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Nirvana Sn
the theme is time machine so i can either dress up as past, present, or future. i'm definitely not doing present, and wont' do future unless i get a really good idea.
what i'm interested in is the past, but i can't really decide what to do.
i have dark brown-black hair and i'm tan. i either want to do the 1920's, 1960's, or 1990's. Does anyone have any ideas?
Answer
Well, before deciding on a definite era, I'd hit thrift stores and consignment stores to find stuff that could fit in one of your categories. I'd nix the 90's, personally, because it's still pretty fresh. Flapper style is really fun to do, and so is 60's style. I'd do a lot of research; Costumer's Manifesto (costumes.org) is a good place to start for research; they offer links for just research, for buying, and for making.
Just remember: it doesn't have to be expensive. Thrift stores and consignments are your best friends, and your friends' closets are pinky-swear-secret-best-friends-club friends. Don't be afraid to do a little modification, and keep an eye out for things that are aaaaalmost like a picture you saw. If you want to, print out a few different pictures of the typical fashions of the era to bring to the store.
Oh yeah, and don't forget accessories and hair styles. If you have long hair, keep in mind that you'll have to pin it up or get a wig if you're going for the flapper look, but it will be perfect for the 60's look. Likewise, a cute little flat, pinned-on hat or a tight-fitting cloche say 20's like nothing else can. You can actually find decently priced authentic antique or high quality reproduction hats at antique stores (I found a velvet flat cap for about 8 dollars). Keep in mind the mindset of the culture, too; for instance, don't wear leather sandals if you're a vegan hippie.
First and foremost, DON'T BUY IT FROM A COSTUME SHOP. Just don't. Wigs, shoes, bracelets, fine, but avoid the costume-in-a-bag deals. A carefully assembled costume is usually cheaper AND better looking AND more durable than anything you'll buy from Party City, and you may rewear some of the pieces just as everyday wear.
If you need any more help, feel free to contact me.
Well, before deciding on a definite era, I'd hit thrift stores and consignment stores to find stuff that could fit in one of your categories. I'd nix the 90's, personally, because it's still pretty fresh. Flapper style is really fun to do, and so is 60's style. I'd do a lot of research; Costumer's Manifesto (costumes.org) is a good place to start for research; they offer links for just research, for buying, and for making.
Just remember: it doesn't have to be expensive. Thrift stores and consignments are your best friends, and your friends' closets are pinky-swear-secret-best-friends-club friends. Don't be afraid to do a little modification, and keep an eye out for things that are aaaaalmost like a picture you saw. If you want to, print out a few different pictures of the typical fashions of the era to bring to the store.
Oh yeah, and don't forget accessories and hair styles. If you have long hair, keep in mind that you'll have to pin it up or get a wig if you're going for the flapper look, but it will be perfect for the 60's look. Likewise, a cute little flat, pinned-on hat or a tight-fitting cloche say 20's like nothing else can. You can actually find decently priced authentic antique or high quality reproduction hats at antique stores (I found a velvet flat cap for about 8 dollars). Keep in mind the mindset of the culture, too; for instance, don't wear leather sandals if you're a vegan hippie.
First and foremost, DON'T BUY IT FROM A COSTUME SHOP. Just don't. Wigs, shoes, bracelets, fine, but avoid the costume-in-a-bag deals. A carefully assembled costume is usually cheaper AND better looking AND more durable than anything you'll buy from Party City, and you may rewear some of the pieces just as everyday wear.
If you need any more help, feel free to contact me.
What is your view on many Liberals now comparing Obama to Abraham Lincoln?
Dan
is this some kind of joke?
Answer
A really sick joke if you consider the dems racist history:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html: âThe Klan quickly became a terrorist organization in service of the Democratic Party and white supremacy. Between 1869 and 1871 its goal was to destroy Congressional Reconstruction by murdering blacks -- and some whites -- who were either active in Republican politics or educating black children.â
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_league.html: After [democrat] Wilson was elected in 1912 blacks were segregated or dismissed from federal positions including the Navy
6/11/12 npr.org:
-100 members of Congress from the South (96 Democrats and 4 Republicans), present a "Declaration of Constitutional Principles" that criticized the Supreme Court in its Brown v. Board of Education decision for desegregating schools and protested civil rights initiatives.
