WELCOME TO LOTTIE BALLOU COSTUMES & MORE!

Need a quality, theatrical or handmade costume for a special event? Want to wear a costume that doesn't look or feel like it came from a package?  That’s our specialty at Lottie Ballou.  Since 1990, people all over the Bay Area have come to Lottie Ballou when they wanted to transform themselves. They come in the door as realtors, school teachers, secretaries and fire fighters. When they leave, they’re Zoot suit hunks, sexy saloon girls or medieval kings and queens.  At Lottie Ballou, you’ll find we’ve got a treasure trove of elaborate vintage, contemporary and handmade costumes. We have 1000s of costume ideas from period costumes including Victorian ladies and gents, Dickens and Colonial, prairie, Southern Belles, sexy saloon girls and gunslingers or gamblers, 1920s flappers and pin-striped Zoot suit gangsters, Renaissance knights, tavern wenches, royal court and pirates to 1950s Rockabilly and swing dresses, poodle skirts and 1960s Mod, flower child, 1970s bell bottoms, polyester and pimps, to pop stars, international cha cha dancers, Latin lovers and senioritis, super heroes, mascots —just about anything you can imagine!  Check out our Closet for some sample photos—but remember we have lots more in our store.

Lottie Ballou is still working on her website and more pictures of our costumes will be added each day.  Check back often and see pictures of our wonderful customers in their perfect costume - hopefully someday you'll be on our website too!

Remember also that Lottie Ballou has offers Old Time Photos using all our fabulous costumes.  And our Victorian and Vintage jewelry cabinets are bursting with lovely pieces for sale.  Plus, we've added a beautiful line of real gemstone jewelry.