What LotR Costumes/Clothes Have You Made? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 09-19-2004, 06:00 PM

I have resisted posting because I have nothing elvish to discuss, but with the sudden arrival of Hallowe'en boxes of trick or treat goodies in stores, I suppose I might be allowed to mention this.

A Shelob costume, with which I delighted the little ghosts and goblins last year: black, long-sleeved turtleneck and black pants. Face covered in black makeup, with red rings around my eyes. Short black witch's wig, with messy hair and black "witch" fingernails on my hands (which I also painted with black face paint). AND three large black feather boas, arranged around my body to suggest six legs. The boas did not shed too much, and I was able to move fairly easily.

I did have netting and tons of those little plastic spiders hanging all over my door. And every so often, if we knew the children at the door, someone in my family might jump out with a "phial" to scare me away so he could hand out extra goodies. We had fun.

Son of Númenor · 09-19-2004, 06:58 PM

The witch's wig and feather boas don't sound very canonical, Bb.

I don't know how well this fits in with the topic, as I didn't really make anything, but my friends and I went around with blond wigs, shooting people with suction-cup arrows last Halloween. Luckily there were no lawsuits.

Bêthberry · 09-19-2004, 07:13 PM

Like a good fan dance, it's all in the artistic arrangement, Sono.

Morsul the Dark · 09-23-2004, 02:27 PM

for my sam costume I bought a white shirt tan pants with zipper thing so I can make them into long shorts all i ned is a vest and boom Im sam although i may need a wig my hair grows fairly quickly but not quick enough too bad i got a haircut last week (same day I got my license) yahoo I am no an official driver!

Nimrodel_9 · 10-04-2004, 04:06 PM

Last year, for Halloween (and every day wear

) I made a Pippin costume.
This year, I`m making either an Arwen, Elf, or Frodo costume. Fun stuff.

Last summer I made a blanket using Swedish Weaving (since most don`t know what that is, it is weaving a pattern onto monk`s cloth with yarn, very beautiful) that had stars on it. It looked very LotRish, and the pattern was called Star Light. So, when I entered it in the fair, the name I put on it was Gilgalad.
Right now, I`m making one with trees, that I call Mirkwood.

mark12_30 · 02-01-2005, 02:59 PM

Yesterday I stopped off at elf-mart, and ended up seriously disappointed... it is clear that the LOTR clothing boom is over, past, done, finis. Not a laced, embroidered, or decorated neckline in sight. No earth-tones. Nothing that an elf or a hobbit would look at twice.

Everything was neon. You could wear the new stuff in the blackest depths of Mirkwood and be seen three leagues away. At night.

Boy, am I glad that I've been stocking up over the past four years. I'll have to start taking ***really good care*** of the elvish & hobbitish shirts, jackets, etc that I'd picked up. Who knows how long it will be til the next Tolkien movie comes out?

At least I can always pick up an elvish dress at any good (asian-) Indian import store.

09-19-2004, 06:00 PM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	A tangled web I have resisted posting because I have nothing elvish to discuss, but with the sudden arrival of Hallowe'en boxes of trick or treat goodies in stores, I suppose I might be allowed to mention this. A Shelob costume, with which I delighted the little ghosts and goblins last year: black, long-sleeved turtleneck and black pants. Face covered in black makeup, with red rings around my eyes. Short black witch's wig, with messy hair and black "witch" fingernails on my hands (which I also painted with black face paint). AND three large black feather boas, arranged around my body to suggest six legs. The boas did not shed too much, and I was able to move fairly easily. I did have netting and tons of those little plastic spiders hanging all over my door. And every so often, if we knew the children at the door, someone in my family might jump out with a "phial" to scare me away so he could hand out extra goodies. We had fun. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

09-19-2004, 06:58 PM	#2
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	The witch's wig and feather boas don't sound very canonical, Bb. I don't know how well this fits in with the topic, as I didn't really make anything, but my friends and I went around with blond wigs, shooting people with suction-cup arrows last Halloween. Luckily there were no lawsuits. __________________ "This miserable drizzling afternoon I have been reading up old military lecture-notes again:- and getting bored with them after an hour and a half. I have done some touches to my nonsense fairy language - to its improvement."

09-19-2004, 07:13 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Like a good fan dance, it's all in the artistic arrangement, Sono. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

09-23-2004, 02:27 PM	#4
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	the lazy way out for my sam costume I bought a white shirt tan pants with zipper thing so I can make them into long shorts all i ned is a vest and boom Im sam although i may need a wig my hair grows fairly quickly but not quick enough too bad i got a haircut last week (same day I got my license) yahoo I am no an official driver! __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

10-04-2004, 04:06 PM	#5
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	Last year, for Halloween (and every day wear ) I made a Pippin costume. This year, I`m making either an Arwen, Elf, or Frodo costume. Fun stuff. Last summer I made a blanket using Swedish Weaving (since most don`t know what that is, it is weaving a pattern onto monk`s cloth with yarn, very beautiful) that had stars on it. It looked very LotRish, and the pattern was called Star Light. So, when I entered it in the fair, the name I put on it was Gilgalad. Right now, I`m making one with trees, that I call Mirkwood. __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

02-01-2005, 02:59 PM	#6
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	the elf-tailors have sailed west, alas Yesterday I stopped off at elf-mart, and ended up seriously disappointed... it is clear that the LOTR clothing boom is over, past, done, finis. Not a laced, embroidered, or decorated neckline in sight. No earth-tones. Nothing that an elf or a hobbit would look at twice. Everything was neon. You could wear the new stuff in the blackest depths of Mirkwood and be seen three leagues away. At night. Boy, am I glad that I've been stocking up over the past four years. I'll have to start taking *really good care* of the elvish & hobbitish shirts, jackets, etc that I'd picked up. Who knows how long it will be til the next Tolkien movie comes out? At least I can always pick up an elvish dress at any good (asian-) Indian import store. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.