Fancy dress

[vilakins]

I went to the fancy dress party last night, dressed as Hypatia of Alexandria (as was suggested by several people), carrying a scroll with a B7 essay in the Symbol font on it--and only one person knew who Hypatia was. :-( I suspect I looked a lot more frivolous than she did, but hey.

Here I am just before we left home. kerravonsen has, I think, seen the wig. Recognise the necklace, snowgrouse? :-)



Everything I have on is mine (wig, 'goddess' dress, necklace and other jewellery, sandals). The dress is ankle-length and has panels on it which drape in Greek-like folds. People at the party kept telling me I should grow and wear my hair like that all the time. Nice idea, but I had it long a few years ago. It's just vaguely wavy when left to itself, not all crimped like the wig,and I think that's the flattering part of it. Really, it looks better short. I have however been tempted to wear the wig out.

The party was great, apart from being so I had to cool down before I went to bed. The costumes were fun, though only about three of us seemed to have picked someone we admired, and included:

• Wilma and Fred Flintstone
  
• Marilyn Monroe
  
• two Roman emperors
  
• a Morticia Addams who was so tall and thin she, as Greg said, looked disturbingly like a wraith
  
• Charlie Chaplin
  
• a tiger (in a suit with just the ears , a striped bow tie, and a jaunty tail)
  
• an Enterprise crew member (a yellow, not a red shirt)
  
• two 20s flappers
  
• three Dame Edna Everidges and one Les Patterson (don't worry if you don't know who these Australian icons are)
  
• a friend in Emily Drumm's cricket uniform complete with team signature (this friend's mother was buried two years ago in an All Black uniform)

Comments

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

How cute! Love your costume.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

How fortunate no one went as Bishop Cyril! And I take it there were no oysters?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You can't see most of it, but I didn't like the full-length photo. :-P

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the old oysters up the nose trick.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Such a cute pic! And that necklace is made of fabulousness.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

What a great idea and you look lovely too. The wig is just perfect for the part.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Those curls and your high cheekbones make you look like a younger Cleo Laine.

Did Greg go as Einstein? You said he was thinking of it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

snowgrouse sent it to me! :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a very cool wig. I can wear it out or partially tied back with loose tendrils like here. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you!

He did. Unfortunately he got his hair cut last week so it wasn't very wild. I put powder through it but it didn't go anywhere near white enough. :-(

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, what a great, fun costume! You look smashing!! :D I like your shiny straight hair, but the wig, for being a wig, is nice! It

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Whoops, hit enter before I was done! WAs gonna say, It quite suits you. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yeah, that's what all my friends said! I'm sometimes tempted to wear the wig when I go out, but Greg doesn't like it. He says I don't look like me any more.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Silly! Wear it out when you go somewhere without Greg! XD

I've worn wigs out before. (I have a large collection, ahahahaha.) It's much fun, although they get itchy after awhile, and hot. Nice in cool weather though.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've worn it to Roman and medieval feasts etc. :-)

I own two more but they're not as nice as that one. I used to have a short blonde one when I lived in Germany; can't remember what happened to that.

I keep getting you and communicator mixed up with your B&W DW icons. :-P

What are your wigs like?

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaa. SORRY I WILL ONLY USE COLOR ONES WITH YOU THEN. XD

And yay for wigs. I do a lot of costuming so I have a lot of wigs. Much easier than trying to use my own hair for some of them, ahhahaa. You need a full length shot! I want to see the flow of it. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Flow of what? The wig? You can pretty much see it all here. :-)

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

No, the gown!!! Ahahahaha.


And, to answer you other question: I have all types of wigs. Short brown, long red, even some in white and silver. XD

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Cool!

I don't like the full-length pic so I'm not posting it here (all that white makes me look bigger). I'll e-mail you a pic if you e-mail me some of you wigged up. :-D

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Wigged up, ahahahahaa. I don't want to make you share pictures you're uncomfortable with sharing though!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

So you're wriggling out of the deal? ;-)

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I can find some, they'll just be of me in goofy costumes. XD

[kerravonsen]

Very pretty!

Three Dame Ednas?! Golly.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

You look great in that photo. And I too can see a resemblance to Cleo Laine.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Deal!