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The WEARHouse costume rental service provides over 3,000 pieces of costumes, headgears, accessories and props in a colourful explosion of multi-ethnic cultures and genres!
Capture your moment of fantasy with our in-house and mobile costume portrait photo service. Made-to-measure costumes and fun educational programmes are also available.
Operating Hours
Mondays to Fridays : 10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
People's Association
9 Stadium Link Singapore 397750 Tel : 6340 5220 Fax : 6345 3973 Email : PA_Wearhouse@pa.gov.sg
Mondays to Fridays : 10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Bookings are to be made personally on the prescribed application forms at The WEARHouse, People's Association (PA), 9 Stadium Link,Singapore 397750.Applications by post or telephone will not be entertained. Reservations of Booking may also be made online - http://www.pa.gov.sg/lifeskillslifestyle/
Rental of costumes is subject to the availability of the items at the time of booking.
Most of the items are rented on a weekly basis (seven calendar days from the day of collection)
Items rented out are not transferable.
CONFIRMATION OF BOOKINGS
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No changes may be made to the date, duration of rental and the choice of items once the booking has been confirmed.
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Booking is confirmed when cash or cheque payment is made at The WEARHouse, People's Association, 9 Stadium Link.
PAYMENT
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For Over the Counter Booking, payment must be made at least one day before the collection of the items.
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For Online Booking :
Your booking is reserved only when you received a "Confirmation of Reservation" and tracking number onscreen.
Online booking must be paid within three working days or it will be released without prior notice.
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Costumes are considered rented or reserved for the period required only when payments are completely made.
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We accept cash & cheque transactions only. Payments by cheques must be crossed and made payable to the People's Association. No refund is allowed unless the approval has been revoked.
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Please bring along your Passion Card/Letter from Organisation (if renting as an organisation)for payment of costumes. If you are appointing a proxy to pay or collect on your behalf, the proxy must bring along his/her I/C, your Passion Card/Letter for certification.
REJECTION OF APPLICATION
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The Deputy Director (SCENE) or her authorised officers shall reserve the right to disapprove any application or revoke any approval previously granted without assigning any reason.
RENTAL FEES
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Most costumes are at $20, $30, $40, $50 or $60 depending on the condition of the costume. These are charged on a weekly or part thereof basis.
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10% discount off the rental fee for black PAssion Card holders and 15% discounts will be offered to platinum PAssion Card holders.
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20% discount off the rental fee will be offered to the following organisations:
Co-ordinating Council (Mesra), PA Corporate Members, schools, tertiary and social service organisations approved under National Council of Social Services and Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports.
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30% discount will be given to subsequent rental period beyond the first week.
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There will be a laundry charge of $5 to $15 per suit (based on condition of costumes) in addition to the costume rental fee.
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Headgear, accessories and other props are also available for rental. Generally, the rental fee ranges from $5.00 to $60.00 per piece/set.
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If rental is made on official letterhead of specific organisation, no deposit is required. A deposit of $50 to $100 per suit is required if costumes are rented on an individual basis.
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All charges are subject to 5% GST.
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The above rental rates and list of items are subject to change.
ALTERATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
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Items rented out must not be altered or modified.
SURCHARGE
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All rented items must be returned to The WEARHouse on or before the stipulated due date, failing which there will be a surcharge on a weekly basis.
In the event of damage or loss, the user will be surcharged as follows:
Costumes:
80% of cost of the costume if it is less than two years old. 50% of cost of the costumes if it is more than two years old.
Headgear, accessories and props:
The original cost of the items.
Others:
Cost of repair or replacement of the item.
The surcharge must be paid on the day the items are returned.
EXTENSION
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Any extension of rental must be made via phone/email three working days before return date of the initial rental. For extension, please contact Ms Foon or Ms Heng of The WEARHouse at Tel No. 63405220 during office hours (Mondays to Fridays : 10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) or email to: PA_Wearhouse@pa.gov.sg.
ENQUIRIES
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For further enquiries, please contact Ms Foon or Ms Heng of The WEARHouse at Tel No. 63405220 during office hours (Mondays to Fridays : 10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)or email to: PA_Wearhouse@pa.gov.sg.
PURPOSE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
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The information provided to us will be used by PA only. The information will help PA improve its services to you. PA is committed to safeguard your privacy. Information will not be disclosed to any third parties unless so required by law or any government agencies to process any applications you have made or render you a service, so as to serve you in a most efficient and effective way.
