Get ready for spooks and goblins

Halloween is a $6bn industry across the United States, and not least because of the lengths people will go to dress up in the scariest or sexiest costumes imaginable.



One of the businesses servicing that last need in New York City is New York Costumes on Fourth Avenue and 11th Street, which for over 20 years has been providing costumes, accessories, wigs, hats, decorations, gags and masks for adults, children and everyone in between. There's a good line in plastic headstones, and fake coffins with or without occupants, as well as some weird and wonderful additions from far and scary parts of the world.

You'll also find the latest movie-themed costumes -- including Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter, and the Corpse Bride -- along with wigs, make-up, accessories, and decorations.



There's even a wide selection of costumes for your dogs ... which is not surprising when you see the way the Big Apple people pamper their dogs.

We've even seen them being carried in special 'strollers' in case they're too tired, and in 'doggy backpacks' with special ventilation.

We might do some photos of those yet.

Brian Byrne.