"I'LL TAKE HALF & HALF" Halloween 2009 The Final Costume Call

After straight days of turning my wardrobe and makeup drawers upside down, the final Halloween costume inspiration finally struck me mid-afternoon Saturday as I debated options between the lines of good and evil, femininity and masculinity (or rather of costumed sensuality vs. the form of more horror-inspired costumes). It was this line of thought about extremes, and stumbling across an asymmetrical blazer I’d somehow forgotten about, that turned all of my earlier preparations on their heads. I suddenly sparked with the greatest costume idea ever: I would simply work with both extremes, and go as half-man, half-woman.

I purchased this Martin Margiela asymmetrical wool blazer in Brown’s Focus just a few months ago while in London (see London (Spending) Fog). It is fully tailored like a woman’s jacket on the right side, looser and longer like a man’s on the left. I played this up with some impromptu tailoring of my own, attaching half of an old pencil skirt to the leg of a pair of the Beau’s forgotten work trousers, and donned a sharp stiletto boot on the right and an inconspicuous three-inch wedge heel on the left. A perfectly straight line down the center of my face marked the different sides of this gender coin, and I alternatively sported one bushed-up eyebrow and then one-half ruby red lips.

It was a hoot! Some of my friends and colleagues couldn’t even recognize me from my gentleman side. I sported the complementary Bvlgari fragrances for men and women to complete the ensemble, as their compositions are light enough to stand next to each other without being overbearing. Bvlgari for women is a light, classic floral scent that screamed femininity, and when I spun around the men’s cologne wafted off of me, retaining an elegant, masculine and clean aroma based on accords of Darjeeling tea, water lily and cedarwood.

Until next year, it’s back to “regular” dress-up for me!

By Kiki D
Published November 3rd, 2009 11:28

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