the cast-offs

This is gonna have to stand for my style post for the week, or moment, or whatever interval I think I am posting style posts…

*giggle* This was a blast:

It was with considerable sadness that the cast-offs had to do without goth-Gilligan and goth-Skipper. Goth-Skipper has spent the past many months as caregiver to a failing parent, who passed last weekend, so she was off in Kansas tending to arrangements. Goth-Gilligan (her partner) had just returned, but was clearly not in a social mood… Fully understandable. To make-do, the cast-offs took turns answering questions by pointing to the nearest door and exclaiming some form of, “They just ran that way!”

The thought and character and execution of these costumes was a huge success and more fun than adults should have on Halloween…

So, beyond the two above-mentioned cast-offs, we have:

The goth-millionaire and goth wife.

The goth-movie-star.

The goth-professor…

… and goth-Mary-Ann.

LOL!

I am still giddy. And these photos just add to it all. We stages an area to keep open to take snapshots as the rest of the cast-offs arrived. We extended it to any costumed folks that wanted to pose, which was most. (Those to come in the next week.) So far, I am very happy with them. I was concerned of the darkness since most of the white lights were replaced with color or removed for the party. The longs shadows, I think, help play up the goth aspect.

More photos of our cast-offs:

*giggle*

This was the best Halloween in some time. For a lot in attendance, Apryl and the Slap-n-Tickle has created the alternative space to bar parties that have turned so many folks sour towards Halloween. There was numerous mentions of renewed interest and energy about the night…

Yay!