Costume help!
October 31, 2007 12:12 PM Subscribe
How can I make my boring Dorothy costume funny and/or ironic?
Since I'm the laziest halloweener ever, I'm doing Dorothy because I have a)red shoes and b)a blue dress.
My best idea so far: a basket and a stuffed doggy. I'm at a loss.
In your infinite creativity, hive mind, please advise. Adult humor is welcome but I'm not strapping anything on. Thanks all!
Since I'm the laziest halloweener ever, I'm doing Dorothy because I have a)red shoes and b)a blue dress.
My best idea so far: a basket and a stuffed doggy. I'm at a loss.
In your infinite creativity, hive mind, please advise. Adult humor is welcome but I'm not strapping anything on. Thanks all!
'Friend of Dorothy'
posted by box at 12:17 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 12:17 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Okay, this is my answer for everything, but... Zombie Dorothy. Do you have time to get fake blood? If so, you could cut up the dog and cover it with blood. Even better if you can get something that resembles a human head and put it in your basket.
Of course, you'll need some make up, but if you have purple or green eyeshadow and baby powder to whiten your face, you can make it work.
posted by Evangeline at 12:21 PM on October 31, 2007 [5 favorites]
Of course, you'll need some make up, but if you have purple or green eyeshadow and baby powder to whiten your face, you can make it work.
posted by Evangeline at 12:21 PM on October 31, 2007 [5 favorites]
Pregnant Dorothy
stuffed cat/polar bear/anything other than dog
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:21 PM on October 31, 2007
stuffed cat/polar bear/anything other than dog
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:21 PM on October 31, 2007
Place some sort of small sound chip on the heels of your shoes so that when they click together, some sort of twinkly sound effect goes off. That, or just act really saucy and foulmouthed; that'd be ironic.
posted by not_on_display at 12:22 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by not_on_display at 12:22 PM on October 31, 2007
FreezBoy - wouldn't "Whorothy" be more appropriate?
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 12:22 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 12:22 PM on October 31, 2007
My sister has a friend who dressed up as Dorothy one year and then got busted for underage drinking. She showed me her framed copy of the actual mugshot, and it's the funniest thing ever: pigtails, drawn on freckles, checkered frills, uncomfortable stare, black booking slate with numbers on it.
Even without the backstory, the idea of Dorothy being booked for one of her crimes (trespassing? Witchicide?) is pretty funny and will make for awesome picture posing. Make a booking slate that says D. GALE and then a bunch of numbers. Be sure to have ink on your fingertips from being fingerprinted.
posted by hermitosis at 12:23 PM on October 31, 2007 [5 favorites]
Even without the backstory, the idea of Dorothy being booked for one of her crimes (trespassing? Witchicide?) is pretty funny and will make for awesome picture posing. Make a booking slate that says D. GALE and then a bunch of numbers. Be sure to have ink on your fingertips from being fingerprinted.
posted by hermitosis at 12:23 PM on October 31, 2007 [5 favorites]
Make a little pin for Toto to wear that says "I Hate Michael Vick" on it (or I *heart* Michael Vick...whichever way you want to go with it).
posted by iconomy at 12:23 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by iconomy at 12:23 PM on October 31, 2007
I'm also going as a 'different' Dorothy. And, since I'm pretty sure we won't be at the same party.... I will be the Dorothy that wrote "Auntie Em, Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog. Love, Dorothy."
I'm wearing the typical blue gingham. I've got a pair of red Dr. Marten boots and I'll wear a red do-rag instead of the bow in my hair. My dykey sholder tattoo will be on display, as will whatever pride jewlery I can dig out of my crap from college. My partner will be going as Ms. Gulch, the teacher with whom I have run away to the big city.
Certainly, if dyke Dorothy doesn't fit your bill, you could still play on that common bumper sticker.
posted by wg at 12:27 PM on October 31, 2007
I'm wearing the typical blue gingham. I've got a pair of red Dr. Marten boots and I'll wear a red do-rag instead of the bow in my hair. My dykey sholder tattoo will be on display, as will whatever pride jewlery I can dig out of my crap from college. My partner will be going as Ms. Gulch, the teacher with whom I have run away to the big city.
Certainly, if dyke Dorothy doesn't fit your bill, you could still play on that common bumper sticker.
posted by wg at 12:27 PM on October 31, 2007
Cover yourself in fake blood, wield a bloody butcher's knife, and carry around the severed heads of the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion.
