male costumes - female costumes - unisex costumes - group costumes bay area costume shopping easy recipes for costumes you can create from thrift stores, costume shops, or your own closet! I'll Get You, My Pretty black dress pointy witch hat green face makeup & wart-covered nose broom = Wicked Witch of the West or East in The Wizard of Oz (as seen at FDPB 1995) Game On Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey hockey puck fake blood on head = Brittanie Cecil, the 13-year-old girl killed by a flying puck at a Columbus Blue Jackets game in March 2002 Deny Everything black trench coat short red wig conservative suit = Dana Scully from The X-Files (presumed dead during her abduction) Top Hat and Tails tailcoat white shirt black pants top hat cane = Marlene Dietrich as in Morocco (as seen at FDPB 2005) The People's Princess short blonde wig cocktail dress tiara = Princess Diana A Formerly Living Saint white dress or sheet wrapped like a sari white dishtowel with blue stripe on edge, draped over the head = Mother Theresa Twisted Little Girl cowboy hat miniskirt or short dress blonde wig, ratted and curled really big lots of makeup = Jon Benet Ramsey (thanks to Stephanie for this idea) Sweets to the Sweet long white nightgown bucket of water poured over your head = Ophelia from Hamlet Psychotic Tendencies large bathtowel, wrapped around body short wet hair or towel wrapped around head fake blood (optional) = Marion Crane (Janet Leigh's character) from Psycho, right before she gets killed or during Elegance Incarnate sleek black dress evening gloves pearls = Audrey Hepburn (a la Breakfast at Tiffany's) Death Becomes Her black jeans black tank top long, ratted black wig large ankh necklace = Death from the Sandman comics (she's not dead, but she is death ;-) Classic Babes long 1930s evening gown or classic modern gown a few fancy accessories like evening gloves, a shawl/stole, cigarette holder, jewelry bright lipstick, smoldering eye shadow = Gloria Swanson (as seen at FDPB 1995) = Joan Crawford (as seen at FDPB 1992) = Bette Davis = Claudette Colbert = Myrna Loy (as seen at FDPB 1995) Out Damn Spot long black or red dress crown fake blood on hands = Lady Macbeth from Macbeth (as seen at FDPB 1992) Hey, Hey, She's a Junkie trashy disco clothes from the 1970s slutty makeup messy blonde wig = Althea Flynt from The People vs. Larry Flynt Come and Knock on My Door bright-colored '70s housecoat or robe = Audra Lindley as Mrs. Roper on Three's Company Roaring Twenties short 1920s dress or modern cocktail dress (preferably straight & simple, like a slip dress) a few fancy accessories like evening gloves, a shawl/stole, cigarette holder, jewelry dark eyeliner, bright lipstick = Louise Brooks (as seen at FDPB 2005) = Mary Pickford = Anais Nin (as seen at FDPB 1998) = Theda Bara A Lesbian Icon severe, frumpy 1950s suit hair slicked back or tied in a tight bun = Nancy Kulp as Miss Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies Pillow Talk long nightgown and robe bed pillow = Desdemona from Othello (as seen at FDPB 1995) A Classic Crone loose black dress gray shawl ratty gray hair cackle = Blossom Rock as Grandmamma on The Addams Family TV show She Did Everything Fred Did, Only Backwards and in High Heels 1940s evening gown high heels = Ginger Rogers Medieval Miscellany grey turtleneck dark pants white sheet with whole cut in center (to go over the head) and a cross painted on the front; singe the edges with a lit match belt sword = Joan of Arc (as seen at FDPB 1994) Fab Fifties and Sixties 1950s or 1960s clothes (prim suits, frothy prom dresses, plain house frocks) = Jackie Kennedy (as seen at FDPB 1994) = Grace Kelly (as seen at FDPB 1993) = Lucille Ball (as seen at FDPB 2005) = Sylvia Plath Puppet Pal plain modern clothes curly blond wig Lambchop puppet = Shari Lewis Toga Time white sheet draped like a toga = Antigone or Eurydice from the Oedipus plays