I started on my Halloween costume early this year, as I usually do---with one big difference-- I didn't really know what I was going to be. All I really knew was a) I wanted to wear a pleather dominatrix suit I'd picked up at Salvation Army last summer, and b) I wanted to try my hand at making a cage/hoop skirt from scratch. At some point Lady Gaga entered into the non-idea, as well as the fact that I was attending a "Witches' Ball", so I just kept improvising and struggling along with multiple concepts, hoping for the best.
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Hurdles included bad wigs, challenging sleeves, fabric shortages, and what felt like seven thousand trial-and-error measurements getting the hoop skirt to look right.
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many, many glue sticks into the project....
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Much as I adore hours and hours wielding a glue gun, my favorite moment in the whole costume process came when I spotted the plastic Princess tiaras at Ye Olde Dollar Store, which I envisioned as brilliant sparkling epaulets.
The stars for the wand were also from the Dollar Store:
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I did not decide on the fairy wings until just hours before the party, when I saw them at Rite-Aid while buying candy. I bought them and changed the fabric and trim, using an old pair of silver pantyhose. The wings provided a nice backdrop for the puffy sleeves, but made a fairy princess silhouette, which conflicted conceptually with the witch's hat. Uh-ooh...whatever. With one more day I may have made a Glinda from Oz crown for the top instead, but --my time was up.
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In the end, it all somehow came together.
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(Thank You to Scott Baldinger and Gretchen Kelly for use of their photos here )
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Love!!!
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