My wife and I are invited to a literary costume party to be held October 21st. One can dress as any character from any novel. Having just read, “The Count of Monte Cristo”, I chose to be Monsieur le Comte himself.
Problem is, I suck at putting together costumes, and my wife is no better than I. For once–just once in my life, I’d like to have a respectable showing at a costume party. So the question is, how can I pull this off? What sort of clothes should I wear, and where can I get them (preferably cheaply)?
Secondarily, any ideas on who my wife should portray? She doesn’t read often, and doesn’t have any ideas. I thought of telling her to dress as Eugenie Danglars (without telling her that Eugenie is quite clearly a lesbian), or possibly as Haydée, but that would mean I’d have to learn how to pronounce “Haydée”.
Any thoughts?
Well if you’re not terribly worried about accuracy you could dress up like Dracula, and then have two pieces of French toast on the sides of your head held on with toothpicks. Then again people might just think you’re a goth kid that fell asleep on the table at Denny’s.
The most dramatic clothing I recall his wearing consisted of the pirate-king costume he wore in the grotto in which he got his young friend stoned to the gills. Wasn’t he all Oriental Lavishness in that scene?
What if you dressed in ridiculous colorful silks, complete with turban and costume jewelry, but underneath of it you wore a prison outfit? A prison outfit could be as simple as getting some white long underwear and coloring black horizontal stripes on it with a permanent marker or fabric paint.
If that’s not clear enough, make a “mug shot” sign that says something like “Prisonnier nombre 3425.” Hold it up as an extra hint.
Daniel
NUTS!
Just go as THE SHADOW.
Your wife can go as the GENERIC MYSTERIOUS WOMAN IN PERIL
