Carbon Costume

People all over the world have fallen in love with Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, the elves of Lothlorien and Rivendell, and the fierce Dwarves of Middle Earth. And if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien, none of those beings would exist at all. Born January 03, 1892 Tolkien lived through the most tumultuous times of the 20th century. It was not an easy period and Tolkien used every bit of it to inspire his books. They, in turn, have gone on to inspire milli…

…They take a selfie in front of a literal dumpster fire and then watch the world end under the romantic flaming light of an apocalyptic meteor shower. It’s pure chaos. And it is pure 2020. This commercial gives us a great couple’s costume for 2021 – provided things improve before then. And it makes for a great way to take a darkly humorous approach to dealing with the stress of the year. Satan’s look is really similar to Tim Curry’s Satan in the 1…

…ong line of them, Belmont wields the Sacred Whip in his efforts to rid the world of evil. There are several variations on Belmont’s costume. This write-up will focus on the one pictured above. To start you’ll want a long blue military coat. You’ll have to cuff the sleeves and likely pin them in place so they don’t unroll while you’re wearing the costume. You’ll also need long black gloves and a pair of white pants. Finish it off with a bandolier,…

Agent Six (voiced by Wally Kurth) is the sixth most dangerous man in the world, the top agent at Providence, and the person assigned to protect Rex Salazar. Six is a stoic man who wears a green suit and sunglasses. While he wields a number of different weapons, his preferred choice are a pair of magna blades that fold up for storage. He keeps these in his sleeves so they are readily available when he needs them. Unless you can build a set of your…

…vie that is. But her inability to speak doesn’t stop her from changing the world around her through her compassion. Elisa has two costumes throughout the film. One is the uniform she wears at work. The other is the standard clothing worn by a working class woman in the 1960s. For both costumes you will need a brown wig cut in a bob and a headband: a green one for her work uniform or one that matches the dress of her day to day uniform. You can als…

…In One Piece, Nico Robin is the Straw Hat Pirates’ archaeologist and the only person left in the world capable of reading Penoglyphs. She is also the only surviving resident of the island of Ohara. Nico is tall and slender with mid-length black hair and revealing clothing….

Ronald McDonald is one of the most iconic mascots the world over. A twist on the classic clown motif, Ronald has been making kids smile and promoting the international fast food chain McDonald’s since the 1960s. He was briefly joined by Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, and The Fry Kids in the 1970s, though none of these had the staying power of the original mascot. Ronald’s look includes plenty of yellow and red, wi…

…Billy Mitchell is a brash and colorful arcade player who stars in the documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. He’s best known for playing the first perfect game of Pac-Man, holding the world record in Donkey Kong, and, naturally, selling a line of hot sauces….

…In Dick Tracy, lounge singer Breathless Mahoney kept her performances fresh with an array of form fitting dresses. No dummy to the world of crime, this platinum blonde was rarely without red lips or flashy bracelets. Except of course when she was dressing up as The Blank….

…In Hannibal, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is an FBI profiler who makes use of his pure empathy and overactive imagination to bring down serial killers. In an unfortunate arrangement, he seeks therapy from world renown psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter….