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Jackie Kennedy Circa 1963

With bits of JFK's brain splattered all over her at the Famous Dead Person's Ball 1994.

While not perfectly accurate, the suit and pillbox hat were vintage 1960s. What made the costume, IMO, was the gore. I used several shades of red puff paint, both glossy and matte, plus two colors of grey felt. I chopped the felt into pieces and roughed up the edges. Then I glued them to the skirt and covered with the paint, using news pictures from the era as a guide. A black bobbed, flipped wig was the finishing touch.

Did I mention that the party's theme that year was "sick and twisted"? And that Jackie had just died? Yeah. Good taste was not the goal.