The MoPOP hosts an annual Fashionably Undead Halloween party. It's one night & has a costume contest, late night open exhibits, food & beverages, and DANCING. Also photo ops and other cool things like a scavenger hunt. This past year the theme was "The Goopening" and I was invited to be one of the Costume Contest Judges. It was a blast!
First off, what a surreal experience. I loved seeing how creative the attendees were and everyone that entered the contest was excited to show off their work. We had a few items for judging criteria and there were a LOT of entrants. Overall, I loved seeing everyone embody their characters / costumes. The top five got to do a little runway walk to show the audience and then the winners were announced on stage as well.
Since I love a good excuse to do a costume AND I was one of the costume judges I felt like I needed to make a fun goopy look for the evening. BUT it also had to be something that I could drive in, sit for a long period of time, and be able to walk around without my feet hurting (so no heels). For my outfit I pulled from my closet some basic pieces - black Halloween themed t-shirt, silver sparkly fake denim skirt, fishnets, and combat ish boots. Then I went to a thrift store for a jean jacket. Then I set to work on making it goopy. I was going for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Goosebumps book cover as my look.
Jacket Time! First thing - get organized. I printed off some slime drips images, pulled out whatever red materials I had on hand (ribbon, thread, markers, nail polish), and did some sketches.
Project step number one - using red pencils I drew on my drips for the back panel on the jacket. Second step - I went over the outlines of the droplets with sharpie for some extra definition. I wanted to make sure even the little drops had a chance at being noticeable. I colored then all in with a mix of the pencils, a fabric marker that was dying, and my sharpies. After I did the back, I then repeated the same drawing methods on the front of the jacket.
Next up - NAIL POLISH! Mainly because I don't have paint lol. But I did some different things with it. I tried to make the drops "heavy" as if they had just dripped down my shoulders. Then I added some droplets of the nail polish to the the other bits.
I tried to make the drops "heavy" as if they had just dripped down my shoulders. Then I added some droplets of the nail polish to the the other bits - collar, shoulders, & sleeves. Also, any buttons in the drip zone got painted over with the nail polish.
Overall I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I did add so extras for styling. I have a pin that's a tv and says "Are you Afraid of the Dark" that I pinned to the right breast pocket. Then I had a hair pin with red stones on it from a vampire themed barrette pack that I added under the collar. Just little touches that made it feel more like what I was going for with my look.
Some of the professional photos from the photographer at the MoPOP party. Photo Credit for the next two photos belong to: Danny Ngan
