HALLOWE’EN 2010
GHOULUNIFORM
Not everyone has access to a warehouse full of theatrical costumes. So, to give some good advice to those of us battling with bin bags and plastic bottles to make our outfits we’ve enlisted Denis Boyar from the Russian Cultural Centre at Glasgow’s Trongate 103. Denis mainly designs costumes for opera and ballet, having worked with the RSAMD and Scottish Opera. As well as showing us some simple ideas (see below), he also whipped up a costume for our model Megan in under an hour, working his magic with a sewing machine and some scraps of fabric he had lying around at home. Simple, apparently. ‘I do workshops all the time with kids, doing this kind of thing. Working for stage costume design is great, you get to do such a range of things. The people you have to dress are such divas – especially the ballet dancers.’
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Megan wears: Denis’ one-hour witch costume. ‘It’s inspired by a European Hallowe’en folk- tale about a doll so beautiful that no one can help falling in love with her.’
Megan Findlay, 8, is from Beith and likes horse riding.
What do you think of your costume? I like it a lot. I’m going to wear it to the Hallowe’en school disco. The best costume I’ve made was a cat, but this is better. What will you be doing on the 31st? School disco, and then trick or treating with my friends trying to get as many sweets as possible!
READY STEADY SPOOK! Let’s be honest, there’s a good chance you’ll be stuck, 20 minutes before your Hallowe’en party, without a costume. We challenged Denis to come up with a speedy outfit made from household items
THE HAT
THE MASK THE CAPE
Witchy, Victorian or vaudevillian, some headgear is a must. 1 Cut a large circle from the paper, and within this, cut a hole the size of your head. 2 Cut the other piece of paper diagonally in half to form two triangles. 3 Staple/sew the corners together. Attach the pointed hat top to the brim with staples. 4 Decorate!
Every freak needs one. Fly my pretties, fly!
1 Using scissors, cut your preferred shape, then cut out eyeholes.
2 Paint or decorate the mask (comics are good inspiration for this). 3 Poke holes through the sides with scissors, then knot string on either side for a headband.
1 Take the two bin bags, cut them to make flat sheets, then put together with tape to make one big black sheet. 2 Cut out a collar shape from paper, decorate and staple to the binbags.
YOU’LL NEED: Two big sheets of paper; scissors; stapler/simple sewing kit; glue; string/elastic; bin bags, paints and tape. 16 THE LIST 21 Oct–4 Nov 2010
TA DAH!