Eddie and Columbia from The Rocky Horror Picture Show Costume

Here we have my boyfriend, Chris, and I, dressed as Eddie and Columbia from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Chris's costume was pretty simple. He wore just regular jeans and a t shirt, and I made his vest. The vest was an $8 thrift shop find, which I painted the sun and "baby" design on the back with yellow and red acrylic paint and went over the top of that with mod podge glue to give it a glossy finish. I also sewed on a chain and super glued on some white studs that were on an old belt that I had. For his makeup, I created a black eye with brown, red, purple, and black eye shadows, and black eyeliner on the other eye. For his forehead gash, I used "creepy skin" (you can find this at any costume store or your town's Halloween Store", along with the same eye shadows i used for the black eye and fake blood to top it off.

For my Columbia costume, I started with the tophat. The tophat I used was from Michael's in the Halloween section and it originally had black tulle and a big black spider on the front. I removed all of that and covered it in gold/rainbow sequin fabric that I got at Jo-Ann's Fabric. I used a spray adhesive and hot glue to attach it. I used the same sequin fabric on the tailcoat. This tailcoat was originally plain black, and I attached the fabric with spray adhesive and hot glue, then a good friend of mine sewed around the edges to prevent it from coming off. The shorts were $10 at Styles for Less, and I cut strips of colored felt and hot glued them on to create Columbia's signature striped shorts. I topped the whole look off with a dark purple corset, fishnet tights, and black heeled ankle boots. For my makeup, I blocked out my eye brows using a purple Elmer's Glue stick and went over top of that with a red lip pencil. This is a really simple look that only needs foundation, blush, liquid eye liner, and red lipstick.

Chris and I wore our costumes to the Ferndale Repertory Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show and won the costume contest for that night :-)