I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I saw her live, i just recovered a very few clips from that night at The Born This Way Ball, Foro Sol on October 26th, 2012 ✨
I wanted to show you some older, easyish costumes that I threw together over the years! First, I helped two of my favorite people with some Night Watch costumes from Game of Thrones. Most of this was just pieced together, but I did hand made the sword hilt of Long Claw, and some armor.
Next, in 2010 I recycled and revamped a couture medusa costume I had made for Halloween, in order to have an original design to wear to the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball. One of my favorite things to do every few years was design and make an original piece for her shows and feel famous for a night. My favorite part of this costume is the scaled front made of iridescent giant sequin.
Below is a very quick costume made for a Carnival themed birthday party long ago. I love teratology and history, and thought a conjoined twin costume with my sorta-sister was a good idea; I’m not sure I’d make that same decision later in life.
Last, and definitely least, is one of the first costumes I ever made as a kid. I was maybe 15 years old here? I really loved the movie he Fisher King’ growing up, and wanted to make a costume inspired by the Red Knight in it. I don’t look back and cringe; rather I look at it and I’m grateful that in a time when dressing up for Halloween wasn’t cool, and DIY with shit at home was DEFINITELY not cool, that I was a horse-of-a-different-color, and had no qualms going against the grain. It was also a platform to learn that I love crafting and costuming, and helped me create a base of skills early.