Does anyone do the same, or similar, costume every year because they really get into a particular character and enjoy dusting it off each Halloween? Or do you keep coming up with new ideas?
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I was a mummy every year from 1981 until 1991. It started out as just strips of bed sheets wrapped around white shirt & pants (it all ended up around my ankles within an hour). The next year, I added 2-faced (carpet) tape to help keep it in place. After that, I started over with new fabric and sewed some of it permanently to the shirt, to make the wrapping process faster and help keep trouble areas from still coming loose, even with the tape. The entire wrapping process took about 2 hours and required an assistant. Every couple of years, I would remake the costume, making it more pre-fabbed and adding conveniences (like a fly). My final version had a head piece pre-wrapped around the eyes & top of my head that required only a few wraps to finish, a shirt pre-wrapped on the shoulders, upper-chest, & upper-arms, pants pre-wrapped from the waist to the knees and had a hidden pocket for ID & money and a zippered fly, pre-wrapped gloves, and pre-wrapped boots. And, the best part, I could finally wrap myself, without an assistant, and in about 30 minutes. I finally retired the costume in 1991 after someone referred to me as "The Mummy With A Tummy". In 1981, I was 6' 3" and weighed 160 pounds. By 1991, I weighed 210.
I have been something different every year since then.
I sorta change every year.. as an adult I've been Frankenstien, Dracula, A Ghost, Doctor(scubs, stethescope) airplane crash victim (had a propeller sticking outta my chest, my favorite), zombie, ghoul, reaper, GI Joe, mad doctor... for '07 with my pirate ship I was Capt. Jack, the wife was Tia Damla(Calypso), the 2 daugthers were pirate wenches.. As the Pirate ship will now be a 4-5yr project, Capt. Jack, Barbosa, Keith Richards Pirate King.. maybe even Kevin Kline will find its way onto me..
I have gone as Brodie Bruce ([i]Mallrats[/i) every year since 2001 for a non-costume costume.
I've gone as Zeke Stone (Brimstone) a couple of times, and probably will again.
Different every year. I've been Bride of Frankenstein, Mummy, Black Widow, Marrionette, A part of the Fruit of the Loom gang, Vampire, Marvin the Martian, Witch, Dead English Maid, Drowned Victorian Lady.
I often dress up as the Phantom of the Opera because I like that character and I improve the make-up. And If I have no ideas or can't make a new costume I wear my dear old Ghost Face Scream's killer costume. It's a very popular costume in France but it's a hit every time.
Thanks Madame Turlock !
Sure the Phantom is classy, that's one of the reason why I like him. This poor doomed musician coming out of literature... I have a lot of sympathy with him. It's the ideal character for me
But I also was very inspired by Mz Skull Jigsaw's Puppet costume . (Deepest congratulations Mz Skull) Saw Costume a Hit!!
I'm working on it for scry out the streets next year...
Repeat costume
will find its way onto me..
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