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Emilee L.
Spring Lake, NJ
Anyone who has seen the movie "Beetlejuice" will recognize me as The Receptionist from the offices of The Recently Deceased. She was a deceased Miss Argentina. My boyfriend wanted to be the Beetlejuice character for Halloween so I decided to dress as her since we always joked that she and Beetlejuice would have made a good couple. As far as I know there is no specific Beetlejuice costume available from a store for this character. When I went on the internet to get ideas how to make it I only found queries from other people who wanted to be this character! In the end I found some good quality still pictures of her from the movie. I watched the movie again and went from there.
I purchased a reddish orange beehive hairdo wig from an online wig store. I also purchased green body paint online and purchased black body paint (for my eye area) at a local party store. The bright orange lipstick just happened to be available at a nearby beauty supply store and should be easy to find. For the sash I used the sash I was awarded in a local beauty contest, covered the lettering with a matching satin fabric (about a yard) and repinned the sash so that area was across my back. Then I purchased self-sticking boat lettering from the hardware store and applied it to the other side of the sash. If you don't have a sash you can buy a blank one from a trophy/award store. The hardest thing to make on this Beetlejuice costume was the cape. I had to make a stand-up collar that looked like flames. You can do it one of two ways: either use medium-gage wire that's flexible enough to shape but will still stand up; or you can take a lightweight wire hanger and bend it to the shape. I used a hanger. I bought two yards of sparkly pink fabric and cut it in half. I then halved one half again and lightly glued each half over the wire shape. Then I trimmed it to the hanger shape. Then I stitched around the wire shape with bright pink thread. I then took the other half of the fabric, rolled one end about an inch and stapled it to the bottom of the wire shape. I put the wire shape across my neck and used thin wire to attach it to the straps of my gown. The remaining fabric just flowed down my back. |
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Oh and the gown? It was my gown from my Homecoming dance in high school! But you can get a gown from a thrift shop too. It should be purple or red print. I wore black high-heeled pumps on my feet and drew stitches on my wrists (because the receptionist said she died after an "accident" and shows her wrists in the movie.) And that's how I made my costume!
Total Spent: $45
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