
Combine the shirt with striped tights or stockings in the same colors. If not, you can also go for pink-and-white stripes, or pink-and-black. In normal clothing stores you’ll often be able to find a pink/purple striped shirt, dress, or pajama’s.Get a cat jumpsuit costume and sew alternate layers of cloth on it yourself, to created the striped effect.Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize! A costume can be made more convincing if you carry along the right items, like a pocket watch for a White Rabbit or a hookah for a Caterpillar.And why not have a Mad Hattress, or a Drag Queen of Hearts? As the gender of several Wonderland characters is not defined (like the Cheshire Cat), both men and women can dress up as them. Women can go for a long dress, or a short & sexy version. Is it a costume for a man, woman, or child? Children can look very cute in a Cheshire Cat or White Rabbit outfit.And a Queen of Hearts dress with a large hoopskirt looks gorgeous, but can you sit and dance in it, or will other guests keep stepping on your trail? Sometimes you’ll need to choose between gorgeous and practical. You don’t always want to stuff yourself in a furry rabbit jumpsuit! But if you’re going outside to collect candy for Halloween, make sure you don’t get cold. If you’ll be inside all evening or if it is summer, you should wear something that’s not too hot. Consider the circumstances, like time of year and the location of the party.Check your budget: can you afford to buy a complete costume, the accessories only, or will you need to make the whole outfit from scratch? Can you shop online or will you need to visit thrift stores and be creative? There are several easy Alice in Wonderland sewing patterns available if you want to try yourself.Can you be anyone you like, or is the part of ‘Alice’ reserved for the hostess? Do you want to be a well known character, or would you rather not risk competing with someone else, and dress up like one of the lesser known characters, like the Duchess, Dodo, a chess piece, Humpty Dumpty, the Walrus, the Carpenter, a talking flower, a flamingo, or even the Jabberwock? Decide on which character you would like to be.However, at most parties you won’t be required to look exactly like the Wonderland characters then you can go for something fun that merely resembles the outfit. Cosplaying requires matching the characters as closely as possible. Decide on how ‘true’ you want to be to the original outfits.
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Are you fond of the original illustrations by John Tenniel or would you rather dress like a character from a movie, like Disney’s cartoon movie or Tim Burton’s movie? Tenniel’s Alice actually wore a yellow dress, not a blue one, and she was a brunette, not a blonde! If you’re going for the Tim Burton look, the right make-up is very important: you may need lots of white face paint, heavy eyeliner, lipstick and loud eyeshadow. This is me, having fun in the Alice costume I made myself!įirst you’ll need to decide what kind of outfit you like.
