Serra Hirsch, clever costumier

October 19, 2012 6:16 PM

A little Halloween inspiration: "Friendly, Upbeat,Youthful, Energized and Versatile" voiceover actress and puppeteer Serra Hirsch (Puppet Junction) earned herself a spot in Coolest Homemade Costumes' Contest Winner Hall of Fame -- and her very own page on the site -- with such creations as Eggs and Bacon, Photo Booth Picture Strip, and Prisoner in a Visiting Booth. Now there's a short documentary about her. She discusses some of the details of her costumes in this video interview (dull intro section skipped).
posted by GrammarMoses (5 comments total)

In watching the video and looking at her costumes, I can't help but cheer the effort. It's fantastic to see wonderful versions of these "wear over" costumes. A nice break away and relief from the standard wear, the millions of Supermans, Batmans, pirates and Hermoines.
posted by JakeEXTREME at 9:15 PM on October 19, 2012

Those are some great costumes but where does she put the candy?
posted by arcticseal at 9:37 PM on October 19, 2012

What differentiates the good, funny (adult-get-drunk-and-party) Halloween costumes and the truly genius is having some kind of hook, something that draws people you don't know to interact with you. "Oh hey, you're zombie Michael Jackson on a propofol drip! Ha ha!...so, um... How do *you* know Greg?" In that spirit, Prisoner Visiting Window may be the all time world champion. Even better than Airline Pilot Handing Out Miniature Bottles of Booze that I saw at Greg's that one year.

Greg used to throw the best Halloween parties in Seattle.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:49 PM on October 19, 2012 [1 favorite]

Knowing the parties I go to, anyone wearing the "prison visiting booth" costume would have a strict "put 'em on the glass!" policy in effect.
posted by ShutterBun at 10:59 PM on October 19, 2012

People who make their own costumes rock. Especially if it's kids - a couple years ago I saw a kid in my neighborhood who'd made himself a complete set of Japanese armor out of cardboard (I remember he used egg cartons for the shoulder bits). It looked fantastic.

Then there was the guy who dressed as Log Lady, complete with talking log - he stuck a Magic 8-ball into one end of a cardboard tube and covered the whole thing with "wood" contact paper, and walked around offering people a chance to ask his log a question.

(I'm now just feeling a little lame because my plans involve a bedsheet turned into a toga and a couple lame props.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:13 AM on October 20, 2012