Halloween in My Closet: Part 6: Cat Woman

Even though I relate much more to the crazy cat lady than cat woman… doing up the cat costume is a lot easier than I thought.

I love cats… every day I visit Cute Overload and I Can Has Cheezburger?, and when that’s not enough, I’ll look through Flickr. I will comment on any post with a cat in it. As much as I love cats, I don’t think of them as sexy creatures, more like the fluffballs who are obsessed with cuddling on the keyboard. So here’s what a real cat looks like:

pics by ♥Sage, fofurasfelinas, oskay

Today is Part 6 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 , Natasha Fatale, and today a Cat Woman… 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 (until tomorrow!) I’ll only post accessories you’ll actually be able to acquire before Halloween.

Cat Ears are Essential

It’s totally possible to make cat ears out of shoulder pads. Yes… I’ve done things with shoulder pads before, and yeah, I wonder if it’s possible to make a post out of the uses of shoulder pads… Ok before we digress. I just rolled the shoulder pad to an cat ear shape, and made a few stitches to keep it in place. Then I just simply used bobby pins to attach the ears, and WELLA… cat ears!

Here are the essentials for this costume: You can wear anything black or leopard print and form fitting. Cats are cute, Cat Woman is sexy. I basically used a variation of the Can-Can Girl outfit, the sequin tube top, and the choker becomes a collar in this context. I might of worn a skirt, but that was too obvious, so instead I wore knickerbockers, and heels.

The Result

Additional Cat Woman tips….

Accessories.. I know a lot of black cats with white paws, and they act like they know their white paws are cute. So I just wore white gloves, and yeah, they’re cute.

The Makeup… I just went heavy on the liquid eyeliner, and used black eyeshadow … and dark lips with a black gloss to go darker. For whiskers, I didn’t like the look of lines on my face (like I need more) so I just drew in follicles. So much easier.

Props... I have a belt that I tucked into my knickerbockers that made a tail. I’m apparently sitting on it in these photos… sorry.

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

Halloween in My Closet:

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