# Where can I buy wings? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438 "2005-05-11T18:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/1 "2005-05-11T18:56:50Z")
I need a set of angel wings for a party but I can’t think of where to buy them. I called my local Party City and the guy I spoke to has something, but I have a feeling it’s for a child. I’ll go to the store anyway and check it out. I’m even up for suggestions of how to make the wings at home. I’m thinking I’ll make a halo out of a headband and pipe cleaners anyway. Ideas, please? ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/2 "2005-05-11T19:27:02Z")
Newbury Comics had them around Halloween, though I’m not sure about now. You might want to try a place like Hot Topic. I’ve seen black angel wings in there, and I beleive the sell white as well. If not, ask one of the sales-kids, they might know. Many places that sell goth-like clothes will also sell angel wings in different colors. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/3 "2005-05-11T19:28:29Z")
There are some nice ones at [Pierre Silber](http://www.pierresilber.com/angelwings.html). If you decide to make them yourself, make sure you start with some sort of sturdy way to fasten them to your body. Don’t think that you can just pin them to a T-shirt. You could probably make something that’s suggestive of wings with coat hanger wire and butcher paper, and perhaps draw some sort of feather texture on. It depends if you want a costume that suggests wings, or actually looks like real wings. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/4 "2005-05-11T19:28:38Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > Newbury Comics had them around Halloween, though I’m not sure about now. You might want to try a place like Hot Topic. I’ve seen black angel wings in there, and I **beleive** the sell white as well. If not, ask one of the sales-kids, they might know. Many places that sell goth-like clothes will also sell angel wings in different colors. **believe** …me fail English? That’s unpossible! ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/5 "2005-05-11T19:30:21Z")
Um…I probably should have considered that Pierre Silber is a lingerie and high-heels-for-men store. There’s no nudity on the linked page, but mods, please delete the link if it’s inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/6 "2005-05-11T21:45:37Z")
Party City had some for adults a few months ago. They were huge! My daughter bought maroon and black ones, but they had white ones too, for about twenty bucks. They are beautiful but really heavy! They had some smaller adult ones with netting and wire that ran a bit cheaper and lighter. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/7 "2005-05-11T21:48:55Z")
Buy wings? Can’t you just make your own using seagull feathers and wax? ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/8 "2005-05-11T22:01:50Z")
And here I was, looking for a thread on Buffalo Wings, sadly disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/9 "2005-05-11T22:27:09Z")
[Here you go!](http://www.dragonwings.net/FeatherAngelWings.html) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/10 "2005-05-11T22:34:29Z")
[They come much cheaper, in plastic, as well.](http://www.hen-stagpartyshop.co.uk/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=102) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/11 "2005-05-12T02:04:09Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Buy wings? Can’t you just make your own using seagull feathers and wax? Or just catch a great white heron. Nature can do the work for you! ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/12 "2005-05-12T02:31:04Z")
I wish I could remember the name of the vendor, but a booth at our local Renaissance Festival last fall had some that were hangers bent around with tinted nylon (possibly stockings?) wrapped around them and then decorated. IIRC, the ones in the pic [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/WShippsBush/FairyDog.jpg](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/WShippsBush/FairyDog.jpg) were $7. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/13 "2005-05-12T02:33:29Z")
Forgot to add that they attach to you by elastic straps that would go around a human’s shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/14 "2005-05-12T03:14:25Z")
I have a nice pair of feathered wings you can have for the shipping cost. They’re adult-sized, smooth cardboard on the side that goes against your body, feathered on the outside. Elastic for around the shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/15 "2005-05-12T04:40:33Z")
I saw some at **Spencers** around Halloween, but they don’t have them right now. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-wings/303438/16 "2005-05-12T05:07:49Z")
Thank you all for the suggestions. It turns out a friend has a pair I can borrow, so I won’t have to go out and buy them, hoorah!