I recently received an email from Nikki, a lovely lady in the States who had stumbled across pictures of my Birds costume from last Halloween. She was making a Birds costume for the Mermaid Parade in Brooklyn, she told me, and was after some advice on how I had made the birds work on my outfit. I described my strategy as best I could and wished her luck with getting her outfit together...
Just the other day, she emailed me with some pics of the parade. I willingly admit defeat in creating the most awesome Tippi costume ever:
As she explained, she made the dress suit out of sequined fabric so that it would be appropriately bright and flashy for the parade. And as she was a mermaid Tippi, she's being attacked by seagulls. Genius.
Do you not think it's absolutely fabulous? I feel so pleased that I was able to give my little bit of assistance in helping to create such a wonderful outfit.
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| Public transport - the best fun to be had in a costume, as you cause concern and confusion amongst the commuters... |
Nikki has her own bit of the internet over at Style Schematic, if you'd like to follow her on over and have a look at what other amazing things this talented lady has been up to.
[All photos used with Nikki's prior consent]
I thought your costume was pretty awesome, but this is fancy dressing on a whole new level! Mad woman!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly! This is serious fancy dressing.
DeleteThis is seriously amazing! I would absolutely love to go to the mermaid paraid, maybe one day. I would be pretty hard to top this costume and yours ( yours was equally as amazing, especially because you inspired someone else)! Clever lady. xx
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the Mermaid Parade is all of this calibre and creativity... If so, I would definitely love to go too. And thank you! I think it was one of my best, most creative costumes I've made, actually. Will have to see if I can top it this Halloween!
DeleteWow! That's great that you kicked off her own creativity. Good building blocks - saved her some groundwork. She has done an amazing piece! How DID she make those birds? They're looking angry too. I like your comments on the joys of public transport when in costume. Makes the most of it really.
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