NYE Costume Opinions

After my show on NYE I am going to a party with the theme of "Dead Celebrity"

The idea is that you come dressed as your favorite dead celebrity (but as them in their heyday, not all zombie like).

Originally I wanted to go as Queen E. I or Veronica Franco however those costumes are too lavish to change into quickly.

Which leaves me with three more convenient options and I can't decide.

Persephone
Janis Joplin
Little Egypt (the first American bellydancer to be publically recognised)


What are your opinions?
I know there will be a tonne of Marilyn Monroes, Cleopatras, etc. so I really wanted to go down a different lane.

Thanks!

janis joplin gets my vote pelé......................... ooooooooooo and my local poi store has ONLY now just got a dvd featuring you

If you're willing to don a monobrow and a 'tasche I'd suggest Frida Kahlo

I wouldn't've thought of Persephone as a celebrity! Or Cleopatra for that matter...

With Little Egypt - if you think you can do her justice GO FOR IT GIRL!

You have a local poi store Ravehead? Wow. Any videos featuring me are free through here so, ummmm, weird.

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If you're willing to don a monobrow and a 'tasche I'd suggest Frida Kahlo

I wouldn't've thought of Persephone as a celebrity! Or Cleopatra for that matter...

With Little Egypt - if you think you can do her justice GO FOR IT GIRL!

Okay that was funny about Frida but no thanks! I'd be afraid it would tickle me all night! lol
The host didn't say they had to be a celebrity when they were alive. And Persephone and Cleopatra definately are now!

Since I've been bellydancing for 14 or so years, and since I've seen videos of her dancing, I have no fears on the Little Egypt end at all.

Okay so One Janis, One Egypt.
Anyone else wanna chime in here?

rita hayworth (sp)

As you've had to explain to us who Little Egypt was, I think it may depend on whether your fellow partygoers would know who she was, or whether you'd mind explaining each time someone asks you

As far as I understand Greek mythology, I don't think I'd count Persephone as even having been alive

Which leave Janis Joplin but she's at least less obvious than Cleopatra and Marilyn Monroe.

Have fun

Ummm...while I really appreciate the input fif, I don't have a Hayworth worthy costume which is why I listed them silly! :crazy:

Spanner, in my mythos class we learned that most of the "people" were real to a certain degree, or based on someone in reality and we simply have associated a common name with it. And some people are posthumously famous, which still applies which is why Persephone made the list.

I don't mind explaining Little Egypt and I would bet the drunks wouldn't want an explanaition!

However, I will count that as a vote for Janis!

(and thanks! I intend to have boat loads of fun!!! My show will be over and I won't be driving! )

lucille ball?

fif...too funny! The only red wigs I have is a clown wig and a mermaid wig! lol

Thanks for the vote FBN! Fun *will* be had!

Bloody Mary/ Calamity Jane/ Mother Theresa... any appropriate

What about Queen Boadicia? http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=queen+boadicea&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&sourceid=tipimg
Be great if you can make a wearable chariot with huge scythes for hubcaps! "Moderate that!" party goers!!!

Or if you wanted an even feircer look, go for Medusa...
Just don't look in any mirrors!

Sorry for the extremely "helpful" suggestions that're completely different to the running favourites!
make it a good one anyway.
George

Pele, go as Elvis!

I like the idea of Persephone...but it might not be as easy to pull of as would my personal fave...

Go for Janis!!! She was the absolute coolest!!!

yeah i vote for janis

(oooo elizabeth taylor, sorry, i had to put one more crazy idea out there-fif heheh, faith works, it took me awhile to realize that fif was me)

Okay, so I looked at my costumes and at last minute decided to sass up one of my bd costumes and go at Mata Hari.

Which was really good as there were 3 Janis Joplin's there.
Faith, there was a Lucy, a Rita and Elizabeth Taylor isn't dead silly!

George, I actually had concidered Bodacia but if I went has her I'd want the breast plate, and I didn't have time to make one. She was awesome.

Mata Hari worked well. Several people didn't know who she was and so I met alot of great people having to explain it...especially to the Marquis De Sade.

Thanks for all the input and ideas. My friend has costume parties about 4 times a year, so I know some of these will come up again! lol

elizabeth looks a little like death
oooh the marquis
seen quills?

I own the movie Quills. It is magnificent!!!! I also own Marquis' memoirs.

Yes. Yes she does look like death. I had a conversation with someone about that last night. I think Liz Taylor has some devil's agreement seriously...or a plastic surgeon who has her body hooked up to a robotic device or some such.

sshhhh no one is supposed to know the real liz died a few years ago and they had a robot replace her