Comments | dreamdancer134: Costuming it up on my favorite non-holiday

dreamdancer134

Costuming it up on my favorite non-holiday

Oct 31, 2009 17:10

So I was at Party City the other night looking for elbow-length satin, black gloves to complete my Halloween costume of Holly Golightly, as played by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. The atmosphere at the store was like a carnival, obscenely crowded. The majority of the commotion was produced by the adults. The few poor children there ( Read more... )

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dreamdancer134 October 31 2009, 21:36:28 UTC

I would do Stevie Nicks with more success for the Mad Hatter Tea Party I co-hosted with my friend last year. In fact, I did it very well sans blond wig. But well enough for both my mom and dad to recognize that's who I was dressed as!

sthemingway November 1 2009, 01:59:01 UTC

I love channeling personas, and I choose each of my costumes thoughtfully....A costume allows me to express something I already am, but for whatever reason, afraid to be..

You think it's possible for people to channel personas without knowing that's what they're actually doing? There's a sociological/psychological phenomenon, not quite mirroring, where you begin to emulate the mannerisms of someone if you spend a lot of time with them. I've experienced this myself--I've spent a lot of time with particular classmates and then have started to talk like them.

It's happened with celebrities too--just by watching so many of their films in a short period of time. Mia Kirshner is one that I've consciously gone to in times of upheaval, I guess. You can see her work here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvjCli2-aKw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcrOB6x02-g