Theme Me: Costume, Fancy Dress & Theme Inspiration

Day 259: Mexican

Today I have a birthday party that is Mexican themed, so I thought ‘what would be funnier than to attend as a chola?’. For those who don’t know, a chola is a female of Latin decent that is one of the ‘homies’ and usually wears heavy eyeliner, dark lined lipstick and a bandanna. I think I pull it…

Day 258: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Today I am taking on the user-suggested theme of Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles from Daniel, wearing the costume of the red ninja turtle – Raphael. Cowabunga dudes! Photo credit: The Stephanacci Sequence Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Body Piece and Mask: Child’s Ninja Turtle Costume Cut in Half (Borrowed from K-Bear) Green Opaque Tights: American Apparel (Borrowed from K-Bear) Sai:…

Day 257: Be the Song Title

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…

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…