Wacky vest advice needed!
October 28, 2015 8:16 PM Subscribe
I found a ridiculously cool vest at the thrift for $1.99. Help me turn it into a Halloween costume.
Front of the vest
Back of the vest
Any ideas on how this vest could be part of a bad-ass Halloween costume?! I've got a short brown bob, and just bought three wigs: blond bob, long black hair with bangs, and mid length bright orange. Could find other clothes and accessories as needed. I'll be DJing on Halloween and want to have a sweet costume while I play records!
Front of the vest
Back of the vest
Any ideas on how this vest could be part of a bad-ass Halloween costume?! I've got a short brown bob, and just bought three wigs: blond bob, long black hair with bangs, and mid length bright orange. Could find other clothes and accessories as needed. I'll be DJing on Halloween and want to have a sweet costume while I play records!
For a more Halloween-ish look, could you modify it so that some of the faces were skulls, perhaps? Vampires? Zombies? If you have a tiny bit of artistic talent and some Sharpies it would be do-able.
The faces as they are are so bland and flat; they just beg for some kind of modification.
posted by emjaybee at 8:52 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
The faces as they are are so bland and flat; they just beg for some kind of modification.
posted by emjaybee at 8:52 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
I like the book club or protest ideas.
You could carry a baby doll and call yourself a village raising a child.
You could go with just the vest and be the Walt Whitman quote "I contain multitudes." Extra funny if you're large.
posted by celtalitha at 9:01 PM on October 28, 2015 [6 favorites]
You could carry a baby doll and call yourself a village raising a child.
You could go with just the vest and be the Walt Whitman quote "I contain multitudes." Extra funny if you're large.
posted by celtalitha at 9:01 PM on October 28, 2015 [6 favorites]
If you're DJing you probably can't carry things...when I look at that (awesome) vest the first thing I think is "binders full of women," though that's a bit of an old reference now.
posted by zutalors! at 9:07 PM on October 28, 2015
posted by zutalors! at 9:07 PM on October 28, 2015
Maybe make 2 other heads (maybe out out of styrofoam wig forms painted to match the style of the vest faces and adorned w/ wigs/hats), put them on your shoulders so you have 3 heads, and go as some kind of cerberus type multi-woman?
Maybe go as #NOTALLWOMEN?
Or get a bunch of tiny Starbucks espresso cups with lids, affix them to the vest, and go as the Pumpkin Spice Latte fan club?
posted by pseudostrabismus at 9:22 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
Maybe go as #NOTALLWOMEN?
Or get a bunch of tiny Starbucks espresso cups with lids, affix them to the vest, and go as the Pumpkin Spice Latte fan club?
posted by pseudostrabismus at 9:22 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
At least half of them look like they could be Kids in the Hall characters, but that's also out of touch (and a massive reach).
I might just glue some bike reflector-type stickers on their irises and do something about them being cat ladies in an advanced stage of transformation (into what? something spooky, who knows). And then you could be the actual cat captor who's maybe enthralling them, with one of those cat-ear headbands and a tail, easy.
posted by cotton dress sock at 9:26 PM on October 28, 2015
I might just glue some bike reflector-type stickers on their irises and do something about them being cat ladies in an advanced stage of transformation (into what? something spooky, who knows). And then you could be the actual cat captor who's maybe enthralling them, with one of those cat-ear headbands and a tail, easy.
posted by cotton dress sock at 9:26 PM on October 28, 2015
Oooh, I really like the "protest" idea. Cut index cards into speech bubbles and give them archetypal slogans like "VOTES FOR WOMEN", "OUT OF THE KITCHENS AND INTO THE STREETS", "WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE", "REVOLUTION GRRRL STYLE NOW" etc. Having a few carrying signs with the feminist symbol (a stylized raised fist inside the traditional women's symbol) would be cool, but maybe harder to achieve than the speech bubble thing.
posted by Sara C. at 9:39 PM on October 28, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Sara C. at 9:39 PM on October 28, 2015 [3 favorites]
Ok, Cat Lady Overlord is a crappy idea, I basically thought it'd be neat if their eyes glowed, which led me to cats and bad places, sorry. I don't have a cat but I'm basically a cat lady anyway.
posted by cotton dress sock at 9:51 PM on October 28, 2015
posted by cotton dress sock at 9:51 PM on October 28, 2015
Hang one of those U-shaped magnets around your neck, and presto - you're a chick magnet.
There are 16 women - maybe something about a Sweet 16 party?
Or, maybe each woman just needs her own name tag and funny joke name. (Anita Mann, etc.)
