Showgirl Style

Last night I got invited to a costume party. The only problem was, I didn’t have a costume yet! So I rummaged through my closet to get some inspiration, along with my mom’s closet. I guess this was one good reason about still living at home…yet still not a good enough reason to keep staying there.

The only ideas that I could come up were my work uniform, a cowgirl, and using old dance dresses. Dressing up in my work uniform…pretty boring since I do that every day I go to work. Being a carhop for Halloween was just not going to fly. The cowgirl is not original at all and I’m pretty sure that’s what I threw together last year (and so did everyone else), so not going to work this time! Now for the old dance dresses, I didn’t really want to get all dolled up and act like I was going to go to a dance again.

That is when I found an old dress of my sister’s from like the early 90s, but looked a lot older than that. It was a strapless dress made of black lace with three tier-like levels. It had a bow with rhinestones on the chest, so I wore black heels with rhinestones and a big diamond cocktail ring. At first I was going for a flapper, but then I decided that I was going to more like a showgirl. So I spiraled curled my hair, which is already short, and made it big. Then added on my accessories, some fake lashes, and a lot of make-up and I was good to go.

I wasn’t a huge fan of my costume, but it was sufficient for the party and it didn’t cost me a dime! It wasn’t that big of a party and if I decide that I’m going to another one, I might just have to go buy one. A girl at the party was a flapper with a long skinny cigar and a boa....perfect I thought! It's what I need to be. But I would much rather save my money for something more important and just make do with what I already have.