The Best Halloween Costume Stores in Washington, DC Region

How do you know Halloween is coming? I went to a hardware store last week, and I saw some of the Halloween displays on the sales floor before October. It's only a matter of time before the candies and costumes are on sale. Before you go out and waste of money on something you'll wear once a year, you need to know where the best costume stores in the Washington, DC region are. Good News, I found 4 stores that have a good selection of costumes for your Halloween plans.

Backstage Inc.: Based in the Eastern Market section of Washington, DC Backstage Inc. is a year round costume store that sales and rent costumes for holidays, theater productions and any special occasion for over 20 years . It has a selection of 2,000 rental costumes ranging from Togas to 70's Fashion to pop culture figures like Darth Vader. In addition, this store sells pre bagged costumes and accessories like masks, wigs and make up to go along with your costumes.

Backstage Inc

545 8^th Street, SE

Washington, DC 20003

Phone: 202-544-5744

Store Hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Hollywood East Costumes: For over 25 years, Hollywood East Costume has provided Rockville and the DC Metro are the finest selections of adult rental costumes. Many of the costumes they have depict historic times and cultures of human history. If you love historic eras, they have costumes from the prehistoric age, Civil War, Wild West, Victorian Era, WW2, Roman Empire, the 1970's and more. They have a costume that's perfect for each person.

Hollywood East Costumes

493 South Stonestreet Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 424-2687

Night Dreams: Halloween isn't just a kids' only holiday! As one of the DC Area's top Adult Boutique, Night Dreams has many great costumes that are perfect for Halloween. Their costumes include popular Halloween Costumes like Nurses, Cowboy/Cowgirl, Witch, etc. They also have costumes that lampoon celebrities, businesses and pop culture icons. They also have Adult Only Toys to spice things up for the Halloween. They have stores in Rockville and Tyson's Corner, so you won't have to travel far for your costume or roll playing fix!

Night Dreams of Va. Inc

8373 Leesburg Pike
Vienna,VA22182

703-556-8839

Night Dreams

11550-F Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD

Gene's Costumes: located in Kensington, MD, Gene's Costumes has provided a great selection of costumes for babies, children, teens, adult up to plus sizes customers in the DC Area for more than 20 years. This store not only sells costumes for individuals. They also sell make-up, accessories and costume for theater companies. In addition, you can rent a costume from this local store ranging from $35-$85.

Gene's Costumes

10636 Connecticut Avenue

Kensington, Md. 20895

301-949-4111