-âDuring this period, they [KKK] often forged alliances with Southern police departments, as in Birmingham, Alabama; or with governor's offices, as with George Wallace [democrat] of Alabama who, on his inauguration as governor of Alabama on January 14, 1963, proclaimed 'Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.'â wikipedia
Which party promoted the 1964 Civil Rights Act (outlawing discrimination against Blacks and women)? In the Senate, democrats 63%, Republicans 80%; in the House, Democrats 61%, Republicans 80%. Which party opposed the 1965 Civil Rights Act? In the Senate, democrats 27%, Republicans 6%; in the House, democrats 22%, Republicans 18%.
President Eisenhower (Republican, of course) sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas for the first time since Reconstruction to enforce federal court orders to desegregate public schools, and signed civil rights legislation in 1957 and in 1960 to protect the right to vote. He implemented desegregation of the armed forces.
For years Dem. Senator Robert Byrd was the "Grand Dragon" of the entire Mid-Atlantic states. (6/19/05 Washington Post). He filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was the longest-serving senator in history and democrats chose him as their Senate leader many times. He died in-office two years ago: âVP Biden said today that with the passing of Sen. Robert Byrd the Senate lost a legend and he lost a dear friend and mentor.â 6/28/10 ABC News
The New Yorker: âTim Russert told me that, according to his sources, Bill Clinton, in an effort to secure an endorsement for Hillary from Ted Kennedy, said to Kennedy, âA few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.ââ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/â¦
12/3/93 The Baltimore Sun: Jesse Jackson admits: "I hate to admit it, but I have reached a stage in my life that if I am walking down a dark street late at night and I see that the person behind me is white, I subconsciously feel relieved."
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, champion of democrats:
"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." (As described in Linda Gordon's Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America . New York: Grossman Publishers, 1976).
In 1926, Sanger gave a lecture on birth control to the women's auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan in Silver Lake, NJ. wikipedia.
A really sick joke if you consider the dems racist history:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html: âThe Klan quickly became a terrorist organization in service of the Democratic Party and white supremacy. Between 1869 and 1871 its goal was to destroy Congressional Reconstruction by murdering blacks -- and some whites -- who were either active in Republican politics or educating black children.â
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_league.html: After [democrat] Wilson was elected in 1912 blacks were segregated or dismissed from federal positions including the Navy
6/11/12 npr.org:
-100 members of Congress from the South (96 Democrats and 4 Republicans), present a "Declaration of Constitutional Principles" that criticized the Supreme Court in its Brown v. Board of Education decision for desegregating schools and protested civil rights initiatives.
-âDuring this period, they [KKK] often forged alliances with Southern police departments, as in Birmingham, Alabama; or with governor's offices, as with George Wallace [democrat] of Alabama who, on his inauguration as governor of Alabama on January 14, 1963, proclaimed 'Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.'â wikipedia
Which party promoted the 1964 Civil Rights Act (outlawing discrimination against Blacks and women)? In the Senate, democrats 63%, Republicans 80%; in the House, Democrats 61%, Republicans 80%. Which party opposed the 1965 Civil Rights Act? In the Senate, democrats 27%, Republicans 6%; in the House, democrats 22%, Republicans 18%.
President Eisenhower (Republican, of course) sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas for the first time since Reconstruction to enforce federal court orders to desegregate public schools, and signed civil rights legislation in 1957 and in 1960 to protect the right to vote. He implemented desegregation of the armed forces.
For years Dem. Senator Robert Byrd was the "Grand Dragon" of the entire Mid-Atlantic states. (6/19/05 Washington Post). He filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was the longest-serving senator in history and democrats chose him as their Senate leader many times. He died in-office two years ago: âVP Biden said today that with the passing of Sen. Robert Byrd the Senate lost a legend and he lost a dear friend and mentor.â 6/28/10 ABC News
The New Yorker: âTim Russert told me that, according to his sources, Bill Clinton, in an effort to secure an endorsement for Hillary from Ted Kennedy, said to Kennedy, âA few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.ââ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/â¦
12/3/93 The Baltimore Sun: Jesse Jackson admits: "I hate to admit it, but I have reached a stage in my life that if I am walking down a dark street late at night and I see that the person behind me is white, I subconsciously feel relieved."
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, champion of democrats:
"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." (As described in Linda Gordon's Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America . New York: Grossman Publishers, 1976).
In 1926, Sanger gave a lecture on birth control to the women's auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan in Silver Lake, NJ. wikipedia.
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