CREDIT: MELANIE RINTJEMA
McCulloch's has enough costumes to please any sort of shopper and their most expensive piece is the Darth Vader outfit priced around one thousand dollars.

When you walk into McCulloch’s costumes your first thought will generally be about the sheer size of the store. They have so many novelty items and Halloween costumes available, they can’t even count them. They have everything from fake flies to hang above your door to a hotdog costume for a baby.

McCulloch’s was started in 1962 by Jack and Dorothy McCulloch. The business is still owned and operated by their family after over 50 years.

The original founders have recently retired, but their children are now continuing on with the business.

“Our son is now working for us as well and he is interested in the business so that will be the third generation, hopefully the McCulloch legacy will live on and on for years to come,” said Rose McCulloch, their daughter-in-law.

The McCulloch family is centred around the costume business, and their love of the costume business is clear when you see the fun-nature of the family.

One story that sticks out in Mc- Culloch’s mind to illustrate their family’s personality is with the memory of one family Christmas party. She was getting her husband ready for their family party and she accidentally forgot to put the head on the razor and shaved his head. They went to their family party and all of her male relatives were wearing bald caps.

The store was originally a dancewear store with a small novelty table, which grew into the large Halloween department that it is today.

The costume department started from the family having a quartet. They made their own costumes for it, and then people wanted to borrow them. They realized that they were having to clean the costumes when they came back and began to charge a small rental fee for the costumes.

They currently rent out hundreds of costumes every Halloween and therefore it is easy to find something to wear no matter where your interests lay.

“We have everything from the typical witches and Halloween costumes, to the racier costumes for women,” McCulloch said.

As you walk around the store, customers are amazed at what is available. They have children’s and baby costumes, dance costumes and surplus accessories to compliment any costume you choose.

One can find Disney characters, cartoon characters, anime characters, certain movie personalities, etc.

As for price range, McCulloch’s can please any sort of shopper. But the most expensive costume is priced around $1,000 for a complete Darth Vader outfit.

To find out more information on the store, visit mccullochs.on.ca or make an in-person appearance at 1140 Dundas Street.