Comments on: Yet Another Costume Question

Question: Yet Another Costume Question

arha — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:52:16 -0800

I need a costume idea, theme "Myths & Legends". Help me, please!

I've been invited to my sister's art school's ball on Saturday night. The theme is "Myths and Legends", and I need last minute inspiration.

I am female, in Australia, serious bonus points for cheaply achieved ideas (I am on a student budget myself).

One thought was just shoving a razor blade in an apple, carrying it all night, and explaining it as an urban legend, but that seems a bit naff. Anyone have anything better?

By: nkknkk

nkknkk — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:59:34 -0800

Someone from the Greek myths should be pretty easy. Wear a sheet-toga and carry a prop (ie a stuffed swan for "Leda and the Swan", a Ken doll for "Aphrodite and Pygmalion", a small box filled with goodies for "Pandora's Box," etc). Browse through some of the stories here:

Theoi Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods
Theoi Greek Mythology: Heroes and Heroines

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:01:20 -0800

An amazonian warrior, virgin Mary, Eve (an apple with a bite out of it and a rubber snake round your neck?), Venus Goddess of love?

By: sephira

sephira — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:05:25 -0800

Get a sword. Have a sort-of long flowing dress (blue would be better)? Good. You're now the Lady of the Lake.

By: thelongcon

thelongcon — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:46:41 -0800

Get one of those fake plastic hook hands and then you tap...tap...tap on the window of a car.

By: infinityjinx

infinityjinx — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:48:47 -0800

Loch Ness Monster...

By: originalname37

originalname37 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:52:57 -0800

Andre the Giant

By: Phanx

Phanx — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:59:14 -0800

Wrap a toilet roll around yourself and go as 'The Mummy'.

By: procrastination

procrastination — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:02:58 -0800

Get a beret, wire-rim glasses, a big fake moustache, and a bat. Go as Jamie from the Mythbusters. Beat on the other people who show up as Jamie.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:04:52 -0800

You could go as MeFi's own Myth Lynnthter.

You could go as the Female Orgasm. Or the Holocaust. This is an art school, after all.

Or you could stick a bunch of feathers on your arms and really wet hair and go as Icarus.

If you're going to go the apple route, make it a golden apple, with "For the Fairest" written on it, and go as Eris, goddess of discord who started the Trojan war.

If you have a swan dress, you could go as Leda.

You could go as the Great Pumpkin from the Charlie Brown mythos.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:06:30 -0800

Get some cardboard, use this as a guide, and go as a giant DVD copy of Tom Cruise's Greatest Work.

By: junkbox

junkbox — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:13:15 -0800

Go as a Legend in Your Own Mind: dress like Avril Lavigne or Ashlee Simpson, and accessorize with sunglasses and red lipstick.

By: ewkpates

ewkpates — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:17:34 -0800

Elvis. Say no more.

By: junesix

junesix — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:39:12 -0800

Pandora (Pandora's Box) - Any fancy box you can walk around with will do. Wearing a flowing dress will help with the Greek myth aspect. Bonus if you fill it with something mysterious or "evil" (or just candy to hand out).

Daphne (of the Apollo and Daphne myth) - Tie/attach some leaved branches to your arms and legs.

Isis or Cleopatra - If you happen to have long black hair (or can get a wig), put on a sleeveless white/light-colored dress and assorted jewelry.

Joan of Arc - Just need a sword and dress though short hair and some plastic armor would help.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:44:34 -0800

Please promise that if you go as Pandora you will strap the box to the front of your pants like in the "Dick in a Box" video and dare people to open it.

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:46:39 -0800

Attach a swan ass to a white dress. Lay an egg. Tada, youre bjork.

By: stevis23

stevis23 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:05:39 -0800

If you have the apple, go as Aphrodite.

By: blueshammer

blueshammer — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:22:35 -0800

I think the urban legend approach would be novel. Being there in modern garb will probably set out apart from the costumed, in a good way.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:33:12 -0800

Write "If you want to live call 911" on your chest upside down in lipstick and draw a big red hole where your kidneys are. Apply ketchup liberally.

By: taliaferro

taliaferro — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:01:23 -0800

Err...don't go as Leda. It doesn't end well. I recommend Pandora if you want to go Greek.

You could also be the Egyptian cat-goddess Bast.

By: bassjump

bassjump — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:24:03 -0800

Another idea from Greek myth is Daphne. I once did that with a remnant of cloth for a drape-y dress/tunic thing and some (fake) leaves wound around my arms and in my hair.
On the down side, I spent a lot of time explaining the whole turning-into-a-tree thing to people who weren't up on their mythology.

By: Ms. Saint

Ms. Saint — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:25:06 -0800

Do they show Mythbusters in Australia? If so, you could go as one of those guys.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:33:49 -0800

Oh! Were there invites/evites/whatevers to this party? If so, get one, blow it up and put it on a T-shirt via an iron on patch. Then show up with two of the biggest jugs of tequila you can find.

Whenever someone asks what myth or legend you're supposed to be, "Wooo!" at the top of your lungs and explain that you are dressed as this party and goddamn, but it's going to be legendary! Then make them take a shot.

Spend the entire night being really upbeat, fun, and helpful, and lo, the party shall become a legend talked about amongst the guests for years!

By: DieHipsterDie

DieHipsterDie — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:00:25 -0800

Chupacabra or the Mothman!

By: lgyre

lgyre — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:06:40 -0800

medusa is one of my favorite costumes ever! sheet toga, make your hair (assuming it's at least slightly long) into little braids with wire in them, and wear mirrored sunglasses (so as not to kill everyone)

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:20:21 -0800

I've done Medusa with the white sheet and some rubber snakes pinned to my head. Easy and cheap.

By: thinkingwoman

thinkingwoman — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:50:44 -0800

if you are in an inflammatory mood, dressing up as jesus or god is always sure to annoy someone.

what's the weather like down under? if you won't freeze to death, dressing like an egyptian goddess (isis) is always sexy and fun (and isn't the point of costume parties to be sexy and fun?). the indian goddess kali might also be fun--she's a bit destructive, likes fire.

By: happyturtle

happyturtle — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:36:24 -0800

I like the urban myth theme, but for the life of me I can't work out how you could dress up as the email that bill gates will pay everyone to forward.