Last week I came up with the idea to go as a BuzzFeed listicle. I wanted something mildly clever, obvious and easy, making BuzzFeed a perfect fit. To line up even better with the current zeitgeist, I chose Disney princesses as the topic for the listicle. The problem was that even though the idea started as a cop-out, I ended up liking it a lot and put way too much work into it. What was a supposed to be a thrown-together gag ended up taking a whole afternoon and many craft supplies.
Luckily, it turned out really well. Unfortunately, I don't have a good picture of the whole thing together, but here are the parts.
First, the shirt:
Subtlety is not BuzzFeed's style, so the costume had to be obvious. Nothing more obvious than writing it on a T-shirt. This was easily the toughest and most time consuming part of the costume. That's mostly because I'm stupidly picky about tiny things, so I spent ages trying to get the font exactly right and used markers instead of paint because they allowed more precision. Funny enough, markers also allow three times as much wrist-pain and ten times as much time. Next time I'll use paint.
I did get some compliments on the lettering though, so maybe it was worth it.
Here's the main feature of the costume, as previewed in the T-shirt. Left to right, it's Cinderella, Elsa, Pocahontas, Nala and Aurora. The nails were done by my friend Meghan and I wish I had close-ups of each of them, because she did a fantastic job. There are all sorts of little touches to make the characters recognizable. I make the outfits out of felt and glued them to a cheap pair of gloves. But because I was dumb and bought the felt and markers before picking the princesses, I didn't have quite the right colours. That's why some are a bit off.
And for completion, here's the right hand. Left to right, there's Jasmine, Ariel, Snow White, Belle and Mulan.
I was surprised by how much of a hit the costume was. The shirt was too baggy to be easily read, so I had to explain it a lot, but once I did, people seemed to enjoy it. And I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it too. So maybe I'll do another costume next year. I'll have to plan things better though.
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