I try to have a different costume every time. It's great on the creative juices, and bad for the little spare space in the closets around the house. I have costumes I haven't even worn yet!
A couple of years ago, I was a cat, focussing most of my attention on the makeup. I hand-sewed a furry headpiece with ears, a tail, leg and wrist furry parts, and wore a black, tight top. Here's a pic of the makeup:
I'd been wanting to be Leilu from 5th Element for a while, and had the drive to figure out how to make her suspenders. It was probably the easiest costume I've ever had the pleasure of putting together! Though, it's not a great pic, but you get the idea.
We had an apocalyptic theme at work one night, so I dolled myself up as an apocalyptic warrior, of sorts. Riot helmet from the army surplus, cotton bodysuit, leather boots, smeary makeup, and the orange suspenders from my Leilu costume!
This was a masquerade party at work, and I didn't like the idea of having to wear a mask all night - so I painted one on my face in trompe de l'oeil style. I had a lot of people asking where I bought the mask, and when I told them that I painted it on my face
(and individually glued on all of the jewels around the edge), their jaws dropped!
Months before the masquerade party, the Halloween theme at work was 'Prohibition.' So fun! We put 'XXX' on all the bottles behind the bar, and set up the bar like a Speakeasy. So charming! I whipped myself into a rum-smuggling flapper from the day. She was a real crass lass, but could charm you with her smile, dirty jokes, and rum stash that was nestled in her stockings!
This year, the theme was 'Off With Her Head.' I love themes that have some flex. Some people came as Alice in Wonderland characters, and some as 17th c. French Revolutionaries, nuns, priests, bakers, etc. A fun, classy Halloween with lots of great costumes! I sauced myself up to look like the corpse of Marie Antoinette. A really fun costume to work on. Although, when I was winding myself up with all of the bandages, I realized right before I headed off to work, that I had wound myself in SO WELL that I wouldn't be able to use the washroom all night. *rats* It was fine, I just restricted my liquid consumption. Worth the wait.
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