Bowtie tang rivet

A costume assembly kit, comprising:

• a plurality of substantially planar costume panels each having at least one compressible medium;
• and
• a plurality of bow-tie tang rivet devices for securing corresponding costume panels to one another to form a three-dimensional costume,
• wherein each rivet device has a rivet, including a head portion and a shank portion attached to the head portion and extending longitudinally therefrom and deforming at a shoulder distal to the head portion to form a longitudinally-facing bow-tie shaped tip, wherein the bow-tie shaped tip has a substantially circular central element and a number of flanges extending radially therefrom having increased lateral dimensions with increasing radial distance from the shank portion, wherein the flanges deform longitudinally toward the shoulder to form a plurality of interference tangs, and a receiving unit, having a plurality of obstructions positioned along a recessed interior diameter of the receiving unit to rotationally complement the interference tangs, the rivet and the receiving unit being adapted to reversibly secure therebetween the at least one costume panel compressible media, and wherein the rivet head and the receiving unit cooperatively resist separation from the secured at least one costume panel compressible media when engaged.