While most people haven’t even thought about their costume at this point, costume manufacturers are hard at work creating a fresh batch of costumes based on trendy happenings, the hottest celebrities and pop culture events. The best costumes allow people to be their favorite character for the night, but it’s no fun dressing up if the costume isn’t comfortable. Masks can be especially problematic, so it’s important that the barbed elastic mask strings are high quality so the mask stays comfortably in place.

When its time to buy elastic string for face masks, you may want to stock a variety of colors to complement the design of the costume. Black and white go with almost everything, but zombies look great with red barbed elastic mask strings.

Princesses Anna and Elsa from Disney’s Frozen franchise need special colors. Elsa needs blue mask elastic with barbs of silver to match her fabulous gown, while sister Anna may want a dark green or even gold. Expect that Katnis from the Hunger Games will be popular this fall as well when the excitement about the release of last movie in that series reaches a fever pitch.

Celebs like Beyonce or one of the Kardashians are popular characters for costumes and they require masks to complete the look. There are perennial costume favorites such as ghosts, witches, nurses and animals that are not complete without a mask.

There’s never a shortage of costume ideas, and the season will be here before we know it. Costume manufacturers should be planning their mask production schedules and ordering the necessary inventory of barbed elastic mask strings.

Regardless of the costume your customer selects, for safety as well as aesthetic reasons the barbed elastic cord for masks should complement the costume’s colors and be sturdy enough to hold the mask in place.