probably any similar place.

By: i_am_a_fiesta

i_am_a_fiesta — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:40:31 -0800

American Apparel.

By: rhizome

rhizome — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:16:13 -0800

Military surplus

By: saladin

saladin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:46:56 -0800

American Apparel will almost definitely have them, but they're going to be a bit pricey. If I was you, I'd start at Delancey St. and walk up Orchard, stopping at all of the little miscellaneous clothing shops to see if anybody has a really cheap pair; if not, by the time you're at Houston you're at American Apparel anyway.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:49:55 -0800

You can definitely get red TIGHTS at department stores -- in the women's department, so just say you're getting them for your grandma if anyone looks at you funny, maybe.

You can definitely get long johns at K-Mart/Target/places like that; they may have red, they may not. But if all they have is white, all you need is a box of red fabric dye (which they'd also have as well) and an evening's soak in the sink to take care of that.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:51:45 -0800

Oh, and good idea. I'm going as Madame Defarge -- I've hacked up a dress that looks the part, I picked up a hat and I knit -- but I've sort of resigned myself to everyone still thinking I'm "a pilgrim lady".

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:17:47 -0800

I don't know if there are any Jockey stores in NYC (Jockey like the underwear brand, not small horseriders) but I picked up some cheapish red thermals there last week out in CT.

By: nomad

nomad — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:32:19 -0800

I was Artie last year and had a terrible costume before my friend took the reins. Everything we got was purchased from Target an hour before the party started:
Boy's red spandexy athletic shirt
Girl's way-too-short-and-small sweatpants
Blue fabric paint

I put everything on and she painted blue stripes on my shirt. It came out really good, but this is a costume where attitude is EVERYTHING. I danced like Artie, talked like Artie, and even went out on the roof and posed a few times. Make sure you get the haircut right too. Oh, also remember to write 60% titanium, 40% cotton on the shirt's label.

By: theoddball

theoddball — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:54:04 -0800

Saladin nailed it -- but to everyone who suggested American Apparel, you were also correct.

The shirt had to be improvised a bit (who knew red/blue stripes of the right kind were so hard to find?)

Thanks, all!