Halloween 2010 has drawn to a close, and this year's annual October Bataan Death March of Fun Weekend included two costume changes and a minimum of controversy, all things considered. There *was* a moment when Baron XII and I pondered the wisdom of wandering the streets of Greenpoint, Brooklyn (a historically Polish neighborhood) while dressed in outfits that were rather sacrelicious, but we figured it could always be worse: we could show up to a venue named Warsaw in what we wore last year.
Of note: people had a really, REALLY hard time parsing the fact that I was dressed as a Weimar Berlin lesbian on Friday. Apparently a reasonably attractive woman wearing a painted-on moustache is something of an anomaly, since I got mistaken for a kitty cat and a secretary at different times of the evening. My fave moment came when someone asked me if the moustache was a tattoo. THAT is even more hardcore than *I* am willing to go.
Baron XIII would make a fantastic supervillain, I think. Tis one of the many reasons I dig him so damn much!
12 comments:
A...secretary? What?!
So wrong and yet so right.
Because...secretaries have mustaches?
I am apparently the only person in DC who watches "Mad Men". Everyone thought I was Jackie Kennedy. I red-headed Jackie Kennedy wearing a gold pen necklace...
You guys looked great, as always! We missed you this year.
The StillInTheHallowe'en Zone declahs:
i'm just diggin those
white_leathah_SPATS :P
Fabulous. Simply fabulous.
Superb hand wear, guys. :)
Oh, and I love Baron XIII's buckled shoes.
Man, you two are soooo stylin'!!!
I bow to your superior sense of Halloween fashion.
Oooh! Spats! Snazzy.
I'm glad I'm not the only person out in the movie blogosphere who has pvc corsets in her closet, to say nothing of the wimple (though mine is latex).
The nun outfit is missing a gun, ala Sister Wrath in Nun of That.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yBfouKhXw
GhoulNextDoor, I was totally baffled by people's reactions. It was amazing that folks had such trouble parsing the idea of "painted-on moustache." I kind of want to wear one everyday now :)
Thank you, Sarah :D
Joan, we missed you guys too! As to Jackie Kennedy... hm... That's very peculiar! I saw the pics and you WERE "Mad Men" Joan. Amazing!
Joey and Doc M--the spats are actually part of those boots! Both my spat-boots and the Baron's buckled boots are from John Fluevog (don't go to fluevog.com unless you want to experience some SERIOUS shoe-wanty).
Thank you, Emily! Loved your costume as well. Gender-bending was the theme of the weekend.
Yum-Yum, we are big fans of gloves. Our fingerless leather gloves are, in fact, from the same designer--and yes, we do sometimes have to schedule around one another's matching accessories (see also American Apparel's viscose circle scarf--we've fought battles over who gets to wear his/hers, when).
I dunno, Cranky--I SAW your amazing Kali costume from a couple of years ago! That is still a fave of mine :)
CS, I was thinking of bringing a pistol, a la "Ms. 45," but figured that might be a misstep on the NYC subway...!
uh huh
Habit-liciousness
now jus a convent, candles
and dee-lightful dark dungeon
Amazing outfit!
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