I build costumes on a mannequin because I want to see if they're going to work at actual size. Like ... You have to be sure your mascot can see down to a kid's level. Hugging is a big thing ...

At the Chicago Mascot Company on Montrose Ave ... “He’d know the size of a shirt for some kid 15 rows away and he could reach in the bag and have it ready in case I asked for it,” he ...

The category, which has since been changed to the more politically correct “plus size,” featured costumes of vampires, chambermaids, witches and more in larger sizes. As to the label “fat ...

Getting into the mascot business is different for everybody ... Of all the conversations we had with the men and women behind the costumes, one of the things that most stood out was by far ...