Saturday, October 29, 2016

Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Gram Parsons Halloween Costume

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Revisiting one of my favorite costumes from 2014 below: 

I take Halloween VERY seriously. It's my favorite holiday. Stores are filled with skull themed items I leave out year-round, and my repressed inner theatre kid comes out full force, meticulously crafting a costume and running around in character.

This year, I was laughing about all the sexy-this, sexy-that costumes for women, which led to me being a sexy man, and the next logical thought: Gram Parsons. 

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Not wanting to shell out the cool 2K for a replica Nudie suit straight from the source, and wanting to keep it androgynous despite Midnight Rider's gorgeous dress, I went the DIY route. I found a white blazer at TJ Maxx, and lucked into high-waisted white pants at the thrift store, which appeared on my receipt as Ladies Lady Pants. I fell so in love with the white suit that I was a little afraid to paint it, but had no idea when I would ever wear a white suit in Athens. To a show at Caledonia? To eat hot wings at World Famous? Nope.



I think I missed my very specific calling to be a Nudie rodeo tailor. My pal Kim helped me with the appliques (it's hard to know just where to position roses on ones own behind) and sketched the greenery, and I got neurotic hand-glueing individual sequins and lines of rhinestones, and doodled the foliage with two shades of green fabric marker.

I spent Halloween in my dream outfit, creeping out people who didn't get the costume by morbidly telling them "if I die tonight, burn my body in the desert, okay?" 

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin
Felt stick-on stars and a thrifted Stetson

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin
I fit right in at Sister Louisa's!

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

Gram Parsons Halloween Costume Nudie Rodeo Suit Gilded Palace of Sin

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