Curiouser and curiouser

This is a stealth cosplay inspired by one of my favorite pieces of children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.  I put most of it together several weeks ago from items I already had, and have been waiting for an opportunity to use it.

The inspiration:

The costume:

The pieces:

-Red long-sleeved shirt from my closet (the text reads "Careful, or you'll end up in my novel.")

-Jeans, ditto 

-Cream striped vest from the thrift store 

-Stripy socks 

-Black felt flats from Winners

-Cream pashmina from the thrift store 

-Silver tone rose ring from my jewelry box

-Silver tone lock-and-key necklace, ditto

-Pocket watch, ditto again (my pride and joy for some years now) 

-Black hairband, made by me

-Red and black nail polish 

Assembly time: 1-2 hours.

Many thanks to my sister Mary for taking the pictures.

In a hole in the ground...

I went to see the third Hobbit movie today with a group of friends in costume, and decided to do something I've been meaning to do for a while now, and start a cosplay blog!  My costume, pictures below, was meant to be a feminine version of Bilbo's costume in the poster for the first movie, more or less.  The lighting in these photos isn't too good; hopefully future ones will be better.

The inspiration:

The costume (with shoes):

The costume (without shoes):

Closeup (with ring):

The pieces:

-brown lace-up dress, made by me

-beige blousy underdress, made by me

-burgundy velvet vest, made by me

-leather belt from the thrift store

-cloak borrowed from my brother

-ring, found among my random craft supplies, on a chain borrowed from another necklace

-staff, borrowed from my sister, originally made by my grampa

-spats, found in a thrift store, over black flat shoes (first picture only)

-hair tied back in a short braid

-no makeup

The whole costume was put together in about half an hour.

Thanks to my brother Noah for taking the photos.