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:05 PM on October 28, 2015 [8 favorites]
There are 16 women - maybe something about a Sweet 16 party?
Or, maybe each woman just needs her own name tag and funny joke name. (Anita Mann, etc.)
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:05 PM on October 28, 2015 [8 favorites]
You could wear a drapey "goddess" gown underneath, make yourself a sacred torch, and go as the goddess Vesta. Finish it off with a headpiece or flowers or leaves, or flame colored feathers, or a circlet with more drapey fabric, an arm cuff, and sandals if it's warm enough, or spray paint some suitable old shoes or boots gold or silver if not.
The women on the vest could be your (modern age) Vestals – or just be, because Vesta was an important goddess to women.
posted by taz at 1:34 AM on October 29, 2015 [3 favorites]
The women on the vest could be your (modern age) Vestals – or just be, because Vesta was an important goddess to women.
posted by taz at 1:34 AM on October 29, 2015 [3 favorites]
You're DJing? Obviously you're All The Single Ladies.
posted by dywypi at 3:41 AM on October 29, 2015 [36 favorites]
posted by dywypi at 3:41 AM on October 29, 2015 [36 favorites]
I would get a pair of mirrored colored sunglasses and a fun 70's maybe beret-style hat, so you match the women on the vest.
posted by Mchelly at 3:50 AM on October 29, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Mchelly at 3:50 AM on October 29, 2015 [1 favorite]
You could carry a book and a glass of wine and go as a book club! Or make some placards to carry (and mini placards to pin on the vest) and go as a protest!
How about some mini wine glasses and placards for the vest and going as a political party?
posted by carter at 4:11 AM on October 29, 2015
How about some mini wine glasses and placards for the vest and going as a political party?
posted by carter at 4:11 AM on October 29, 2015
This is saying "dating app" to me. I would get a hat and affix the OK Cupid or Match logo to the front. Maybe work in a "swipe left or right" somewhere. Cool vest!
posted by pearlybob at 5:09 AM on October 29, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pearlybob at 5:09 AM on October 29, 2015 [1 favorite]
You need to wear a cat costume and be a Crazy Lady Cat (as in the opposite of a Crazy Cat Lady.)
posted by artychoke at 5:22 AM on October 29, 2015 [28 favorites]
posted by artychoke at 5:22 AM on October 29, 2015 [28 favorites]
Get a wig, an ugly sweater, high waisted jeans and a friend willing to dress as Stuart
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:54 AM on October 29, 2015
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:54 AM on October 29, 2015
You need to wear a cat costume and be a Crazy Lady Cat (as in the opposite of a Crazy Cat Lady.)
(that's what I was trying to get across! really badly.)
posted by cotton dress sock at 7:24 AM on October 29, 2015 [5 favorites]
(that's what I was trying to get across! really badly.)
posted by cotton dress sock at 7:24 AM on October 29, 2015 [5 favorites]
You're DJing? Obviously you're All The Single Ladies.
Not to mention "I'm Every Woman."
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:05 AM on October 29, 2015 [5 favorites]
Not to mention "I'm Every Woman."
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:05 AM on October 29, 2015 [5 favorites]
And if you take the vest off? No Woman, No Cry
Although the crazy lady cat idea has me in absolute stitches.
posted by mochapickle at 8:28 AM on October 29, 2015
Although the crazy lady cat idea has me in absolute stitches.
posted by mochapickle at 8:28 AM on October 29, 2015
Yea crazy lady cat is a great idea. Also it's easy to do some big things (ears, tail etc) that can stand out from behind a turntable set. I think the mini protest signs and stuff would be a little too subtle.
posted by zutalors! at 8:31 AM on October 29, 2015
posted by zutalors! at 8:31 AM on October 29, 2015
I think Crazy Lady Cat is funny but a bit too punny for me, but I LOVE Book Club or Protest-- Book Club is super fun, and Protest is on point right now in our shitty anti-woman political moment. I don't think Protest is too subtle and the vest deserves something really vest-specific, and the 70s-ness of it is a perfect throwback. People will love it!
Either way, I love how warm and pro-woman both ideas are.
posted by easter queen at 10:58 AM on October 29, 2015
Either way, I love how warm and pro-woman both ideas are.
posted by easter queen at 10:58 AM on October 29, 2015
You could also go REALLY 70s and BE the ERA.
Wear the text of the amendment on your sleeves.
posted by zutalors! at 11:30 AM on October 29, 2015 [2 favorites]
Wear the text of the amendment on your sleeves.
posted by zutalors! at 11:30 AM on October 29, 2015 [2 favorites]
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posted by Malla at 8:51 PM on October 28, 2015 [25 favorites]