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Published: 2007-11-14 01:28:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1101; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Geisha costume I made for Halloween of 2004. Handmade kanzashi hair ornaments.Model: Jenny
Photography by: Chris Topp
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This is beautiful and gorgeous, completely.
I love the colors..and...and...everything. May I ask if that is a katsura wig, and where you obtained one? And if you used real oshiroi, because the makeup looks so prettily done.
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Thank you for the lovely compliments. I purchased a wig at the costume store and styled it myself. The makeup is actually "Stein's cake makeup", what clowns use. I can't fine oshiroi here in my city, it's quite sad. The makeup isn't sticky and it doesn't crack, but it does have a powdery residue, which can rub off onto clothing.
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Wonderful! The effect came off quite well, as with the makeup, which, at least in the picture, is lovely. I'm just so impressed how professional it looks without using a $600 dollar wig (um, I assume 
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Being a student, I've learned to make things look like the real thing, without paying an arm, a leg and a vital organ...
Wig $24. Flowers and combs from the dollar store, $7. Looking awesome - priceless.
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Beautiful costume and lovely choice of colors. The contrast of the red and the black is phenomenal. I like the way you tied the Obi, too.
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Sensational. I love the detail of the skin of the neck showing through the makeup. You are so hired.
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Oh I did quite an extensive research before making this costume. I was working for a large insurance company that has a large multicultural setting, where I was planning on wearing this to on Halloween. I sure didn't want to offend anyone, or have anyone tell me I'm actually a hooker, and not a geisha (this is actually a maiko costume...). I saw some pictures on the internet of the obi tied on the front and I though "well, isn't that peculiar..." 
Crisis avoided.
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Heh.. It'd have been a twist on the "skanky girl" costume.. You'd be telling people, no, honestly, I'm a prostitute! but next to the hookery "female cop outfit with the fuzzy cuffs", people would have to do the long slow blink. Possibly several times.
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The sad part is I went to the bar that year and wore the Geisha costume and I was up for best costume... and then the girl dressed as Wonder Woman who did a hand-stand won. I'm not even joking. ugh
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Maybe you could have poured tea on her head.. in a delightfully flowing and artistic way..
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That would have been gold. I just walked away. I couldn't even be disappointed... y'know?
Geh... it's so sad what people will go for these days...
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