Nĭ hăo 你好 and 再见 zàijiàn mean "hello" and "good-bye", respectively. Ni hao 你好 literally means "you good," while the literal translation of zaijian is "see you again." Other ways to say hello include the popular Beijing early-morning greeting 您早 nín zăo. Asking someone if they've eaten 你吃了吗? Nĭ chīle ma? is also acommon way to 打招呼 dă zhāohu (greet someone). 再会 zàihuì is an alternative way to say good-bye. Or you could just say 拜拜 bàibài like all those Taiwanese and Hong Kong
谢谢 Xie Xie (Shay Shay) Thanks 不用谢 Bu yong xie (bu yon shay) Not at all - You're Welcome
They use the old movie scenes for their music video. Look at the funny act and make out what are the things that are not supposed to be in the Kung Fu movie but were added in to create the 'fun' element!! ;-) ....hahaha
Foot binding (Simplified Chinese: 缠足; Traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced on females for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century. In Chinese foot binding, young girls' feet, usually at age 6 but often earlier, were wrapped in tight bandages so that they could not grow and develop normally; they would, instead, break and become highly deformed, not growing past 4-6 inches. As the girl reached adulthood, her feet would remain small and dysfunctional, prone to infection, paralysis, and muscular atrophy. It should be noted that this was initially a common practice only in the wealthiest parts of China, particularly in north China. However, by the late Qing Dynasty, foot binding had become popular among people of all social classes, including the poor. Today, it is a prominent cause of disability among elderly Chinese women.
Origins
The practice of foot binding started during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). According to legend, women were bound in this way to replicate an imperial concubine who danced with her feet wrapped in silk; the other concubines were envious and they all started binding their feet in order to impress the emperor. By the 12th century, the practice had become widespread among the upper classes. However, earlier forms of foot binding were not nearly as debilitating as those used during the later Qing Dynasty (1636-1911). During the Qing period, girls' feet were bound so tightly and so early in life that, as adults, they were unable to walk significant distances. They were essentially crippled and deprived of autonomy. Foot binding of this kind was a status symbol, since only the wealthy could afford to keep women unproductive. The Hongwu Emperor's consort, born of humble origin, had normal feet (considered unattractive by the standards of the culture). Emperor Hongwu killed the neighbours of those who mocked her. If a girl's feet were bound in this manner, sometimes beginning as early as age five, four toes on each foot would break within a year; the first ("big toe") remained intact. The arch had to be well-developed for the perfect "lotus foot" to be formed, so some women would bind their girls' feet at a later age; the ideal was a 3-in. foot, and no longer than 10 cm (4 in). Bound feet would bend, becoming so concave they were sometimes described as "lotus hooks". The binding process resulted in intense pain and caused phalanges to fracture easily. The earliest recorded opponent to footbinding was a writer from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) called Ch'e Jo-shui, and the Manchus who conquered China in the 17th century tried without success to abolish the practice. [1] One of the objectives of the Taiping Rebellion was to establish gender equality by ending footbinding.
Modern times
In 1911, the Republic of China government banned foot binding; women were told to unwrap their feet lest they be killed. Some women's feet grew 1/2 - 1 inch after the unwrapping, though some found the new growth process extremely painful and emotionally and culturally devastating. According to a study conducted by the University of California at San Francisco,"As the practice waned, some girls' feet were released after initial binding, leaving less severe deformities." Some effects of foot binding are permanent, and today, some elderly Chinese women still suffer from disabilities related to bound feet. Foot binding is rarely, if ever[citation needed], practiced today. Many people would treat the behavior as child abuse and punish it accordingly. It is commonly cited by sociologists and anthropologists as an example where an extreme deformity (by the standards of both modern societies and from a medical viewpoint) can be viewed as beauty, and also where immense human suffering can be inflicted in the pursuit of a beauty standard.
Reception and appeal
Bound feet with and without shoe.
While bound feet were considered desirable by some men, a misconception is that men found the deformed foot, in the flesh, erotic. [citation needed] In general, men never saw a woman's bound feet, as they were always concealed within tiny "lotus shoes". Feng Xun is recorded as stating, "If you remove the shoes and bindings, the aesthetic feeling will be destroyed forever." Some scholars have claimed that the erotic effect was a function of the tiny steps and swaying walk of a woman whose feet had been bound. The very fact that the bound foot was concealed from men's eyes was, in and of itself, sexually suggestive.
Process A grandmother or mother wrapped her daughter's or granddaughter's feet when the child was around 5-7 years old. The toes were doubled under the soles, and deep cuts might be made in the soles to make this easier. As the process proceeded, the girl experienced severe pain. Her heels developed hard callouses because she walked on her heels, unable to put weight on her doubled-under toes. After years of this process, the bones would heal in the position of the binding, and the girl would no longer feel pain. There were contests by parents to obtain the daughters with the smallest feet. The smaller the feet, the more beautiful a girl was, and the more likely she would be chosen as a bride of a desirable husband.
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