Wigged Out

Um, what is it with me, taiko and wigs? Now, I know when you play taiko, there is often costume involved. Sometimes it involves masks. Sometimes it involves stale old happi coats and super tight momohiki. Sometimes it involves trying to figure out how the #$%* you tie your obi. But wigs? I haven't worn more wigs in the past 6 months than I've ever worn in my lifetime. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. But my latest gig is for halloween and involves, um, a wig. On halloween we're going to do a thing in the City and yesterday me and Janet met went through her stash of old kimono and fabrics. She's thinking ondeko. She showed me her get-up. It involved kimono and shiny gold fabric and, uh, a wig. We found some silver fabric (you know how much I LOVE to wear silver") and a kimono, and "we" decided that I needed a wig to make the outfit. So we headed over to the local costume/theater shop, and on display were a fantastic number of wigs. There was a white one that she had had her eye on, but it was gone by the time we got there. I picked out a silver/gray one that would have gone well with the kimono/fabric thing we had already chosen, but when I put it on, I looked more like Eddie Munster than anything. She liked the shape of the Neptune hair/beard get-up and in the end we chose that.

So last night I was gettin' crafty again (thank goodness I decided to take that semester of sewing class in high school to fulfill that graduation prerequisite, whatever it was), and managed to piece together the silver fabric to the kimono and came up with this. It looks a little better when I'm actually wearing the thing with the red obi and of course, the wig. We're thinking white and red demon/kabuki face paint.


Hopefully I'll get some blog-worthy pics when we actually do the gig. It actually sounds really fun--it's at a famous musician's house (shouldn't say who tho) and there's a good turn-out for the thing. I have a special place in my heart for scaring the &$*# out of children, so hopefully this will involve some of that. If not, it's a great opportunity to wear, uh, a wig.