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:32 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:32 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Another idea... go in green face, with a green stuffed dog, and a sign that said, "I guess she did get me, and my little dog, too"
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:33 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:33 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Act drunk, wear big sunglasses, put a bag of white powder in the basket with your stuffed doggy - Lindsay Lohan as Dorothy
See, I'd say do that, and just tell them that you were Judy Garland. Carry a martini glass and a bunch of prescriptions in your basket.
posted by librarianamy at 12:44 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
See, I'd say do that, and just tell them that you were Judy Garland. Carry a martini glass and a bunch of prescriptions in your basket.
posted by librarianamy at 12:44 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Get a friend wearing a "Dark Side of the Moon" t-shirt to follow you around and do whatever you do all evening.
posted by 1f2frfbf at 12:44 PM on October 31, 2007 [15 favorites]
posted by 1f2frfbf at 12:44 PM on October 31, 2007 [15 favorites]
Upon further reflection, for better verisimilitude you'd have to cover yourself in a mixture of blood, straw and motor oil, but you get the idea.
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:48 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:48 PM on October 31, 2007
Get a friend wearing a "Dark Side of the Moon" t-shirt to follow you around and do whatever you do all evening.
Greatest Idea Ever!
posted by doorsfan at 12:50 PM on October 31, 2007
Greatest Idea Ever!
posted by doorsfan at 12:50 PM on October 31, 2007
I used to have a tshirt that said "Dear Dorothy, Hate you. Hate Oz. Took the shoes. Find your own way home. Love, Toto." Maybe you could play on that.
posted by nooneyouknow at 12:57 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by nooneyouknow at 12:57 PM on October 31, 2007
OK, I don't get it - can someone explain 1f2frfbf's answer above to me?
posted by widdershins at 12:57 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by widdershins at 12:57 PM on October 31, 2007
Wear a Darth Vader mask and go as Dorothy Vader.
posted by cerebus19 at 1:04 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by cerebus19 at 1:04 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
In your pretty woven basket, arrange a shitload of poppies (or lookalike flowers). Stagger down your own imaginary Yellow Brick Road.
posted by rob511 at 1:06 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by rob511 at 1:06 PM on October 31, 2007
Dorothy as played by a present-day Liza Minelli?
posted by Robot Johnny at 1:27 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by Robot Johnny at 1:27 PM on October 31, 2007
cerebus19 and 1f2frfbf: that's excellent - had never heard of it but now I'll have to try it. In light of this, that's a fabulous costume idea (if you're going with a friend)!
posted by widdershins at 1:34 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by widdershins at 1:34 PM on October 31, 2007
A handlebar mustache should work just fine. For maximum effect, play it extra-cool (i.e., "Why are you wearing a mustache?" "I don't know what you're talking about.").
posted by ourobouros at 1:35 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by ourobouros at 1:35 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
I'm with @Evangeline - Zombie Dorothy!
"Shooooooes. Shoooooes."
posted by willmize at 1:43 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
"Shooooooes. Shoooooes."
posted by willmize at 1:43 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Vampire Dorothy? Pirate Dorothy? Dorothy as a younger girl? Dorothy as an older woman? Dorothy as a man?
posted by divabat at 2:11 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by divabat at 2:11 PM on October 31, 2007
Response by poster: these are great!
i'm going with lindsey lohan as judy garland as dorothy with the all the accoutrement (big bag o'powder and i'll be bartending so i can just actually get drunk! and be all "it's my costume, what!?")
and a hi-my-name-is sticker with "it's dorothy bitch" a la britney spears.
posted by sarelicar at 3:10 PM on October 31, 2007
i'm going with lindsey lohan as judy garland as dorothy with the all the accoutrement (big bag o'powder and i'll be bartending so i can just actually get drunk! and be all "it's my costume, what!?")
and a hi-my-name-is sticker with "it's dorothy bitch" a la britney spears.
posted by sarelicar at 3:10 PM on October 31, 2007
KAWS style Skull and crossbones.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:17 PM on October 31, 2007
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:17 PM on October 31, 2007
Dorothy... Homeless!
Will work for food (there's no place called home?)
cardboard box
fingerless gloves
tin coffee cup (for change)
posted by idiotfactory at 4:37 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Will work for food (there's no place called home?)
cardboard box
fingerless gloves
tin coffee cup (for change)
posted by idiotfactory at 4:37 PM on October 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
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posted by FreezBoy at 12:16 PM on October 31, 2007