GENEVA, LAUSANNE – If you are still looking for a Halloween outfit, it is not too late. Long gone are the days when finding Halloween items was difficult. As always, thrift stores offer off-the-wall alternatives and nowadays supermarkets also carry a great selection.

Here below, find my updated list of other specialty stores. Now, kiddies… trick or treat!

Geneva

• All 4 Party, online only
• La Gaite, a Geneva gem selling new costumes since 1928, located near Rue des Confederations. It is so popular right before Halloween that you might find yourself waiting in line to get in.
• Vêt’shop Carouge, a Red Cross-run store located on Rue Leschot in Plainpalais, that rents costumes all year, prices range from CHF5 for kids’ outfits to hundreds for drop-dead gorgeous ensembles.
• La Mascarade, rental and custom-made outfits.
• Maniak is not a costume store, but it is the ideal place to shop if you want to dress Goth/Punk/Emo.
• McParty, online store only
• Muller Ballons & Party, is a party-shop store selling anything you need for parties and Halloween outfits. Two stores, one near Lausanne, the other in Acacias in Geneva.
• Francisco, Marché à petit prix, can be described as Geneva’s version of the “dollar store.” Here you can find disposable shoes, belly dancer outfits and other folies for small prices. Located at La Cygne mall, steps away from Cornavin train station on Rue des Alpes and Rue de Lausanne.

Lausanne area

• A. Bugnon, in Le-Mont-sur-Lausanne, is your one party-central renting evening outfits, tents and deguisements. 
• Faites la fête, La Sarraz, new Halloween outfits
• La Paternelle, in Busigny near Lausanne rents over 5,000 outfits all year round.
• Le Musée, rents tuxes and Halloween outfits.
• McParty, online sales only
• Mixage-Déguisements, in Le-Mont-sur-Lausanne is another party-central renting evening outfits, tents and deguisements. 
• Muller Ballons & Party, is a party-shop store selling anything you need for parties and Halloween outfits. Two stores, one near Lausanne, the other in Acacias in Geneva.

Neighboring France

• Feux d’artifice, a costume and party rental in Ornex, near Ferney-Voltaire, carries over 3,500 costumes, reachable by TPG bus F
• Berry Savoie tout pour la fête, Thonon-les-bains rents costumes all year round
• La Bamboula in Annemasse, sales and rentals, reachable by TPG tram 12/16 and French buses
• La Drolerie, Ornex, France

Happy Halloween!

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