Pugs in Costumes

by Virginia Woof

With their little wrinkly faces and big, soulful eyes, we didn’t think it was possible for pugs to be any cuter ... but look! OMG! They’re wearing costumes!

Pugs in Costumes is a collection of the best-dressed pugs around. From haute couture Oscar dresses and character classics, to inanimate objects there isn’t a creature on earth that can rock a costume quite like a pug.

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Humor

128 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 2014

Reviews

[karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

just so no one accuses me of contradicting myself, let it be known FOR THE RECORD that i am completely against this book on principle and i do not find it adorable AT ALL.

as everyone is aware, i am uncharmed by animals in clothing. their fur and their dignity make them plenty stylish and seeing a tiny dog in a tiny sweater makes me queasy. however, i'm not a super-big fan of pugs. they're weird looking dudes; too small, too fire-hydrant solid, with those marty feldman eyes and the way they're always grunting disquietingly.



so, in this case, maybe the clothing will improve the little buggers, aesthetically. and since halloween is coming up and you might already own a pug as a result of some horrible accident or tax write-off or regrettably soft-hearted charitable impulse and now you're wondering what to do with it, here you go! feel free to use these ideas as inspiration for your pug-camouflage:



or to just make 'em extra creepy since they already look like little monsters:



okay, but i'm kidding (a little) because some of these pugs are actually cute little sweetie-faces:



and some of the costumes are pretty dapper, although i am still maintaining that putting animals in clothes is morally wrong.

unless they're literary







although this literary one is kind of the worst thing i have ever seen being done to a dog. i mean, really!



that dog is not having a good time.



in fact, if you look at some of the very expressive faces on these little pups, it's clear that many are worried



ashamed



afraid of what they are becoming



or just straight-up drunk



maybe pugs do have souls after all!

this one just looks proud, but he has every right to be because that costume is pretty rad.



a few costumes to avoid, however.

i think it's time to retire the swan dress as "bjork is so kooky!" reference.



and this one is just lacist! eh, are you seeing this???



but you can never go wrong with the meta angle



that pug's mind is blown.

so i guess i could learn to love a pug. i mean, those lazy lolling tongues are pretty funny

















and just so i don't spoil the whole book for everyone, here are a bunch of pictures of little pugfaces without showing off their costumes. go ahead and guess what these little puppies are wearing, or just enjoy their faces the way nature intended.



















pugs.

i guess they're not the worst.

come to my blog!

[Stuti Rai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heh. So this book didn't exist in the system.

Anyway, I visited my sister a while ago and obviously we hounded the bookstores near her place. And there was this cute bookshop with a tiny, narrow front that my sister regularly spent her time at.

We browsed books, thought to buy some poetry collection and that play "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" but we then we chanced upon this miracle of a book. Actually, we didn't: my sister had already read/seen it cover to back to all the pages betwixt, and like the good little rebel siren that she is, not intent (sometimes) on destroying me, she led me to it.

So we stood there, literally going "khikhikhi" like a pair of buffoons hanging on the moon and dragging it down one inch at a time, and occasionally guffawing and then, shushing each other. THERE WERE JUST SO MANY PUGS. CUTE PUGS. FUNNY PUGS. TO-DIE-FOR PUGS. HEROIC PUGS.

And there is this employee, side-eying us in the first ten minutes. Afterwards, actually giving us the evil eye. Which then progressed to coughing and meandering around us in this tiny little alley-space between three shelves. Everything was so colorful around and the pugs were so dastardly lovely, it's not like we paid any sorta attention to him.

But on it went, khikhikhi *coughcoughbuyorleavecoughcough.*

With ten or so more dogs in costumes left, my sister's insecurity and sensibility and rationality caught up to her and she made me leave. BUT OF COURSE, not before we went up to the main counter among this jumble of books and people and bookmarks to leave a plausible story behind so that she could return to this bookshop once again with her head held high.

We went up to the dude and forcibly chatted while he fiddled on his computer.

Sis from the same miss: "OHMIGOD Ikr? The Ninth Life of Louis Drax was so cool. I mean, that kid at his age..."

Me: "I KNOW! But you know what? I totally loved how gradually and visibly the doctor's personal and professional life spiraled down. AND HE KNEW IT. AND HE DID IT."

SFtSM: "Man, wish I could read that book again. Liz Jensen is awesome. And perceptive-"

Me: "Whatever. Anyways, you know there's this book of hers about prostitutes in a time machine or something... What's it called?"

Sis hisses: "Wheeeeee-oooooo! ME want."

Me hisses back: "Um what are we doing here?"

Sis: "We are going to ask after Liz Jensen books. Nobody ever has them and we have an excuse."

Me: "Why do we need an excuse?"

Sis: "(To me) Shut up. (To the dude now free) Um do you have any Liz Jensen books?"

The Dude: "Lemme check... Nooo, I don't think so. Waitwait, there's ah! The Uninvited!"

Me: "We are screwed. I already haz that and I can't think of the name of the other book."

The Dude: "Oh no! It seems it's out of stock. You be back another day."

And we two internally hurray!

Another day saved by Liz Jensen.
My sister's misplaced pride lives to be tarnished by me another.
(I left the next day so I couldn't do much damage; haven't been able to since.)

The pugs were worth it. I wish we weren't thrifty (read: miserly) and had shelled up 400 bucks for it. Anyways, here's some delight from google and amazon:

what i love is how happy s/he looks.


they aren't afraid of making it adult-like, you know.




i <3 that attitude.


There was even a special section of Halloween pugs but fuck me if I get the point of that.

You should totally shell up 400 bucks if you even venture into that bookstore, otherwise go over to amazon, pay up whatever they ask and cocoon yourself in a blanket with a cup of hot tea/chocolate. If you have a pug, keep it away.

[Ryan Clayton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A true literary masterpiece :)

[Pug · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pugs are absolutely gorgeous, of course! And so funny in their costumes! But the captions were unnecessary and painfully lame (e.g. "Memoirs of a Geisha Pug" or "Frog Pug"???? WTF is that?) It's not clever or creative if you simply stick "pug" at the end! It's gotta be integrated. It actually diminished my enjoyment of the book a little.

[Mikayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love all the pics in this book! This book is pugtastic!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO ADORABLE

[Aimee Dars · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Pugs in Costumes collects some of the funniest and cutest pictures of dressed up pugs and presents them in three sections: Puggywood, Pugoween, and Pug Couture. There’s Pugcasso, Edward Scissorpug, and Evita Pugrón.

This is the last book that amused me from cover-to-cover and is a must for pug lovers! I do, however, wish that there was more context about the pugs and where they were photographed beyond the list of photo credits, but the pug photos themselves are all adorable. I can’t get enough of the cuteness!

[connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5

PUUUUUUUUGSSSSSS!

This was £4. Do I regret it? Hell no.

[Georgie Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

honestly the best collection of photos i have ever seen. impossible to decide on a favourite but rapugzel is close

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this while petting my pug and wearing my pug t-shirt. Love their little bat-faces.

[Isabelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

By Virginia Woof? 😂😂😂 Who did this? I can't even remember if that was actually the name on the book but either way I love it. I just think pugs are derpy as anything and honestly this will make your day. you'll look at all the pages, never pick it up again and give it to a charity shop, but the next person who buys it will be very happy briefly too

[Przemyslaw Jezuita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it its funny and cute 😋