I went to a Murder Mystery Hollywood themed party the other weekend and dressed up as Audrey Hepburn and Mr P went as James Dean.
I'm a big fan of creating my own outfits for fancy dress, a trip to the op shop and some accessory shops and a hunt around my wardrobe and I can usually come up with something pretty good.
I went for Audrey's Breakfast at Tiffany's look and found a long black halter dress from the op shop for $6, the first one I tried on and it fit perfectly!
The diamonte collar was from Diva $35 that I bought recently to go with a wedding outfit and the diamonte and pearl hair clip was a great find at Temt $3.
The satin gloves, pearl bracelet, diamonte studs and suede heels I already had.
For my hair and makeup I used my hair accessory that pulls my hair into a tight bun and then clipped the diamonte and pearl clip around and unleashed the hair spray to tame the fly aways.
Audrey was a fan of natural make up so I used nude eyeshadow, lightly smoked black eyeliner, lashings of black mascara and rose toned lipstick.
As for James Dean Mr P wore his tightest fitting jeans, a white bonds t-shirt and pack of cards that looked like cigarettes up his sleeve and he was an instant James Dean lookalike.
Rather handsome too if I might add ;)
The Murder Mystery party had a hired host who organised us into groups, gave us each a name to play by (I was The Oscar Winner and Mr P was The Villain) and had us competing for clues to figure out who the murderer was.
It turned out the murderer was someone in my team and we won the Best Sleuth Award for guessing correctly and dobbing him in!
It turned out the murderer was someone in my team and we won the Best Sleuth Award for guessing correctly and dobbing him in!
It was a really great night with lots of fabulous costumes and the Murder Mystery was fun to play out.
Are you a fan of fancy dress parties?
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You look great! and sounds like a really fun night too x
ReplyDeleteYou nailed that look! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore Audrey Hepburn! SHe was my favorite to dress up as! Nicely done!
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Hi Michelle, just 'discovered' your blog through your comment on House Nerd - so happy to have come across your blog (especially one that is in Perth, I have to admit!) You look fantastic and congrats on the $6 dress find, what a score! Bookmarked your blog and looking forward to reading much more - and seeing pics of your 60s home renovation! x
ReplyDeletelooking fab, girl!! that looks like a lot of fun, too! i have never been to one of those...one of these days i will go!
ReplyDeleteYou look fantastic! Love it xx
ReplyDeleteWell done. I've never been to a Murder Mystery night. I think it would be great fun!
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