Big Bird hopefuls might have to make their costumes themselves because more readily available unlicensed costumes, produced by someone other than Disguise, could also be on their way out of reach.

Disguise Inc., Sesame Workshop's official costume maker, said interest is up among the thousands of retailers it services. The sellers of unlicensed Big Bird, especially sexed-up versions, beware.

When life gives you an Orange Bird hat...wear it? A brand new Orange Bird plush hat is now available from the Disney Store.

The New York-based Sesame Workshop was not pleased this week with a Halloween costume now on the market, depicting Big Bird in a "sexy" women's outfit.

FILE - This Aug. 30, 2009 file photo shows Big Bird, of the children's television show Sesame Street, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) By: Sam Cohen Posted and last updated ...

Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other "Sesame Street" characters, has died. He was 91. Love died from congestive heart failure Saturday in ...

Disguise Inc., Sesame Workshop's official costume maker, said interest is up among the thousands of retailers it services. The sellers of unlicensed Big Bird, especially sexed-up versions, beware.

FILE - This Aug. 30, 2009 file photo shows Big Bird, of the children's television show Sesame Street, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) By: Sam Cohen Posted and last updated ...

Can't figure out how to dress as a binder full of women for Halloween? There's always Big Bird, the other star of the presidential debates.

Can't figure out how to dress as a binder full of women for Halloween? There's always Big Bird, the other star of the presidential debates.