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658 Cookman Avenue
Unit 20 (lower level)
Asbury Park, NJ USA

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Retro Costumes

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Backward Glances is your headquarters for retro costumes! Hippie, disco and 80s costumes are our specialty!

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From Victorian age to awesome 80s costumes, and everything in between, we’ve got what you need!

All costumes are limited quantities–new items arriving often. E-mail us or call 732-774-0007 for size availability.

Victorian/Steampunk Costume Items

  • brocade jacket

    Brocade Jacket

    $65.00
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  • Coachman steampunk top hats black wool

    Coachman Steampunk Top Hats

    $15.00
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  • Gothic top hat velvet top hat

    Gothic Top Hat

    $20.00
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  • black satin top hat

    Satin top hat

    $10.00
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Twenties Costumes

  • Black beaded flapper dress Fringed flapper dress

    Black Beaded Flapper Dress

    $70.00
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  • Red flapper dress flapper costume redl

    Flapper Costume: red

    $50.00
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  • Black flapper dress flapper costumes

    Flapper costumes: black

    $50.00
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  • Red 1920s beaded dress Red fringed flapper dress

    Red 1920s Beaded Dress

    $70.00
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Visit our Roaring 20’s page for more costume ideas!

Forties & Fifties Costumes

  • Pink poodle skirt 50s girl costume

    50s Girl costume

    $25.00
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  • Grease pink ladies jackets

    Pink Ladies Costume

    $40.00
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  • Pink Ladies Grease jacket child size

    Pink Ladies Grease Jacket: Child size

    $35.00
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We’ve got more 40s & 50s style costumes for you to create from our vintage stock.  Buy a poufy party dress and vintage tux to be king and queen of the prom! Get a bunch of our bowling shirts and go as a bowling team.  Or a zombie bowling team!

Visit our 40’s/50’s page for more costume ideas!

Elvis: The King

  • Elvis glasses elvis presley sunglasses

    Elvis Glasses

    $8.00
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  • Sale! Elvis hair-do Elvis wig

    Elvis hair do

    $25.00 $18.00
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  • Sale! Elvis Presley costume Elvis jumpsuit

    Elvis Presley costume

    $45.00 $25.00
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Retro Costumes with Masks

Remember the boxed costumes you wore when you were a kid? Check out these adult-sized versions of those classic costumes, complete with cheesy plastic mask!

  • Sale! retro pirate costume retro costume

    Retro costume: pirate

    $17.00 $10.00
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  • Sale! retro costumes with mask

    Retro costumes: devil

    $17.00 $10.00
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Sixties Costumes

  • British flag dress

    British Flag Dress

    $40.00
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  • Flower child wrap skirt

    Flower child costume

    $37.00
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  • flower power bellbottoms

    Flower Power Bellbottoms

    $25.00
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  • psychedelic print mini dress

    Go go girl costume

    $46.00
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  • swirl printed bell bottoms

    Wild Swirl Printed Bell Bottoms

    $25.00
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Here’s some more sixties costumes for you to choose from: How about Jimi Hendrix? Grab some of our vintage sixties clothing and some feathers, and go as Janis Joplin! We’ve got so many unique vintage pieces that you will only find in our Asbury Park retail store.

Visit our Smashing 60’s/70’s page for more costume ideas!

Seventies Costumes

  • disco diva costume disco outfit

    Disco diva costume

    $25.00
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  • disco diva costume pantsuit

    Disco Diva Costume Pantsuit

    $50.00
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  • Roller girl costume Roller disco costume Roller skate girl

    Roller Girl Costume

    $25.00
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  • john travolta saturday night fever suit

    Saturday Night Fever costume

    $90.00
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Visit our Groovy Guys page for more 70’s clothes for: Disco Dudes,  70’s Nerds, and the Brady Bunch.

Eighties Costumes

  • Madonna bullet bra bustier

    Madonna costume

    $35.00
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  • 1980s party dresses Material girl dress

    Material Girl costume

    $30.00
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Our vintage 80’s costume selection is totally rad! Get “physical” in 80’s workout wear. Pick up an Izod gator shirt for a page out of the Preppy handbook.  Put a white or pastel jacket over a Miami Vice t-shirt for Crockett & Tubbs style. Go punk with a spiky wig and jewelry. And don’t forget about our Member’s Only jackets!

Visit our Awesome 80’s page for more costume ideas!

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Tuesday: closed
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Friday: 12 – 7
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The Shoppes at the Arcade
658 Cookman Avenue
Unit 20 (lower level)
Asbury Park, NJ USA 07712
732-774-0007

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