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Please help me - I promise not to be awkward!

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janeite · 03/10/2009 18:09

Once again, a need a book-inspired fancy dress costume please.

Any ideas for something easy but a bit quirky?

How easy would Lady Macbeth be for instance?

Any more ideas very gratefully received!

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janeite · 03/10/2009 20:13

Or any less-obvious fairy tale characters?

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janeite · 03/10/2009 19:52
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BecauseImWorthIt · 03/10/2009 19:46

Oi - what about my scout suggestion? That's pretty quirky!

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janeite · 03/10/2009 19:44

Penelope is a possibility. I have been Medussa before. Any other mythological possibilities?

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janeite · 03/10/2009 19:42

God I would love to be Elizabeth Bennet but think it would mean hiring stuff and want to avoid that.

I don't have any kind of nightgown and really couldn't wear one anyway, as is a secondary school. Did see a v Lady M-ish one in Past Times though!

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Pyrocanthus · 03/10/2009 19:41

Lizzy Bennett if you have the right kind of nightgown.

If you have the wrong kind of nightgown, then it would do for Lady M if you carry a bar of soap.

TotalChaos · 03/10/2009 19:40

Penelope from the Odyssey = simple dress plus some unfinished sewing/weaving?

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janeite · 03/10/2009 19:35

Is anybody not watching the dancing and therefore available to help me, please?

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janeite · 03/10/2009 18:23

Had already wondered about Ophelia! Don't really want to have to buy a dress and will be in front of teenagers, so can't wear a nightgown!

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janeite · 03/10/2009 18:21

Think I might be a bit old and norky for that! But thank you.

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BecauseImWorthIt · 03/10/2009 18:21

Or go as a scout?

BecauseImWorthIt · 03/10/2009 18:20

Ophelia? You could go all wet?

aristocat · 03/10/2009 18:18

Juliet?

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