Friday, October 24, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN


Every year from her first Halloween until she was twelve, I created extravagant costumes for my god-daughter Jessie. She started out as a beautiful rose, but when she was two years old her mother suggested to me that I dress her as Norma Desmond from SUNSET BOULEVARD.
For the next eleven years I created costumes that salute the leading ladies of Broadway, Hollywood and even Opera.

Norma Desmond from SUNSET BOULEVARD


Dolly Gallagher Levi from HELLO DOLLY


Jessie backstage with the legendary Carol Channing

Belle from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST





Peter Pan from PETER PAN





That year Jessie was joined by her baby sister Molly as Tinkerbelle

Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ


Cio-Cio San from MADAME BUTTERFLY


Click below on older posts to see more of Jessie's costumes.

Annie Oakley from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN


Christine from PHANTOM OF THE OPERA




Eliza's Ascot Gown from MY FAIR LADY


Velma Kelly from CHICAGO


Anna and Tuptim from THE KING AND I

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