Best place to buy costumes

Since 1962 Londoners have known that the best place to buy costumes in London Ontario is McCullochs Costume. McCulloch’s is your complete source of costumes year round. “That’s what we do all year.” says Rose McCulloch. Rose and Dough McCulloch are the second generation of McCullochs to operate the costume store. Their staff are with them year round. Therefore, this ensures that you will be waited on by informed and fully trained people in a friendly atmosphere.

What makes McCullochs the best place to buy costumes in London?

Unlike the large chain stores McCullochs believes you should be able to talk to someone without having to go find them. Halloween is a busy costume buying season in London. Many stores sell costumes on a temporary basis. This means their staff sees a costume as just another seasonal sale item. It not really something they can answer questions on. Those stores offers no way to try a costume on before purchase. Your best hope is to try it on in the store over your clothing. This is not the way to test a good fit of your halloween costume.

The staff at McCullochs want you to be happy with your costume purchase. At McCullochs Costume you have the option to try your costume on. The store features 7 changing rooms for their customers.

Dressing Rooms help make McCullochs the best halloween store in London
Dressing Rooms at McCullochs Costume

Helpful Halloween Tips from the experienced staff at McCullochs

The costume staff at McCullochs are full time year round employees. Therefore they know their store and its inventory. If you ask about a certain costume they know if its in stock and can take you to it. They know all available options. They often have different types of costumes of the same character for your budget. For example: Their BATMAN costumes range from child costumes to lower budget adult versions. They also have movie replica versions. No matter what you halloween budget is. McCullochs has a solution for you.

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Costumes in London Ontario for all budgets.

Halloween Make Up and Costume Accessories

With almost 6 decades of Halloween experience the store prides itself on knowing quality products. Makeup is an example. Party stores carry whichever make their head office sends them. McCullochs is different. They don’t just stock makeup seasonally but instead carry it all year long. Because of this, they have been able to learn which Halloween Make Ups are best and only stock those. They can also offer make application tips to clients.

The store also has London’s largest selection of Costume accessories. This includes masks, hats, wigs, props and decorations. Drop it to McCullochs all year long and see what makes them the best place to buy costumes in London.

Retail Stores deal with COVID 19

How do Retail Stores deal with Covid 19 in London Ontario? Keep Calm and Keep your sense of Humour says Doug McCulloch. Dough and Rose McCulloch own and operate Londons largest Costume and Party Store in the Forest City.

Like other retail stores in London, McCullochs had to make drastic changes to business during COVID 19. During COVID shutdowns, the well known costume store had to temporarily close public access to their store. In addition to costumes the store has a large citywide balloon delivery service. In the beginning, visitors to the store were not allowed. However balloon orders were still picked up curb side or delivered.

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Doug McCulloch keeping his sense of humour during COVID 19 precautions

COVID proved to be a double edged sword for the Party Store in London. Interest in costume sales plummeted during the shutdown. However… interest in balloon orders raised dramatically.

Large public gatherings like graduations had to be cancelled. Londoners decided to host private celebrations in their home. That meant they wanted to decorate things up a bit with balloon bouquets. McCullochs saw their graduation balloon orders skyrocket.

Not all Retail stores deal with covid 19 the same way. Many retailers in London have simply had to shut down or close. Others used the down time to enhance their business.

David Korhonen is owner of Icabods Escape Rooms in London . He spent the covid shutdown time enhancing his business. He updated and added new mind bending challenges to his escape rooms. This will provide an even more entertaining experience for guests. Ontario is now is Phase 3. Therefore the business is open to the public once more.

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Doug and Rose McCulloch wearing masks at McCullochs Costume in London

Open to the public with COVID safety measures in place.

McCullochs is also fully open to the public again. Safety measures are in place. This includes the citywide mask mandate. McCullochs is happy to participate in safe business practices. This allows the retail store to protect both staff and customers. Stay Safe Canada!

Most Costumes for Halloween

Did you ever wonder who has the Most Costumes for Halloween in London Ontario? Look no further than McCullochs Costume for the biggest selection of costumes in London. McCullochs is not just a Halloween Costume store in London. They offer costume sales all year long.

McCullochs is unlike the temporary Halloween Stores in London that close up and leave after October. They remain open 12 months a year. In addition they have more costumes for Halloween than the temporary stores. Visitors to McCullochs Costume are often amazed at the size of the store and large selection of costumes.

McCullochs is pleased to sell both quality adult costumes and childrens costumes in London. The costume store offers lower priced costumes as well as more elaborate movie replica costumes. Shoppers at McCullochs are offered a wide variety of costume choices to choose from based on their available budget. Since 1962 McCullochs has been London Ontario’s most popular Costume Store. Therefore costume seekers in London can trust McCullochs experience in costumes. The store allows customers to try on costumes in change booths located inside the store. This allows a customer to be sure their costume fits proper before leaving the store.

The Most Costumes, Masks, Hats, Wigs, Accessories for Halloween and more.

In addition to costumes for Halloween, McCullochs has so much more costume related items. The store features London’s largest selection of special effect makeup for Halloween. They feature hundreds of halloween masks in addition to makeup. Wigs, hats, belts, swords and halloween props are also part of the stores collection. Makeup brands include Mehron, Graftobian, Ben Nye and Paint Glow. In addition the store also carries Cinema Secrets, Snazaroo and Kryolan makeup.

Part of the Large Halloween Makeup assortment at McCullochs Costume in London Ontario

If you are looking for skeletons, spiders, ghosts or demons to decorate your halloween event drop in a take a look around McCullochs Costume and Party Supply. You can be sure they have it all. London’s Halloween Super Store is located at 1140 Dundas Street, London Ontario