Yum Yum
Geisha Girl, Age 8
I had this beautiful and heart-warming story about the creation of this costume but eeek I am just too busy with this year’s Halloween costume(s) so it’ll have to wait until later!
Edit: Alrighty – time to type! I was (am) a fan of The Mikado, and badly wanted to go as one of the characters. Initially I wanted to be Katisha, but her hairstyle was just a bit too much to rock. So Yum Yum it was! I remember the extensive planning my mom went through to make this costume; we went to the library and she checked out a bunch of clothing and costume books, she watched, paused and made notes about different sections of The Mikado movie, and somehow she made a geisha hairstyle out of an old witches wig (that had to be greatly altered).
I think I wore blueish-purple gloves when I went out at night. All of our Halloween costumes were made big enough to accompany snowsuits underneath, as most Halloweens in Ontario were cold and/or snowy.