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Phyllis Spahn, owner of Fringe and Tassel, waves her wand before ogre and witch. Demons
and more elegant characters are a common sight this time of year at the costume rental shop.
Costume-shop owner says Halloween
not the only time her business booms
By Debra Witt
Staff Reporter
Halloween parties are not the
only call for costumes, says the
owner of Fringe and Tassel cos
tume shop.
Outfitting school and com
munity plays, theme parties,
business promotions, advertise
ments, pageants and parades
keeps costume shops busy year
round, said Phyllis Spahn,
owner of Fringe "and Tassel,
located in the Haymarket at 735
OSt
Halloween brings in the big
gest flow ot business because
the costume orders come in a
“tight” time period, Spahn said.
But plenty of businesses and
organizations have a need for .
costumes at other times of the
year.
Making and providing the
costumes for school and com
munity theaters is an account
costume shops “need to have,"
Spahn said.
With one community theater
in Lincoln and several schools,
she said, there is “something to
do all the time."
Fringe and Tassel does very
little outside ordering for ready
made costumes people want. If
the store doesn’t have the cos
tume in its supplies, workers
, will make the costume accord
ing to the special needs of the
customer. The store gels its
materials to make costumes by
scouting the local stores and
ordering through companies,
Spahn said.
Fringe and Tassel also works
with businesses in their adver
tising and promotions. For in
stance, she said, grocery stores
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