I love to help people put together costumes, and I am actually a costume designer by education. I don't currently offer costumes on my website because of time constraints, but I love to sew (especially fancy period dresses) and do hope to add them in the future. If you're stuck for an idea take a look at the suggestions below. Or email me, Jeanne.
1. Elegant Peacock Masquerade
Using the Peacock Dreams mask or the Peacock Rose Masquerade mask on the Phantom Roses page paired with the hunter green velvet cloak you could wear any fancy dress, or even an elegant pant suit, in either a solid black with gold accessories, or an outfit with any of the colors featured in the peacock masks: gold, green, purple, or blue. You can see someone wearing the Peacock Dreams mask with a dress they made in the customer pictures section. I have some fabulous fabric that is printed all over with a peacock feather design that I haven't quite decided what to do with yet. I may use it as a front detail on a period dress offered here in the future. Maybe pair it with some irridescent bluish purple taffeta and gold trim.
2. Mystic Goddess Or Sorceress Masquerade
We're all goddesses really, aren't we? You can use any dark blue or black or silver dress that makes you feel beautiful. Wear the dark blue velvet cloak with it and use a blue mystic colored version of the Rose Masquerade mask with silver roses, or the actual Mystic Masquerade mask pictured below with moon and star rhinestones on it. The Crystal Star Jewelry would go great with it, too. You could also use the Bast mask as a cat goddess, or a silver or blue mystic color version of either the Cat Dancer Mask or the Glamor Puss mask, there is a blue mystic version of the Glamor Puss mask in the photo on the home page . The Black Cat Jewelry would finish off the theme quite nicely. I used the goddess idea when I was hugely pregnant and wore a tight dark blue full length cocktail dress with silver sparkles all over it. I was a Fertility Goddess. Honestly. And everybody who saw me guessed correctly what my costume was. Of course, it WAS kind of obvious.
3. Ice Queen Masquerade
With this one you definately need an outfit with an attitude. You could go either elegant and untouchable, or sexy and dangerous here. Use the Ice Queen mask, of course. It comes in the regular full face or half mask version. Pair it with a velvet cloak in either ice blue or white (please email me about the availbility of the colors) and the Crystal Star jewelry and you have a costume guaranteed to get some attention. If you ever notice colors in movies, take a look at a crowd scene and check out what the main character is wearing to make them stand out from the rest of the people. An old costume designer trick is to put the main character in either white, or a much lighter color than the rest of the people in a scene. That way you can spot them quickly.
4.Bubble Bath Masquerade
Ok, if you really want to be flirty and cute here's a daring one for you. Use the Bu-Bu-Bubbles mask (which, by the way, can be ordered in a fancier version with feathers and lace and rhinestones, just email me about it). Then wear a white towel. That's it. Maybe some cute fuzzy slippers or some of those high heeled ones with feather trim f you want to be sexier. You will need to keep the towel from falling off, I would probably use some elastic and turn it into one of those towel wraps with a velcro closure, but if you don't sew, then safety pins should do the trick. You might want to wear a bathing suit underneath just in case. And sheer to the waist pantyhose. You could also wear a towel on your hair, or you could use some of those plastic Christmas ball ornaments that open in half and hot glue them on barettes to put your hair up with. You could also streak your hair with glitter. You might want to hot glue some of those pastic ornament halfs in different sizes onto your towel as bubbles. You could outline them with irridescent fabric glitter glue that you can find at any craft store and even at Walmart. Don't glue any in back, though, not if you want to be able to sit down. You could really have fun and decorate a lot with this, or you could just slap it together at the last minute and it will look cute either way.
