For the Trailer Trash! Prohibition Speakeasy I had a
strange time trying to decide what to wear and I felt that the main issue I was
facing was that age-old dilemma:
Vintage or Costume?
Now I like both of these things a lot (as you may be able to
tell from my blog) and while I acknowledge that each has its place in my life
this theme provided the unique challenge of a vintage themed costume party.
In the end I decided on a sort of hybrid costume part of
which was a vintage (1980s I believe) black lace dress I have spoken about before
here. But to give it a more costume-y feel I decided to accessorise the dress
with white tights, white face paint and black and white feathers to try and
give the allusion I was a flapper from a silent film.
So to begin with I put my hair up in that faux 20s short
style, I then painted my face, neck and the tops of my shoulders using Snazaroo
in white. It was quite tricky to get a good covering all over and it was very
time consuming! But I think a bit of patience paid off.
I painted over my eyebrows and lips to help keep the
covering even and then drew them back on using black eyeliner (special thanks
to Mac Fluidline again!). I then painted my lips with a black lipstick from Miss
Sporty. I was surprised by how well it lasted but I think this was mainly
because of the white base on my lips and the fact I didn’t eat and or drink
much (for a really good guide to black lipsticks check out L’s blogpost on the
wide array out there).
Coupled with some brogues, black gloves and a string of
pearls I thought the outfit was starting to look okay, but for the icing on the
cake I made a board in a vague style of the silent movies saying ‘Can I take
your picture?’ so I could try and put together an image gallery of costumes for
my blog (post to follow soon).
Seriously hot!
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