[Torg] Costume advice?

[Jon Woodman]

A setback and no 'second chance' card to play?

>------- Original Message Follows -------
>From: "Kansas Jim" <ksjim at sdc.org>
>To: <torg at justintimeadventures.com>
>Subject: Re: [Torg] Costume advice?
>Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:16:51 -0600
>
>Michael Jason Teegarden
>wrote:
>
>> I am attempting a Gaunt Man costume for this year's Hallowe'en.  I have the following items earmarked as necessary components.  I am wondering if anyone has any ideas to modify this.  :)
>
>Cool. A few years back I was going to do the same but was setback by an
>inability to find a suitable cane. (The coat too, but I figured I could
>do without that part.)
>
>> 1.  black top hat [purchase]
>> 2.  black waistcoat [purchase]
>> 3.  black pants (black denim jeans, my own)
>> 4.  black shoes (short boot-style tennis shoes, my own)
>
>You mention shopping at the online Spirit Halloween store - they have a
>Pilgrim costume which covers almost all of these elements (it's what I
>was going to use as the foundation for mine):
>
>http://www.spirithalloween.com/details/product.aspx?ProductAlias=Pilgrim-Man-Adult-Costume&CategoryAlias=Mens-Costumes_Classic-Character-Costumes
>
>About all it needs is for the white bits to be dyed black, black instead
>of white stockings and some pilgrimish shoe buckles to go onto your own
>shoes:
>
>http://www.spirithalloween.com/details/product.aspx?categoryID=3CF917B9-9FC7-4BE8-8E4B-65899B619395&productID=CD626AC8-DA7A-45A1-9DEF-19CAC84A403B
>
>Though if the pilgrim costume is outside your budget, at least shop
>around for a pilgrim hat instead of a top hat. A quick googling turns
>up a number of costume stores with them for under $10.
>
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>Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
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