Welcome to the Costume Lounge by Angela King Designs

Sit back and relax in The Costume Lounge - a blog by Angela King Designs and Go Wild! Wear. Since 1989, AKD has been creating top fashions in cheerleading, dance and performance wear. In the Costume Lounge, we discuss today's hottest trends and topics, who's wearing what, how to get the competitive edge in performance fashion and more. Once you are caught up on the latest news, browse our fashions at www.gowildwear.com or drop us a line at sales@gowildwear.com. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

St Louis Rams Cheerleaders Always in Style

At Angela King Designs, it's been our honor for many years to outfit the beautiful NFL Cheerleaders of the St. Louis Rams. The Rams Cheerleaders usually opt to wear an AKD Black Label metallic navy and gold uniform with beautiful Swarovski crystal logo work. 


"The Rams Cheerleaders uniform is one of the most stunning designs in pro cheerleading," said designer Angela King-Twitero, "especially under the Edward Jones Dome lights! Many other organizations contact us inquiring how they can model after the sophistication of this custom uniform." 

The Rams Cheerleaders have a few other AKD attire themes they present throughout the year from holiday to throwback to sporty. Enjoy these looks courtesy of the St. Louis Rams!





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Spotlight on AKD Junior Designer Kayla - Age 7


Blog #4: Following Kayla, Age 7, Chicago: We've been keeping track of our most recent AKD Junior Designer, who is also a Chicago Junior Luvabulls Dancer, where she wears an AKD Role Models design, pictured right. 

See Kayla's Journey

In the past few months, we showed you Kayla's initial designs sent to the AKD office via sketch, as well as her fabric selection and a mini-view of her final costume.

Once you become a Junior Designer, you are part of the AKD family! We are proud of Kayla's accomplishments this year including modeling for AKD at a Chicago pro dance convention and appearing in her first pageant. 


This blog rounds out Kayla's feature as we reveal her costume creation! Kayla's costume includes tricot fabrics in light pink and white, with accents of purple metallic fabric. This metallic fabric is the same type worn by the Los Angeles Laker Girls dancers! 

"Mom, I can't believe my eyes," said Kayla. "My very own creation!! I want to hug and thank everyone at AKD for giving me a chance to really believe I can do anything I put my all in doing and helping me to start living my dream as a fashion designer."


Congratulations Kayla! We are certain this is your first of many creations, and we are proud to help you experience the joy of bringing your vision to life. 

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Get in the Holiday Spirit with AKD


As you're sprucing up your home and your front lawn this holiday season, don't forget to add some tinsel and ornament to your performance wear! 


Angela King Designs creates fabulous holiday costuming including maribou fur, velvet and sequin options, custom hats and more. It doesn't take much to add a little holiday flair like the 2012 Jacksonville Jaguars ROAR Cheerleaders pictured above in custom blue sequin dresses and hats. 

Instead of an entirely new holiday costume, consider enhancing your standard uniform with boot cuffs or trim. You can even add your logo to a holiday hat or boot cuff.

Fur trim, red or sequin boots can be ordered for a team of eight or more with a few weeks notice. Remember to take your order in whole sizes only! 

Get creative and have some fun this holiday season! The Go Wild! Wear Holiday Collection offers a variety of recommended products that will quickly outfit your team. For custom holiday sets, please order four to six weeks in advance - that means NOW! Send your logo or costuming request to our team of Style Pros for a quote or custom suggestions.

Happy holidays from AKD and Go Wild! Wear

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Spotlight on AKD Junior Designer Kayla - Age 7


Blog #3: Following Kayla, Age 7, Chicago: We've been keeping track of our fall AKD Junior Designer, who is also a Chicago Luvabulls Junior Dancer. 

Outside of dance and cheerleading, Kayla is trying a new hobby - pageants! This month, Kayla entered her first pageant with 54 contestants. Our little Kayla was awarded Top Five and will join the winners in Orlando in December! Here she is in her formal wear and casual wear. She actually found a creative way to wear her official Jr Luvabulls uniform for casual wear! Congratulations Kayla, we are very proud of you and proud you chose to wear AKD. 

This fall, Kayla designed three different costumes that were presented to AKD for creation. AKD selected and created one of these costumes for Kayla, and it is off and shipped to Chicago as we speak! In our next and final AKD Junior Designer blog, we will feature that costume creation!  

"Thank you for making Kayla's dreams come true," said mom Felicha.

Thank you to Kayla for being a part of our program! Until we see her wearing the final product, we can only reveal a small bit of the costume, pictured here. Stay tuned!  

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About the AKD Junior Designer Program: Our intentions in creating the AKD Role Models "Junior Designer" program are to promote design and creativity in our society's youth. We want to reach out to young designers and help them to realize their goals of becoming future fashion leaders. We hope that these Junior Designers will influence more children and teens to become young leaders and encourage them to follow their designing dreams.