Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!

You've waited long enough... Here are the pictures of my tribal-style steampunk costume! Lovingly cobbled together out of things I already had -- I didn't buy anything specifically for this costume -- it's the perfect blending of two costume styles that I truly love.

From top to bottom we have:
-Steampunk feather clip from The Gypsy's Kiss. You may recognize this from my Dancehall Steampunk costume earlier this year.
-Three hairsticks tucked into my bun, sagging a bit because I'd already been dancing when this picture was taken.
-Primitive grey niobium earrings and earcuff from The Beaded Lily.
-My peacock feathers woven necklace. I was going to wear a steampunk necklace that Chris gave me, but it was too long, and this one matched the colors of the costume.
-Vest purchased from Target, upgraded with vintage glass buttons. I wore this last Halloween, too.
-My coin bra, which doesn't jingle much with a vest over it.
-Green lace choli with 3/4-length sleeves, purchased at Plaza de Anaya last week.
-Brass bracelet that Chris gave me for the holidays, awesome coin bracelet that I bought in NYC, and an assortment of rings that I grabbed on my way out the door.
-Tribal steampunk belt. My vest covers it in this picture, so I'll get better pics of it next week. I ended up tying it with some black grosgrain ribbon, and amazingly it stayed up all night.
-Bustle skirt! I'm so happy with how it turned out. There's nothing like wearing a bustle to dance.
-Gradiated sage green harem pants.
-I was wearing my sequined ballet flats, but they're really uncomfortable, so I kicked them off as soon as we arrived.

And here's a back view so that you can see the beautiful gathers on the back of my bustle skirt. Squee!

I hope that everyone has a fun Halloween. I'm spending mine at home with Chris, tidying up the office to make room for our new computers.

7 comments:

  1. I believe you do have bustlepunk! LOL Great costume!

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  2. Lovely...both the outfit & the woman inside. I spent Halloween at home working on my Twinkle Twinkle necklace...no I'm still not done

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  3. oh how amazing you look!!!

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  4. Ooo, neat costume! I love that bustle!

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  5. Thank you, everyone! Glad you liked it :) I forgot to mention that the party was a lot of fun, too!

    Dot, I was working on my Twinkle Twinkle necklace today. I'm up to 16" of herringbone spiral. It takes forever! None of my retreat projects are done yet :(

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  6. How fun! You look great! I'm totally living vicariously through all of my friends that got to dress up and go out and play this year.

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  7. AJ... Did you know that someone (not me) posted a link to this from the blog Making Light?

    Bwahahahahah!!!

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