Halloween Help?

[ceebee_eebee]

Ok. So I realize that Hurricane Who takes place over Halloween. Which means that even though I don't usually cosplay at cons, I have to dress up this year.

So, I'm going as a member of the Happiness Patrol.

I've got the wig and the shoes covered. But I am having HELLLLLLA problems finding a cheap trench coat that would work. Does anyone have any suggestions where I could search that I haven't already?

For reference purposes:

Susan Q

Comments

[eve11]

Ah, this probably isn't going to help but penwiper337 went as a Happiness Patrol person for DragonCon this year though I think she sewed her outfit from scratch.

Maybe you could modify a bathrobe? this one's still expensive but you get the idea...

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Sweeet!!! Her costume looks great. Do you actually know her? Could you ask if she used an actual pattern for the dress?

[eve11]

Will do :)

[eve11]

Hey, penwiper337 gives some tips for the coat in the comments here. She didn't use a specific pattern but suggests a kimono pattern and a crazy collar stolen from an 80's jacket.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

YAY! Thanks, babe! That's perfect.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Oh balls, you're making me want to come up with something for Halloween. I've been dying to cosplay as a gasmask victim (like a WWII nurse or something), but finding the right gas mask is hard.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Duuuuuuude. You GOTTA! It's HALLOWEEN at a CON! It's like an absolutely necessity. And a gasmask nurse would pretty much be the most awesome costume of all time. Hot and annoying to wear probably, but AWESOME!

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

You really only have to wear the mask for a little while, then take it off and party down. PARTY ON DOWNTOWN.

But otherwise, I can't think of anything easy to dress up as! All the costumes I'd kill to wear are too elaborate!

I did briefly think of dressing up as Brannigan from "Gridlock".

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I find your costume idea adorable. The only gasmask I've ever seen that seemed right was from a fetish shop. Hold on, let me find the link...

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

DAMN! It was discontinued. :-(

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

BALLS. There's an antique military store just down the street from where I lived. I posed as someone looking for a prop for a Broadway show, and they had a never-been-used mask still in its container. For 150 bucks. That's a tad out of my price range.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Good GRIEF. That's ridiculous. But check fetish sites. I think that might be a decent place to start, if you're serious. Or even if you're not. I can't actually imagine a downside to looking at sex toys. ;-)

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

This one is not so bad. A little pricey for me, and the mouthpiece isn't right.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

That is shockingly awesome, but I get that it's pretty expensive. Maybe you can justify it by it being the only part of the costume you have to buy? I can't imagine you'll do much better on ebay or anything. Not for a real one.

[brynwulf]

Have you tried thrift stores for a trench coat you can have cut and hemmed to shorten?

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna sew it! I'm actually really psyched. I love sewing but I haaaaaaate sewing sleeves. Lucky for me, this is really just a kimono pattern with an early 80's collar and I've been assured the sleeves are super easy to do. YAAAAAY!