I went shopping downtown here in Athens, GA for a possible halloween costume.
I didn’t get a costume, but I did get a couple of really super-pretty masks down a the Junkman’s Daughter’s Brother (a very weird store here). They had a whole shelf full of masquerade ball/carnevale-style masks. Obviously I couldn’t leave without a couple of them, if for no other reason than my Phantom of the Opera obsession.
This one: http://www.venicemaskshop.com/catstras.html is the same shape as the cat mask I bought, though mine is a sort of gold/copper/black harlequin design with little gold/white swirls.
I also go this big monotone gold Lion mask that’s very handsome and covers the entire face, though it didn’t have a brand name on it anywhere and I’m not sure if it came from the same company or not. I don’t think I’ll be wearing him as he won’t fit over my glasses like the kitty does, and he’s quite masculine, but he looks very nice hanging from the shelf in my room. I think he and the kitty are totally in love.
I wish I could post photos, but alas, I do not have a camera. :\
Those are great! I thought you might be talking about those yucky full-head rubber ugly ones, and the answer was going to be unequivocally no. I’d happily wear one from that shop though.
I never wear them, don’t have the occasion, but when I was in New Orleans I tried a couple on for fun. I felt like a completely different person. It was amazing to me how powerful the effect was. I can see why, I think it was Venice as Walden mentioned, people might get into wearing them all the time.
One very cheap mask that really freaks people out is one made out of clear plastic that is a molded face with wrinkles in it. When you put it on you look sort of like you but also very changed. I haven’t seen them in stores recently, but I do remember really freaking a couple of friends out on Halloween wearing one of those.
In New Orleans at the Mardi Gras museum they had a kind of mask that is common in Cajun communities for Mardi Gras. It’s just window screen, either sort of molded to your face or not, and then with colored magic markers the screen is decorated. They were really quite interesting and looked quite possible to make. And you can see right through it without making eyeholes.
I’m involved with some minor preparations for an upcoming Gay-Straight alliance dance this weekend, and we’re encouraged to wear masks. The theme is “Carnevale” so people said to make a glittery New Orleans kinda mask that you see at Mardi Gras, but I’ve never seen Mardi Gras masks.
I’m gonna wing it and whatever I make I will post a picture of (along with my pitiful example of origami that I recently made under the guidance of Walden).
I believe them to be feathers. Looks easy enough to duplicate. Just get one of thos plain paper masks, and go to town. Be creative, have fun, frighten your fellow students on Hallowe’en (Samhain for you old school folks).
Huh? You lost me, Denny.