International Dress-Up Day #002
[ 17 March 2007 ]
For International Dress-Up Day #002, I dressed up as my favourite character of all time — Witch Baby, a character created by Francesca Lia Block. (I am still in costume. I feel great.)
Witch Baby is a moody teenage girl, the daughter of a witch called Vixanne Wigg & a man called My Secret Agent Lover Man. She wears rollerskates or hi-top sneakers with rubber bugs stuck on them. She has a bat-shaped backpack & takes photographs of everything. Her hair is a tangly mess of black snarls & when she wants to be alone she buries herself in the mud in the garden. She has big, tilted purple eyes & her prized possession is a globe lamp. Once she ran away from home & camped out in her dead grandfather’s apartment in New York.
I love her! She is one of the characters in Dangerous Angels, which you should read.
Black scarf around my head, given to me by my mother years ago. I wear it every winter, I love it.
Rose-stencil choker. Bought at Urban Outfitters in New York for about $2. (Roses are a theme throughout the story.)
Black sweater-dress from Sportsgirl.
Black leggings from Supre, a chainstore for scary teenage girls.
Pink & white rollerskates bought in London.
Purple eyes provided by Photoshop!
Bigger versions of the pictures are here:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Send me your photos! I am about to go out skating & take some film, I think.
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Oh wow! Where in London did you get those rollerskates? I’ve been looking for some new ones and yours are gorgeous!
Witch Baby is one of my FAVORITE books of all time. Great character choice! You look wonderful.
Oh fun :) Today is the day for me since I’m on the other side of the world, but I will do a lil fun after work, me thinks. I have so many favourite characters. I have also done them all so recently, but I’ll try something a bit different, maybe.
Ugh, so awesome =) It’s not too late for me to dress up and take pictures but I just couldn’t think of anything I wanted to dress up as! There’s still a few hours left though.
Sam — I bought them on Carnaby Street, in some shoe store that had a downstairs part too. I think the shop name started with an s?! I don’t know really, sorry, it was at least five months ago!
& thanks everybody, it took me ages to work out who I was going to be!
you look absolutely gorgeous!
& you did a great job with the eyes in photoshop, if you hadn’t have said that i would’ve totally thought it was coloured contacts!
Francesca Lia Block is my absolute favorite author. I was Weetzie today! The effect was somewhat dampened, I must say, because of my lack of bleach-blonde flattop, but my outfit was strawberry-sundae-toned fabulousness.
& I adore the skates!
Thanks Ally darling!
Market Chippie — Awww! Do you have photos?!
I love the scarf… is is handknit? I am trying to figure it out, in hopes of making one of my own. :)
Beth — Thanks, I love it too! It’s so incredibly soft. I have no idea about the construction of it though… I’m sorry!
I love it. You did a great job capturing the character.
Oh, I had to work but I dressed up as a strict librarian, long black dress with a grandma cardigan and my sexy librarian glasses. No pictures though, maybe I’ll have to recreate and send.
Merci Redro!
Jess — Definitely, recreate & send ‘em through!
ahhh! i totally meant to be violet from violet and clare but forgot :(
btw, i love your site :)
I just stumbled across your site.
I LOVE Francesa Lia Block.
yay witch baby!