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Posts Tagged ‘halloween’
Charlie Chaplin Inspiration
To play the Tramp, you need baggy pants, a tight coat, a derby hat, a large pair of shoes, a cane and a moustache. Remember that the awkward fit of the garments should add to the exaggerated walk, and be sure to use the cane in as many creative ways as possible – from picking [...]
Deer de los Muertos & The Sinking of The Titanic
This Halloween, The East Side Show Room was host to a Titanic Party. The outside of the venue was outfitted with smoke stacks, and indoors, life rafts were hung from the rafters. The bar staff were all dressed as drowned sailors and sirens. My favorite guy dressed as an enormous ice berg! The menu for [...]
Happy Halloween!
Halloween, 2010: already I’ve had to thwart a potential zombie attack. This morning while doing my laundry near my old job, I noticed that my dryer had been opened while I left for 5 minutes to get coffee, because there were socks on the laundromat floor. There is a pod of homeless men that live [...]
October 31, 2009
Gold skull headpiece 1940s gold locket Gold lame dress with hand painted carousel horses black socks Gold Melissa shoes The skull is made of styrofoam and covered in glitter. I cut it in half and pinned the bow that used to be on this dress to the back. I spray painted some Baby’s Breath to [...]
October 30, 2009
Two giant flowers affixed to hair combs Baby’s Breath Turquoise ribbon Pink scalloped sweater – Anthropologie Turquoise/White vintage dress – New Bohemia, ATX Pink socks Black pointy shoes Today was Pride, Prejudice and Zombies day at work, and since I’m a very poor zombie, I decided to go for Dia de los Muertos instead. A [...]
October 24, 2009
Today at work was childhood nostalgia dress up day. I chose Bambi and put my antlers on this morning while listening to “Drip drip drop little April Showers!” I wrestled with not doing too literal of a deer/fawn Halloween costume, so I chose not to wear a tail but to wear a dress that was [...]
Flapper Makeup How To!
The lovely Betty Amann – notice her very waxy eyelashes and downward sloping eyebrows! When I was younger and not quite living as a full blown Vintage Vivant (that is, dressing in vintage styles every day) I used holidays such as my Birthday, New Year’s Eve and Halloween to dress in full vintage and emulate [...]
