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Costume Update!
I rue the day I ever decided to go to my own fancy-dress party as Harley Quinn. The girl is impossible to recreate. In the three months it took me to get a new job, my waist, hips, and thighs have widened a considerable amount, and it is no longer even remotely possible that I can squeeze into the skin-tight lycra bodysuit that is Harley's official costume.
As Dante said to me the other day: Bugrit, millenium palm and king crab.
So I'm relying on my somewhat rusty skills as a seamstress (Pratchett readers, take your minds from the gutter, thank you very much), and the wondrous awesomeness that is eBay to fix myself a contemporary Harley Quinn outfit.
Last night, eBay came up trumps! I don't know if I mentioned the tutu-type skirt I had my eye on, but it looks a little something like this:
Ain't it just the cutest? Anywho, I emailed the seller asking about colour schemes and sizes, and not only is it available in my size (which is currently 'Mahoossive', by the way), she also makes them to order and can do me one half black and half red, to better match Harley Quinn's uh, harlequin style! Huzzah! So fingers crossed that should arrive by the middle of next week.
Now all I need to do is find a top that:
A) Comes in 'Mahoossive' size
B) Is available in both red AND black
C) Is affordable enough to buy both colours with my meager funds
...shouldn't be too difficult, right? RIGHT?? So far, so wrong. Red is out of fashion in the UK Autumn/Winter range, and so are plain colours. Bastards.
At least I have my hair and make-up sorted out. Backcombed pigtails with red and black ribbons and white facepaint, complete with painted-on black eyemask and black lipstick. Snazzy. Only problem is I'm scheduled to work the following day, 10am til 6pm... I dread to think what kind of state I'm going to be in when I rock up for work on THAT particular day!
9:37 PM - September 25, 2008 - post comment
True on all accounts, but it also tends to be shapeless, and as far away from the girly, curvy Harley I want to put across as can be. Also, men's shirts tend to have HUGE armholes, which I'd have to sort out and I don't know how.
Twist - 10:01 PM - September 25, 2008
Leave it baggy and bohemian, but stitch some black and red ribbons into the back to pull in the waist and add curvature.
bebbet - 10:03 PM - September 25, 2008
What can I say; I'm a man of layers ;)
(also, nice to see your 'edit' button working again)bebbet - 10:11 PM - September 25, 2008
Like an onion? :P
(tell me about it... I was fed up of you bitching and moaning at me!)Twist - 10:46 PM - September 25, 2008
I so SOOO wish I had the time and lived closer, I'd make you a kick ass Quinn outfit :D
sarai - 4:10 AM - September 26, 2008
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If these tops are to be cut up and stuck back together, you could perhaps have more luck browsing the men section. The stuff tends to be cheaper, bigger (allowing for mistakes) and bereft of fashion trends.
Just a thought...
bebbet - 9:58 PM - September 25, 2008