Do You Enjoy Wearing Costumes When It's NOT Halloween?

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And have you ever entered &/or won a costume contest? What costumes have you donned, & which was your favorite? Did you make it by yourself, or have help? I love to dress up in costume, though I don't celebrate "Halloween." I do celebrate "All Hallows Eve," the original version, but that's a Mass, so I'm in Church--& not in any costume! Once, at a party, I played an Arab oil tycoon (male), at another party a fairy (& I ran tiny Christmas lights through my dress. Drawback: they had to be plugged in, so I couldn't go far from the plug...). I've played a couple of TV show characters, & in one memorable party, at which everyone was supposed to come as their opposite character, I came as "Rambette," a female tough gal. I had a pack of cigarettes rolled up in my tee-shirt sleeve, a tattoo on one of my muscled arms, a sidearm (fake), a garland of bullets across my chest, some jeans, & my hair was basically buzz-cut at that time. I spent the evening trading bawdy jokes with the men! We had a ball. (One woman, recently & happily divorced, wore her bridal gown.) Perhaps my favorite costume was as an alien I created who had long black horns sticking straight out my head (& curving up at the very ends) & they had no visible support. They really looked as if they grew straight from my head. The horns spooked Elic's cat, Sab, who stopped & looked up at me.... Her eyes grew very big, & then she hissed at me & scrambled away! Drawbacks: it was necessary to warn people I was coming, or I could've put an eye out, & in narrow passageways, I had to turn sideways, as they had a spread of about 18 inches! I also designed a unique gold-lame costume to go with the horns that brought stares everywhere I went. Or perhaps my best was another alien being whose face was covered in black cloth & over that, plastic grommets & brass brads, so no-one could see my face (but I could see out). I wired glow sticks to the bottom of the mask--underneath the cloth--that shone through the material. I also designed the outfit below it, which had designer buttons sewn on it that resembled computer circuitry. The mask puzzled & vaguely intimidated everyone who saw it. It disturbed them that there was no face on which to focus. I later learned the judges had considered me for a prize, but I had fun, & the winners did deserve their prizes; I had a lot of stiff competition! There have been many costumes, & at least a few I've entered in contests have won awards. Elic has her own set of costumes she's designed & made, & she's copped at least a couple of awards herself! So! If you like costumes, tell us your story! Maggiepie "Foreign Aid - taxing poor people in rich countries for the benefit of rich people in poor countries." ~ Source unknown