Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
THE IDEA
The parade was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was back in 2021, so we made a plan to go out. We were vaccinated, but still, I was wary. I tried to think of a costume that would give us a little protection, and I came up with the idea of holding a piece of plexiglass in front of us like a movie screen. I have to say, this costume wasn't very well thought-out, so consider it a cautionary tale. We didn't really hold the plexiglass in front of us (I was in a wheelchair so we were at different heights), but it did at least let people know who we were. I cut out the letters and the doll head after printing them from an image of the movie poster on the internet and glued them onto the plexiglass.
This costume was lost on most of the young people.
I sound kind of low-energy about the costume, but we DID have a good time. It was incredible to be out at an event after so much isolation and social distancing. Also, Connie got a ton of exercise pushing me around all night and over large distances. I just rode around and talked to people.
THE COSTUME
We tried to do our makeup to look black & white. I made a rookie mistake by not testing the makeup beforehand. I was really off my game. My makeup was way too dark. Connie's looked pretty good. Connie is wearing a wig that she found on the ground while riding her bike one fall day about 40 years ago in Athens. It was perfect. We put together the rest of our outfits from stuff we had at home or things bought at Goodwill. We used a transport wheelchair that was black.
I turned the photo below black and white and put it next to a still from the movie.
THE IDEA
The parade was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was back in 2021, so we made a plan to go out. We were vaccinated, but still, I was wary. I tried to think of a costume that would give us a little protection, and I came up with the idea of holding a piece of plexiglass in front of us like a movie screen. I have to say, this costume wasn't very well thought-out, so consider it a cautionary tale. We didn't really hold the plexiglass in front of us (I was in a wheelchair so we were at different heights), but it did at least let people know who we were. I cut out the letters and the doll head after printing them from an image of the movie poster on the internet and glued them onto the plexiglass.
This costume was lost on most of the young people.
I sound kind of low-energy about the costume, but we DID have a good time. It was incredible to be out at an event after so much isolation and social distancing. Also, Connie got a ton of exercise pushing me around all night and over large distances. I just rode around and talked to people.
THE COSTUME
We tried to do our makeup to look black & white. I made a rookie mistake by not testing the makeup beforehand. I was really off my game. My makeup was way too dark. Connie's looked pretty good. Connie is wearing a wig that she found on the ground while riding her bike one fall day about 40 years ago in Athens. It was perfect. We put together the rest of our outfits from stuff we had at home or things bought at Goodwill. We used a transport wheelchair that was black.
I turned the photo below black and white and put it next to a still from the movie.