When I was approached to do a Halloween shoot in the 19th Floor Ballroom of The Adolphus Hotel, my mind started racing! How did they know that Halloween was my favorite holiday? Would Angie be as excited as me? I needed to wear something DRAMATIC for a ballroom shoot, and so on and so forth! Literally, I was OVER THE MOON about it!
// Photography by Angie Garcia //
BACKGROUND
Anyhow, we got the date set and I literally had a DAY to pull everything together! All the thinking and planning in the world needed to come to fruition the day before the shoot.
Originally, I wanted to do an over-the-top ballgown or something voluminous but I couldn’t find one with that tight timeline! I had considered using Rent the Runway or By Fashionaholic to rent a gown, but it takes some pre-planning and more than ONE day!
THE 19th FLOOR BALLROOM
You can just glance at the pictures and see how amazingly beautiful this space is with the vaulted ceiling, magnificent light fixtures, and large natural windows. It’s a perfect place for a wedding/reception, bridal shoot, etc. I cannot wait to show you the other looks that we shot in this gorgeous space! They are SO glamorous, and I’ve changed the header of my blog with one of the images!
COSTUME IDEA
With such a beautiful space, I envisioned a very glamorous Halloween costume and decided on a 20s style dead flapper. It would be perfect to match the art deco architecture of the 19th Floor Ballroom. I found the dress, headpiece, and gloves at Magic, Etc. in Fort Worth. BTW, it’s an AMAZING costume store that literally has everything you could possibly need! The total for the dress, headpiece, gloves, and fake blood was ~$100. I cannot believe that I’ve lived in Fort Worth for eight years and never knew about it. Anyhow, I digress.
COSTUME ITEMS NEEDED FOR 20s DEAD FLAPPER:
- flapper dress
- headpiece (also love this)
- elbow (or longer) gloves
- heels (I used my own butterfly heels)
- dried flowers
For makeup, I didn’t have enough time OR skill to do something very complicated. After searching YouTube, I found this video from Desi Perkins for Undead Glam makeup, and I modified it by wearing dark vampy lips instead and adding some fake blood. I used black and brown eyeshadow for contouring and highlighter for the white parts. All of this was put on over my existing makeup since we were shooting other looks at The Adolphus Hotel.
MAKEUP NEEDED FOR 20s DEAD FLAPPER:
- brown/black eyeshadow (used a Charlotte Tilbury palette)
- red eyeshadow (LOVE this pot in Ritual – use it daily)
- highlighter (used a Beauty Counter palette)
- vamp lip color
- fake blood
I found the flowers on a last minute trip to Central Market. My original idea was to use dried roses but time was a factor!
ANGIE’S PHOTOGRAPHY
You’ll notice some beautiful lights and reflections in the photographs. Angie took some of my rhinestone earrings and held them in front of the lens to create that “magical” and myserterious look. She is SO talented!
So what do you think of the shoot? Eerie or Scary or Cool? Does it look like an easy costume? I promise it was!
Happy Monday Friends! It’s finally cold in Fort Worth and in the 40s! I wish it wasn’t raining, but I’ll still take the cold. I’m gearing up to head to New York for my grandfather’s 102nd Birthday coming up. We’re making it a quick family trip!
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What a beautiful spot, even if it was a little stressful getting everything organised and it felt a bit eerie when you were there! This was a great idea for a costume, so fitting for the story of the place too! :)
So exciting to be celebrating a 102nd birthday, wow!
Hope that you are having a nice start to your week :)
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Thank you so much Mica! ???????? We has so much fun! I think both kids were overwhelmed with all the cousins! Lol! I hope to go back every year but we’ll see!
Hope you are doing well Mica! ❤️