What I wore at Costume Con

Now you don't HAVE to wear costumes at Costume Con ... but I LIKE to get dressed up ... so ... this is what I did this year. I decided to be a fairy for the entire show.

Friday night I judged the Single Pattern Competition (more on that on another day) and since the theme this year was monsters, myths and legends, I wanted to be a dark/scary fairy. BUT the way things turned out the day we arrived I (no exaggeration) had 10 minutes to get dressed, so my scary make-up never happened, but maybe that's just as well.

The rest of the time I mixed and matched my fairy wear wardrobe.  Saturday morning this is what I wore to teach my class about the history of sizing and how to correctly measure yourself.  Please note the fairy purse I got at my thrift store for $2.99!

And, of course, every outfit had wings.

Saturday afternoon I wore an upscaled/fairyized sweater with a skirt I made to give a session about my background and how one of my patterns makes its way through the Simplicity system.

I had a mix and match set of fairy jewelry, too! Created by my wonderful friend Linda Wagner, who has been selling her beautiful stuff at craft fairs for years.

Saturday night, to attend the Sci-Fi costume competition, Betsy Burger (my boss, design director and friend) dressed, too. In a dress made of monster print fabric and a great wig with eyeballs all over her head.


I, again, was a fairy in a dress made from 6 thrift store sweaters and some crinkle organdy.  Pretty, but MAN were those sleeves scratchy.

And, of course, I'm not a fairy w/o my wigs.

Sunday morning I'm starting to recycle some pieces.  But, that's what a mix and match wardrobe is all about.  This is what I wore to moderate the Simplicity costume fashion show, that was the half time entertainment when the judges were deliberating during the Future Fashion Competition.

And later that day I switched a few things to teach my class on how to combine pieces from different commercial costume patterns.

Some one told me I looked like a fairy Go Go dancer ... do I?

In the 60 or so hours Betsy and I were there, we only ventured outside once to the barbecue restaurant across the street.  And this is what I wore ... more mixing and matching.  Then we headed back to the hotel to see the Historical costume competition that evening.

Monday morning, I was nearly a dead fairy.  Since my plane didn't leave until around 2, I got to attend another session and talk to some more people wearing my original fairy sweater I made for Costume Academy in March in St. Louis.

So, I managed to eek out 8 fairy outfits and probably could have arranged a few more.  

FUN! and even more important comfortable, except for my gold high heels.  My old feet can only do that for short periods of time anymore.