A young student hoping to step into Book Week in the most delightful way has been dealt a cruel blow after her mother received the wrong costume just days before the parade.<\/p>\n
While planning to attend her Melbourne school festivities as the iconic Mary Poppins<\/a>, CostumeBox instead sent the 10-year-old girl a Kim Jong Un costume.<\/p>\n The family has been left in a scramble, racing to replace the Supreme Leader of North Korea<\/a> ensemble before the parade takes place on Friday.<\/p>\n A 10-year-old student in Melbourne was sent a Kim Jong Un costume instead of a Mary Poppins costume by CostumeBox ahead of her school\u2019s Book Week parade. Instagram\/jacquifelgate<\/p>\n A \u201cMusical Nanny Deluxe Girls Book Week Costume\u201d from CostumeBox is pictured. CostumeBox<\/p>\n A receipt of the order shows that it was placed on the 23rd of August, with the retailer offering same-day and express post delivery options across the country.<\/p>\n The \u201cMusical Nanny Deluxe\u201d costume that the youngster initially wanted retails for $60 and comes with a coat, skirt, hat and a bow tie.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an easy, wholesome Book Week win with just an umbrella, shoes and stockings needed to complete the overall look.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n On the CostumeBox website, a mask of the dictator retails for $80, with a description promising \u201ceveryone will know who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, the family sent CostumeBox, which is promoted as \u201cAustralia\u2019s #1 online retailer for costumes,\u201d an email asking for an explanation.<\/p>\n \u201cYou sent me the wrong costume! My daughter needed the Mary Poppins costume for book week, and you send me a Kim Jong-un<\/a> costume!\u201d the angry parent writes, as shared by Aussie TV and radio presenter Jacqueline Felgate on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is the meaning of this?\u201d<\/p>\n The email expresses the inconvenience the wrong costume has brought, questioning how it is appropriate for a 10-year-old to wear a \u201cCommunist leader\u2019s costume.\u201d CostumeBox<\/p>\n The email expresses the inconvenience the wrong costume has brought, questioning how it is appropriate for a 10-year-old to wear a \u201cCommunist leader\u2019s costume.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is unacceptable. She has her parade in two days,\u201d the email explains.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s absolutely gutted.\u201d<\/p>\n The store catalogue offers a range of costumes inspired by current world leaders, including Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n Felgate\u2019s social media post asks her followers to assist in the hunt for the costume the child initially wanted.<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anyone know where she can get a Mary one in time?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n News.com.au contacted CostumeBox for comment and they directed us to a comment on the post made by CEO Nikki Yeaman.<\/p>\n North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks as he hosts a banquet amid the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 8, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n \u201cSo \u2026 you can choose your own adventure on this one folks \u2026 either: \u2018A small but determined communist uprising has occurred within our warehouse ranks. Rest assured, the rebellion has been quashed and our righteous capitalist order has been restored\u2019. or; \u2018A simple but regrettable human error has occurred in our warehouse where two address labels have been accidentally switched,\u2019\u201d Yeaman wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Mary Poppins customer contacted us at 6 a.m. this morning, we responded to her at 9:05 a.m. and a new Mary Poppins costume was picked and packed by 9:35 a.m., ready to go out on the first truck today by Australia Post Express Post. All going to plan from now on, the costume should arrive tomorrow in time for the Book Week parade on Friday,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n \u201cAs for the Kim Jong customer, he is right now on his way to the post office to collect his parcel and confirm if he has indeed received Mary Poppins. If so, we are poised ready to send him out a new Kim Jong Mask, which he should also receive in time for his event this weekend. I hope this covers the matter for you all and the multiple news organizations who have contacted me this morning in their noble quest to report \u2018The News That Matters.\u2019 Cheers, Nikki CEO, Costumebox.com.au.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the comment section, people are seemingly having a heck of a time \u2026 some might say it\u2019s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, this business made a mistake, not the worst thing in the world to happen. Can\u2019t improvise with clothes at home?\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n Julie Andrews is pictured in \u201cMary Poppins.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so sorry, but I burst out laughing,\u201d another admitted.<\/p>\n A third advised: \u201cYou absolutely send your kid to school as the Supreme Leader if this happens.\u201d<\/p>\n Another agreed: \u201cOmg, I would so let her wear it.\u201d<\/p>\n Someone else weighed in: \u201cEveryone is Mary Poppins this year \u2026 she will make a real statement as the supreme leader \u2013 take the little red book as a prop.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, let\u2019s spare a thought for the person who ordered the \u201cSupreme Leader\u201d mask and is now faced with wearing a Mary Poppins costume instead,\u201d another suggested.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t