Speaking of Dynamic Duos...
Let's talk about how the iconic couple Uncle Fester and Debbie Jelinsky stole the screen with their very unorthodox love connection. Well, her plotting his demise and him being totally into it (unknowing of her true intentions).
Anyways, their back and forth is easily one of my favorite parts from the classic, Addams Family Values. But what takes the cake is after they get married and he's transforming his look to totally not Fester. Pastels and red hair? Yes please! It's totally absurd - so much so that I knew that this redhead had to eventually use it for a halloween costume idea.
It's too good to leave in the vault of redhead halloween costume ideas churning in the back of my head.
So I did what any reasonable person would do I dove into my closet to see what I had that I use to take the costume from just an idea to reality. Spoiler alert, I had everything except Debbie's blonde bob wig which after a quick click was on it's way to arrive the next day for pictures!
I'm going to preface that everything was actually super easy to put together EXCEPT transforming my hair from big, fairly long waves into a bowl cut. But after lots of trial and error - I really thought the toilet paper rolls were gonna be it - I discovered the most random and easiest way to transform my hair. A folded velvet robe belt. Random right? I put my knowledge of the "heatless curls" hack everyone does and decided that if I lay my hair forward on the bed and roll my hair up with the belt it will look exactly like a bowl cut. Almost too good. Stroke of genius in a pinch.
Next, a bit of makeup. Hallowed smoky eyes and a tiny bit of grey contouring. On Debbie we opted for a red lip, a light smokey eye and lots of blush before throwing on the wig.
Now, the wardrobe.
For Fester:
A white blazer, blue turtleneck, khaki chinos and clogs (don't forget the pillow and shoulder pads)
She usually wears a red form fitting dress with the flow blazer/duster but I opted for a red and white printed top and skirt, raffia belt, gold necklace, red duster, platform heels and a straw hat with a flower pin over the blonde bob wig.
I think we nailed it, what do you think?
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