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My Costume History - Part 3

Okay...so yesterday we looked at those old plastic costumes that we know all too well. After a few years of having those plastic ones, I started getting into making my own (usually by borrowing various articles of clothing from family members). Sometimes, I wanted to just be something typical of Halloween, like a devil, or a witch, or a ghost.

However, one particular Halloween, I was going through my Cyndi Lauper phase. Yes...I loved Cyndi Lauper...and I have pictures to prove it. Somewhere I have a cassette tape recording of me singing her songs...but that is for another time.

I don't really know how my infatuation with Cyndi started. I remember seeing her on TV, but it became serious when my Godmother, Aunt Jo, bought me my first Cyndi Lauper record for my birthday (I believe it was my eighth). See, Aunt Jo, was always (and still is) the "cool aunt." So, when I got this record, it was just the greatest thing in my life.

Sure enough, that Halloween after my birthday, I decided to dress up as...you guessed it...Cyndi Lauper.

Example 1:
Here's where it all started...the record:



Example 2:
Me as Cyndi for Halloween (don't ya just love the accessories?)



Example 3:
Closeup - And, no, there was nothing wrong with my jaw...I must have had a huge piece of candy in my cheek! The smudged, 80s-blue makeup is wonderful, by the way. Also, the wig was a regular clown's wig that we spray-painted with this glittery stuff to make it "extra-Cyndiish."



Tomorrow...Part 4..."A Traditional Halloween."