Theme Me: Costume, Fancy Dress & Theme Inspiration

Day 279: International Children’s Book Day

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day. With this as my theme today how could I go past dressing up as a character from the most successful children’s book of all time – Harry Potter. Photo credit: Ziggy Black Long Robe: Choir Robe (My Brother’s) White Shirt: Gold Coast (My Brother’s) Grey Pants:…

Day 278: April Fools

April Fools’ Day is celebrated on the first of April. As this is a holiday where people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other I have dressed up as a giant Whoopie cushion, the prank that every kid has played. Photo credit: Billy Rubin Whoopie Cushion Costume: Smiffy’s Liked what you saw?…

Day 277: Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones Season 3 is set to return to American screens on March 31st which is why I’ve decided to take it on as my theme today. I have dressed as Daenerys Targaryen, also known as Daenerys Stormborn and the dragon queen, who is my favourite character in the series. Photo credit: Holmes White…

Day 276: Easter Eve

Today is the day before Easter, or as I have themed it, Easter Eve. With this I have dressed as the iconic Easter Bunny who is ready to bestow chocolates in the best and most enjoyable form – an Easter Egg hunt! Photo credit: Holmes White Rabbit Onesie: Chupa Chups (from Splendour In the…

Day 275: The Room

At the birthday request of my friend, today I take on the theme of The Room. The Room is a 2003 American independent romantic drama film starring Tommy Wiseau, who also wrote, directed, and produced the feature. While the film is about a melodramatic love triangle between Wiseau, his fiance and his best friend, a significant…

Day 274: Lady Gaga

March 28 is Lady Gaga’s birthday. Lady Gaga is a woman of many looks and styles, so it was a hard to choose just ONE to recreate today. In the end I decided to pursue one of her more iconic looks that was taken up into popular culture and seen out and about in the…

Day 273: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

March 27 is Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s birthday. Who is that you ask? Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was a German physicist, who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range… more commonly known today as X-rays. With his birthday as my theme for today, I have dressed up in my X-ray morphsuit from Smiffy’s. What could…

Day 272: Diana Ross

March 26 is Diana Ross’ birthday, in celebration of that I have decided to dress as her. Of course if you’re going to do Diana Ross the costume comes down to the hair. Luckily I have naturally curly hair, so all I had to do to create her beautiful bouffant was take a brush to…

Day 271: Tolkien Reading Day

March 25 is Tolkien Reading Day. Tolkien Reading Day is an annual event originally suggested by Sean Kirst (a columnist) and launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003. It aims to encourage the reading of J. R. R. Tolkien books. March 25 was chosen to mirror the fall of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. With…

Day 270: Video Games

Today I have dressed as Carmen Sandiego for a video gamed themed party that I have been invited to. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is hands down my favourite video game of all time, MS DOS style, so it was an obvious choice for me. It was my favourite computer game to play…