Today I am taking on the user-suggested theme of “Be the song title” from Dean. The song title I have chosen to create is “La Cucaracha” dressing as a cockroach with a Mexican hat. A big thanks goes to @_MartyPants for the concept and letting me borrow his cockroach costume. Photo credit: Holmes Cockroach costume: Smiffy’s…
Category: Year Long Costume Challenge
Day 256: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
On March 10 1997, Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted on the WB. Ever since I was a young girl, I have loved Buffy. It originally started when I was 7 and my family rented the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie with Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. That day I watched it 5 times on repeat. Fast forward…
Day 255: Secret Garden Festival
Today is the main day of the Secret Garden Festival. The Secret Garden Festival is a festival that celebrates music, art and entertainment. Held in a secret location outside of Sydney the concept is that everyone dresses in costume to enjoy live music acts and mingle. Secret Garden is a not for profit event with…
Day 254: Sci-Fi Convention and International Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is also the first day/night of Secret Garden Festival which has been themed Sci-Fi Convention. So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and dress up as She-Ra. (I later that night WON Female best-dressed as judged by the crowds applause. One of my proudest…
Day 253: Sailor Moon
On March 7, 1992 Sailor Moon first aired in Japan. In celebration of the effect this show had on any girl growing up in the 90’s, I have decided to dress up as Sailor Moon today. Now sing-a-long with me: Fighting evil by moonlight Winning love by daylight Never running from a real fight She…
Day 252: Steampunk
Today I took on the user suggested theme of Steam Punk from M. Gray. Steampunk is sub-genre of science fiction that usually features steam-powered machinery,and is set in an industrial Western civilisation during the 19th century. As far as I could gather a steampunk outfit was part wacky steam-powered gadgets (think Back to the Future Part 3)…
Day 251: Joseph Stalin
On March 5, 1953, dictator and mass murder Joseph Stalin died. This costume of Joseph Stalin was not inspired by the man at all, but rather by the coat that is my mother’s from the 80’s. As soon as I saw it I thought, “how very Janet Jackson in Rhythm Nation” so naturally when I…
Day 250: Catherine O’Hara
March 4 is Catherine O’Hara’s birthday. Catherine would be best known for her role as the mother in Home Alone, but I thought it would be funnier/more dramatic to dress as Sally, which she voiced, from A Nightmare Before Christmas. Photo credit: Billy Rubin Patchwork Dress: Homemade from Material Scraps and a Cutup…
Day 249: Florida
On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America so today I take on Florida as my theme. When I think of Florida, I automatically think of the episode of The Simpsons where Marge has a gambling problem and Homer has to help Lisa make her Florida state…
Day 248: Mardi Gras
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. So today I have taken on the Mardi Gras as a theme, dressing as a Drag Queen…that rhymed. I’m quite disheartened at the fact that I had to do so little to look like a man. But I guess at least I look like…
Theme Me: Costume, Fancy Dress & Theme Inspiration 