Fancy Dress?

[allana]

Okay, I am going to a friends 30th birthday party at the end of February. Joy of joys, it's fancy dress. I'd love to stay home, but he's one of Dave's best friends. Isn't he lucky having more than one?

Anyway, I need help. But you already knew that :P What can a short (5'4") woman, who is very very fat and dumpy, wear to a fancy dress party? Preferably without spending money that I don't have, which is something that's never fucking considered is it? (Yes I am a party-pooper, and yes I also have little sense of fun, and no I won't be fucking chivied along by hearing that even grumpier people are making an effort.)

The only idea I've had so far, is Nanny Ogg. But that's nixed by not having a clue where to find red and white horizontally striped stockings or tights. And that's not even beginning to touch upon how much I hate wearing anything that even remotely involves a skirt. Hmm, red & white striped socks could do the trick I suppose. Would just need to remember to sit in a lady-like fashion.

I suppose I could be Agnes Nitt. I've got wonderful hair.... Or! Perm my hair, draw a mole on my face, dust off Dave's old guitar and then call myself... Kirk Hammett!!

Update: Apparently the theme is Film Characters. I think I'll throttle the birthday-boy as a very special present.

Comments

[reuss.livejournal.com]

Stripey socks... tried a local teeny-goth shop? They're pretty fashionable now, so they're probably available in more mainstream stores what with the Avril Lavigne style still being vaguely popular.

Failing that, I get a bit clueless. I HATE fancy dress. Gypsy-style costume with scarves and fortune telling paraphernalia? Cat-type thing? DRAGON?

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Oh god, this is bringing back memories. I remember doing a black cat one year and then a rabbit the next, for Halloween when I was 7/8. And I think I did a gypsy for someone's birthday too, with a basket full of sprigs of lucky heather. I hated fancy dress then, and I hate it now.

The teeny-goth shops are a good idea. I'll try and find one when I'm next in town. Thanks Bryony!

[dreammonkey.livejournal.com]

Medusa?
Get a sheet. dye it green. blotch it with darker green. Wear it like a toga. buy some snakes from toyshop. pleat into hair.
bright red lipstick. big smile. Get some concrete spray from b&q's and spray Dave with it ? Spend the whole evening avoiding mirrors.
A friend of mine called karen did that and looked fabulous.

I have a cloak, red and black stripey stockings and black stuff for blacking out teeth if you need... the cloak is very heavy for posting though :(
Or I could take it to febmeet? That'd mean me taking it to Vienna too of course.

Concrete spray??

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Does it wash off? I was right with you, up until that :P I must figure out how to tie a sheet (queen sized for safety, I think) into a toga. I think a needle and thread would also be a good plan....

PS - do toyshops still exist? And in that vein, do petshops still exist too? I can't recall seeing either since I left the remote wild wastes of Scotland behind....

[dreammonkey.livejournal.com]

The concrete spray was a joke. I was just thinking how you could have turned Dave to stone with your stare. Sheet tying or a few stitches would be best. somewhere I might have a photo of Karen's splendid costume. It should be gathered at the shoulders in a greecian sort of style.

We have toyshops! There's still one in Aberdeen (not counting Toys R Us). Petshops exist. They keep selling ill creatures to a friend's son :|

They don't have all sad looking puppies in the window though