Okay, time to show off my goofy costume!
I'm not really good at being things that are recognizable. For example, last year I was the best darned home-made Katy Perry you ever saw.
The jumper was sewn using a vintage pattern I snagged off ebay. Kind of painful considering I get most of my vintage patterns for 10c or so from thrift stores. But I needed something specific!
Now this year...I was a fish. The rainbow fish. A rainbow trout. A "Big Fish" (for my roommate's Tim Burton costume party, natch). Whatever, just a fish!
Here I am with my good friends Blake and Laura.
The tail, of course, the most important part.
And a really terrible photobooth-closeup of my gills/makeup.
The outfit consisted of:
a dress slip (underneath, for warmth and decency)
a skirt slip with the slit worn to the front, the hem pleated to the back with fabric attached for a tail
a gray nightgown with strips of fabric (previously hems of dresses I salvaged from the trash at work, yay upcycling!) ruffled and attached
tights and FISHnets
amazing feather fake lashes for gills
We spent the night at a First Teenager Ever house show, and it was fairly uneventful for me. Not so much for everyone else. The evidence...
Click for larger at my flickr. Hope everyone had a fun, safe, creative Halloween this year!
I'm not really good at being things that are recognizable. For example, last year I was the best darned home-made Katy Perry you ever saw.
The jumper was sewn using a vintage pattern I snagged off ebay. Kind of painful considering I get most of my vintage patterns for 10c or so from thrift stores. But I needed something specific!
Now this year...I was a fish. The rainbow fish. A rainbow trout. A "Big Fish" (for my roommate's Tim Burton costume party, natch). Whatever, just a fish!
Here I am with my good friends Blake and Laura.
The tail, of course, the most important part.
And a really terrible photobooth-closeup of my gills/makeup.
The outfit consisted of:
a dress slip (underneath, for warmth and decency)
a skirt slip with the slit worn to the front, the hem pleated to the back with fabric attached for a tail
a gray nightgown with strips of fabric (previously hems of dresses I salvaged from the trash at work, yay upcycling!) ruffled and attached
tights and FISHnets
amazing feather fake lashes for gills
We spent the night at a First Teenager Ever house show, and it was fairly uneventful for me. Not so much for everyone else. The evidence...
Click for larger at my flickr. Hope everyone had a fun, safe, creative Halloween this year!
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