Halloween in My Closet: Part 5: Natasha Fatale

One of my all-time favorite cartoon villains was Natasha Fatale.

She was sexy, funny, foolish and had a wickedly cool accent. Part of me wanted to be She-Ra, but the other part, the brunette part related more to Natasha Fatale. The spy in 60′s cartoons Rocky and his friends, and the Bullwinkle show. She was the smarter assistant to fellow spy Boris who were always trying to get Bullwinkle. For those of you who may not remember her, or didn’t grow up with the Bullwinkle, I think people born in the 80′s might be too young to be affected, the Bullwinkle show was a fun and quirky cartoon, but it really didn’t have the staying power as Bugs Bunny.

Today, is Part 5 in my Halloween series, of costumes found in my closet. So far, I’ve been a sailor, a can-can girl, a circus ringleader, and  a 60′s housewife and today Natasha Fatale, all with little or no additional cost. From now until Halloween, I’ll post a costume made mostly of the the clothes I already own. Of course I’ll need accessories, but while we still have time (3 days) I’ll only post accessories you’ll actually be able to acquire before Halloween. Towards the big day, I’ll work entirely with my own pre-existing wardrobe.

Fatale Essentials

It’s kind of hard to be a cartoon… especially a vintage cartoon. You may have to rely a bit on gestures and accents, and to play the character a bit.  I saw the interpretation with Rene Russo, and I must say, she’s gorgeous, but I like the tube dress better. Cartoons tend to have a very simple wardrobe, so I don’t’ have much going on here..

Here are the essentials for this costume: A purple tube dress. If you’re near an American Apparel store,  you can get a purple tube dress though online you can only get it in the bandeau style, which can easily go into strapless. I know in the image here she’s wearing spaghetti straps, but sometimes she doesn’t wear straps. Her shoes and lipstick changes a lot, sometimes she wears purple shoes, or black, lipstick sometimes red sometimes purple, sometimes black. I decided to try to be more monochromatic, because that’s more cartoonish.

The Result

Here is my deviant look… although, it may be less deviant than when I was trying to look wholesome.

Additional Natasha tips….

The hair..Since I already have short bangs and shoulder length hair, i decided to just leave my hair natural. Though If I were to really do this, I’d straighten the top half, and curl the bottom half. Since I don’t have black hair, a wig might be an option.

The Makeup… I just went heavy on the liquid eyeliner, and used purple eyeshadow … and dark lips with a black gloss to go darker. I also applied baby powder to my skin to be a bit more pale. As I don’t have dark skin, nor is it fair either, so I tried to lighten it, as Natasha is very fair.

Props... Here is where I would suggest getting a male partner to go on in on you with this… I could use Rocky, but he’s like a foot taller than me and thin. Not like short and stout Boris. All he would need is a black hat and a black trench, and you could even drawn on a scraggly mustache. Put on your accents and it’s a complete costume!

So now we’re coming down to the final days before Halloween… I can only post a TWO more so please let me know if there is any one you have a burning desire to see!

Halloween in My Closet:

1. Circus Ringleader (second by Nikki) DONE!
2. Sailor (done! click here to see!)
   
3. Natasha from Bullwinkle & Friends (second by Anna, and Cammila)
4. Can-Can Girl DONE! (second by Kate and UND)
5. Pirate or …
6. a Founding Father… same base costume as Pirate.
7. The Mad Plaider
8. Beetle Juice (second by Violetville and Cecile)
   
9. The See’s Candies Girl (only makes sense in California… but Jeanne would like to see it!)
10. Evil Babydoll (second by Mette)
11. 60’s Housewife (second by Aidan and Voletville )
12. An East German DDR protester (may be offensive… but Tres Plus Cool would like to see it)
13. A superhero (Margot would like to see this)
    
14. Dawn Davenport (suggested by Imelda Matt)
15. Cat Lady (suggested by shopfair second by Casey)
16. A retro flight attendant (suggested by Heather)
17. Barbara Feldon as “Agent 99″ (suggested by Cecille)
18. ????