who do you call for crazy costumes??

me! i was hired by my friend's dance team to create some outfits for their performance with a very popular uk singer. it was very exciting stuff! my friend is a choreographer and she and her extremely talented dance team were going to be backup dancers wearing my outfits :D

however...when we all arrived that nite all hyped for the nite. we found out that the singer had brought in his own dancers and would no longer be needing their services. boo! but even though none of our talents got its time in the sun, it was still an awesome and fun experience (not to mention very sleepless) and i would do it all over again if i could. anyways...here are some of the pictures from that nite. since none of the girls got to dance, i did a mini photoshoot with them at the club that they were going to perform at.

*all photos were taken by jonathan [jevansphotography.com]

more costumes!

so it was my best friend's birthday a few weeks ago and we decided to throw her a BRITNEY SPEARS birthday party! the rules: come dressed up in your favorite britney video outfit or time period ( ie crazy bald britney, party britney, baby mama britney...). and here are some of the results. some outfits were made by me and some were very put together by very creative friends :)

::: dress was recycled from my halloween costume and hat was made with fabric and a plastic takeout container :::

::: my 'me against the music' britney :::

:: baby mama britney with her baby daddy ::
::: i made a steering wheel out of an old film reel and tied a baby doll to it...haha get it?? :::

in retrospect...

i haven't done anything new so far. so i thought, why not post something cool that i did several months ago as a starting point. this was something i did for halloween that im still in awe about. it was a joint effort between me and my neighbor justin. i designed a costume of out my all time favorite artist -Junko Mizuno. there's just no one cooler! it's amazing what you can do with a lot of super sculpy and fun fur these days! every piece of this costume was hand crafted. the outfit was created by my amazing designer friend justin and all the props were made by me. and after that was all done, we all had a fun day doing a photoshoot complete with fake blood and all that goodness. what i'm going to top this with next year i have no idea. this was pretty kickass!

::: kaori's tool kit and garter belt :::

::: xkitty nurse's hat :::

::: kaori's killer bunny chainsaw :::

::: voila -kaori the nurse and a fun day of photoshoots! :::
photography: CHRISTOPHERMACDONALD.CA
outfit design: JUSTIN BARRINGTON-FOOTE