Fun with art history and costumes!

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The Alice in Wonderland fever is spreading thanks to Tim Burton’s latest fantasy filled trip. There have been many attempts to bring Alice in Wonderland to viewers: plays, cartoons, movies, and TV miniseries. My favorite is the 1985 CBS special event. It starred Natalie Gregory as Alice and everyone else. It was packed to the brim with kooky costumes. (more…)

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So apparently in New Zealand it’s totally cool to wear costumes to sporting events. Who knew rugby was this much fun?

Every time the Wellington Sevens roll around, people go nuts in disguise. It’s awesome. Fans of all ages and all teams dress up as Simpson characters, Stop Lights, and even the kitchen sink. There are parades, costume contests, and fan revelry.

Costume shops hire extra staff to handle the cleaning on the hundreds of rental returns. They even expect there to be stadium stains like beer and dirt.

This phenomenon is a result of crazy sports fans and dorks having babies. I’m a dork. I’m a sports fan (sometimes). Maybe I’ll wear a costume to the next game I attend.

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I never know what to say in a tribute post about an icon. What hasn’t been said? Patrick Swayze had a varied and versatile career. He was great. Even in the crappy things like Steel Dawn, he gave a honest performance that rose above the material.

He ranged from high school rebel to soldier to lover to pedophile to adventurer. There was something all his characters beleived, well most of them, “Some men need to be hit back.” Even though his characters were over-the-top, they seemed real. How do you make an adrenaline junkie robber seem relatable? An actor couldn’t ask for more. He was a Top 10 singer. He was The Sexiest Man Alive. He was married to the woman of his dreams.

I’ve created a little gallery in honor of Patrick Swayze highlighting some of the costumes throughout his career.

Thank you for sharing your gift.

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I posted the video of the awesome Bumblebee Transformer costume but forgot to give you links to other Transformer costumes. I’ve had trouble locating adult versions of the Transformer costumes, but here’s an Optimus Prime you can try. It seems most licensed Transformer costumes are for children. I found old-school Bumblebee and movie Bumblebee. In addition, there are old-school Optimus Prime and movie Optimus Prime too. If you do a little searching, I bet you can be a robot in disguise too.

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Several years ago I made a friend on a Firefly fansite. Eventually I met this friend, Chris, at Dragon Con. Last year he brought his girlfriend Brittany to Dragon Con and introduced her to the weird internet people he knew. She is incredible.

Here are a few of their costumes from Otakon 2009. First up they’ve dressed as characters from Bleach. Chris is Kurosaki Ichigo in his bankai Hollow form. Brittany had fun spraying the color on his hair. Next is Brittany as Neriell tu Oderschvank. She drew the pattern, made the costume, and sculpted the mask. Chris painted the symbol on her back. Teamwork! More costumes after the jump

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