Halloween Costume Ideas - Deliverance

This one is a bit out there, but...

40 years ago, Deliverance began shaping the views of mountain people and banjo music for an entire generation.  So, for the Ruby anniversary of this very creepy movie, why not celebrate it?!  Yes, the deliverance look is more the boys, but I'm sure there are creative gals out there who could make it work.   All you need are some 1970s rugged clothes and maybe some 70s sideburns.  Easy as that!

If you can carry a canoe with you Halloween night, that would be a great touch!

Yes, those 70s sideburns are a must!

To pull of the "locals" looks, suspenders, facial hair, and dirt are necessary.  If you can fake the bad dental work, that is an extra bonus.

If you want to be a "local" on the losing side, you need an arrow through your chest.

There are a few other scenes which could make for interesting costumes, but...I'll let you figure those out on your own (squeal).  :-)

Check out more vintage Halloween costume ideas
Mad Men (season 5)
Halloween Pin-Up
The Suffragrette

THE HUGE CLOSET

What does one do while photographing and processing clothes for etsy? Well, for us, this weekend it was having The Mary Tyler Moore Show continually running in the background. I grew up watching reruns of the show, but Isaac had never really watched it...he's hooked now.

Oh those early 1970s fashions! And The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a wonderful glimpse into what 30-somethings in the Mid West might have been wearing - not too trendy, not too upscale, but not your grandmother's clothes either. We found ourselves frequently point at the computer (watching on Hulu) and saying "Hey, we have something almost exactly like that" or "OMG, I WANT that!". And Mary's closet...that HUGE closet that we always see, never get to go into. What treasures lay behind that door?

Evan-Picone! The treasures are an entire wardrobe of early 1970s Evan-Picone clothes. If you watch a lot of episodes back-to-back, you'll begin to notice that what Mary's wardrobe is essentially mix-and-match separates that she wears multiple times throughout a season. Being one of the largest manufacturers of woman's sportsware and separates at that time, Evan-Picone made sense for the character of Mary Tyler Moore. Most "real" Midwestern career girls were probably also wearing the label.

Need more? A great article about outfitting the entire cast of TMTMS.

http://jyanet.com/mtm/010321.shtml