Theme Me: Costume, Fancy Dress & Theme Inspiration

Olive Oyl from Popeye Costume

Like most people I grew up watching Popeye, so today I’ve dressed up as Olive Oyl. It’s a great simple costume to put together – all you need is a red jumper and a black skirt! Photo: Billy Rubin Red jumper: Uniqlo with doily trimmings Black skirt: Target with yellow paper trim taped on White…

The Shinning Door Costume

Today I thought I’d take on a horror theme for this month-long Halloween costume-a-thon with my Jack Torrance The Shinning door costume. Everyone knows the famous scene where he breaks through the door with his axe and says: Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny, so that’s the costume I have re-created. Photo credit: Billy Rubin White broken door: Home made…

Betty Boop Costume

Today I dug deep and called on my inner vixen to do a Betty Boop costume. Think I got the classic pose down pat. Go me. Photo credit: Billy Rubin Black wig: Hot Dollar Red sweetheart dress: H&M Red shoes: ASOS Gold bangle: DIVA Gold hoop earrings: DIVA Garter: Drawn-on with eye-liner and lipstick

Frida Kahlo Costume

Next up I have taken on the famous artist Frida Kahlo. This is also a relatively easy costume to achieve, all you need is some flowers in your hair and her signature mono-brow and mo, and voilà, Frida costume! Photo credit: Billy Rubin Flowers: Hot Dollar Silver earrings: DIVA Green necklace: DIVA Gold Aztec ring:…

Guess Who Maria Costume

Today I’ve taken on another easy one for myself and you to recreate for Halloween – a Guess Who place card costume. All you need for this is some cardboard and in my case for Maria – a green beret. Photo credit: Billy Rubin Green beret: Dangerfield Blue cardigan: Dangerfield Black high-waisted Joni jeans: Top…

Blonde Bombshell Pun Costume

In the lead up to Halloween, I have once again taken up the challenge to do a daily post for the month of October! This year though, I am going to go back to basics and do a costume post every day to inspire you for Halloween 2014! Seeing as how I’m dropping this bombshell…

Katy Perry Roar Costume

For the second day of the Secret Garden Festival I decided to dress up as Katy Perry ala the Roar film clip. As you can see, the day was a total wash-out so apologies for the blurry photos! Photo credit: FuckingAwesomeChic83 Flower Headpiece: Fake Flowers from Hot Dollar glued onto a Headband from Big W…

Barbarella Costume

Dearest valued costume fans, I’m SOOOO SORRY that’s it’s been so long since my last post, but suffice to say that things have been rather crazy in Maryland (also a chocolate chip cookie brand in the UK) so I will make it up to you with not one, but TWO costume posts this week! First…

Manga School Girl Costume

Last week was my new works’ Christmas party. It was loosely themed Japanese – which means that dressing up in costume was optional. Optional costume is not in my vocabulary….unless it comes after ‘Live your life in’. So I dressed up as a manga school girl, the whole costume held together with the creepy eyelid…

Carrie Covered in Blood Costume

A couple of weeks ago for Halloween I created a Carrie mid-pigs-blood-bucket-pour costume. The mid-pour was created by having a metal wire fitted to the tiara and then fitted into the bucket.While it was quite the balancing act to wear it, it was also quite dramatic…too bad not too many people knew of the 70’s…