Oops I did it again!

And like dear Ms. Spears, I never should have done it the first time.

Halloween 2008. Looking much like the failed attempt of Halloween 2007 only in different colors and with a very cool hat.

Once again, I wore my Sunburst Cocoon Coat from Folkware (that I am now retiring in order to make the newly released Poirot coat!!!). Once again, I made the Decades of Style zig zag dress and once again, through NO FAULT of the pattern but entirely because I am not suited to 1920s styles and not talented enough to make it look good anyways, I looked not so great in it.




The one favorable addition this year was the hat. I got the pattern from the Vintage Pattern Lending Library and it is called the 1920 Paris Cloche Hat. The VPLL was great to work with and I highly recommend them. The pattern was typical for a vintage pattern--not a lot of instruction, but not hard to figure out if you have some basic sewing skills in your arsenal. I really dig the hat.




Oh yes, and the other bright spot in this tragedy were my shoes. They are from Remix Vintage and I love them. :-)




Another addition this year was a punkin that I carved in an Art Deco style to thematically match my costume. It also did not turn out as gorgeous as it appeared in my head.




Next year, NO 1920s!!!! No matter how perfect my hair is!! NO NO NO!!! Maybe Elizabethan or Victorian. Or even if I insist on being more practical, something from the 1940s or 50s.

If I mention the 1920s again, you all have my permission to slap me into sense.

Halloween 2007

Warning to all ye snarkers:
The following costumes include blatent decade mixing, willfull period-inappropriate alterations to perfectly good vintage patterns, and cheap synthetic fabrics. I know better, I swear. But as this was for an office Halloween party, I decided not to care. If such things bother you, read no further. The author will not be held responsible for the burning of eyes or inducing of gag reflexes for any and all readers of this material.

As previously described, my 2007 Halloween costume. I did not have pink hair when the original outfits were worn and I actually styled it all cute that day. But since the pictures from that day were lost, I couldn't be bothered to do it again just for a five minute photo shoot.


This is the Decades of Style Zig Zag Dress. I screwed up the neckline when I did it and had to add that little triangle dark teal piece to hide it, but I think it looks intentional as it matches the zigzaggyness of the skirt pieces. The skirt has piping made out of the lighter teal fabric between each panel.


Folkwear coat, made pretty much as the pattern states. I shortened it quite a bit, but that is the only alteration I made. It does run HUUUUGGEE though. I went down two sizes from what I usually do and it was still quite large. I know it is supposed to fit that way to some degree, but I think I could have gone even smaller and still maintained the look.

dear camera, rip

I was a flapper for Halloween and made a neato dress and the most fabulous cocoon coat. And even remembered to take lots of pictures.

But camera died, with all the pictures therein. I will see if I can recruit The Boy to take pictures again sometime this week.

In the meantime, here are the patterns I used

Zig Zag Dress from Decades of Style



#260 Sunburst Cocoon Coat from Folkwear Patterns




I do wish that Folkwear's first cocoon coat pattern wasn't out of print (503 Poiret Cocoon Coat), because I covet it desperately. If any of y'all happen to know where I can find it, lemme know!


And yes, I realize the coat is more teens than 20s. But it was for an office Halloween party and I knew no one there would know and it was better than a modern coat. Plus it matched my shoes, and I love those shoes far more than I should. Awesome shoes forgive all fashion faux pas. That is my new philosophy and I plan to live by it from now on. :-)