Making Mischief

October 13th, 2009

As a child (or even as an adult), did you ever want to don the wolf costume made famous by Maurice Sendak’s beloved character Max? Would it not be exciting to be king for a day? If you’re like us, we here at The Block are anxiously waiting for the premier of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. To tickle our fancy, designer Christian Joy (known for creating the elaborate costumes worn by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) has teamed up with Urban Outfitters to showcase five original monster costumes inspired by the title character Max and the book’s Wild Things.

The costumes, currently on display at UB’s pop-up store in LA (at Space 15 Twenty), will exhibit alongside 19 exclusive printed stills, each limited to five editions, signed by Jonze and cinematographer Lance Acord. The costumes and stills will be on display and sold at the pop-up store until October 18. With Halloween around the corner, it’d be pretty killer to rock out in a one-of-a-kind silver wolf costume – topped with a gold crown, of course.

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/wtwta_christian_joy
http://www.space15twenty.com/