Now playing on 30th Street
The bright yellow Whips 'n Furs Costume Shop storefront on 30th Street, North Park, with its hand-painted dripping red sign reading Costume Shop, Wigs, Vintage, Makeup, Disguises, above a rainbow-painted sidewalk

Become anyone. Be everything.

San Diego's loud, packed-to-the-ceiling costume shop. Costumes to buy or rent, wigs, masks, and a full wall of pro theatrical and SFX makeup.

  • On 30th Street, North Park
  • Right beside VISUAL
  • Costumes to buy or rent

Tonight's program

What's in the house

One room, stocked to the ceiling and sorted by theme. Come dig.

  1. 01

    Costumes, to buy or to rent

    Racks of costumes for sale, plus a deep rental library: theatrical, period, Renaissance, mascots, and the strange and specific. If you need to become it, start here.

  2. 02

    Wigs & hair

    Wigs in every color and shape, lined up on the wall and ready to try on the spot.

  3. 03

    Masks & creatures

    Clowns, monsters, dragons, skulls. The stuff of nightmares and the stuff of a very good party, hanging from floor to ceiling.

  4. 04

    Pro SFX & theatrical makeup

    A full wall of the real stuff: Ben Nye, Kryolan, Mehron. Beards, scars, prosthetics, and color for the stage, the screen, or Saturday night.

  5. 05

    Accessories

    Hats, ears, tiaras, boas, glasses, gloves. The finishing touches, stacked as high as you can reach.

  6. 06

    Vintage finds

    A rotating rack of seasonal vintage clothing worth the dig. People have walked out with the best-fitting jeans they own.

Inside Whips 'n Furs: walls packed with bagged costumes, clown and monster masks, and a dragon mask under red lighting

Stocked to the ceiling and sorted by theme. Give yourself time to dig.

A person in full glam and SFX makeup and a blonde wig standing in front of the theatrical makeup wall at Whips 'n Furs, lined with Ben Nye, Kryolan and Mehron kits

A real costume house

Not a pop-up. The genuine article.

Open year round and run by people who live for the transformation. Local and queer-owned, with the deep makeup wall and the know-how to back it up. Whether it is a stage show, a film shoot, a cosplay build, or the best costume at the party, the help is right there at the counter.

  • Ben Nye
  • Kryolan
  • Mehron
  • Prosthetics
  • Beards & scars
  • Stage & screen

The main event

When October comes, this is the place.

Halloween is the big show on 30th Street. The earlier you come, the better the pick. Beat the rush, raid the racks, and walk out as someone else.

Plan your visit

Box office

Come find your character.

Hours

Hours shift with the season.
Call or DM for today's.

Find us

3784 30th St
San Diego, CA 92104
North Park, two doors from VISUAL

The bright yellow Whips 'n Furs storefront on 30th Street with its hand-painted red sign and a Pikachu mascot greeting people out front

From SiteHandled

Whips ’n Furs, this website is already built.

I built this before we ever talked, on purpose. It is easier to react to a real site than to a sales pitch. If you like it, I can have it live this week on a web address that is actually yours, like whipsnfurs.com, which is sitting open right now.

One thing I noticed:

Your shop is spread across Instagram, a Square page, and a Printify store, but there is no real website on a domain you own. whipsnfurs.com is sitting open right now. I put together a free snapshot of where you turn up online today, and the gap. All real, checked against your public pages. Yours to keep, even if we never work together.

See the visibility snapshot
$69 / month

No setup fee · Month to month · You own the domain

New masks in? A Halloween push? A photo of the wig wall?

Text me. Keeping it current is part of the deal.

Built by César 20+ years building software San Diego

Need a bigger push for the Halloween season, or constant updates? Ask about Partner at $199/mo. For a shop like yours, Hosted is usually all you need.

What's included

  • A professional website, built around your shop
  • A domain that is yours (whipsnfurs.com is open), plus branded email forwarding
  • Hosting, security, and backups. Always on, nothing to manage.
  • Shows up on Google for "costume shop North Park" and "costume rentals San Diego"
  • One content update a month, included
  • Direct access to me. No agency, no ticket system.

Want it live before October?

You work directly with me. No agency, no account managers, no ticket system.

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