Georgia O'Keefe Costume Recipe

Today is our last costume in the Tortured Artist party series (see the rest here). We're closing with fellow flower lover, Georgia O'Keefe, whose macroscopic depictions of flower parts seem as current as they were last century.
Georgia made her home in New Mexico and often depicted the setting around her: skulls, desert landscapes, desert flowers. We included those elements into our costume as symbolic touches. Of course, you probably won't want to walk around with a huge bull skull (or do you?) but a microscopic version like the bracelet is a good alternative. Here we'll show you how to make the oversized poppy as inspired by her paintings (see here), the dyed kaftan inspired by her close-ups, and a hair and make-up tutorial.
Photography by Alpha SmootCostume by Carli RandolfFlower crafting by Ashley IsenhourHair by Aubrey NelsonMake-up by Rubie HuberProps by Mary LeeArt directed by Brittany Jepsen

To make the paper poppy flower
Materials: watercolor paper, shallow dish, water, scissors, pencil, petal template, aluminum foil, watercolors (dark orange, light orange, and purple), paint brush, glue gun, pom pom template, yarn
Step 1: Use the petal template to cut four petals out of watercolor paper.
Step 2: Fill a shallow dish with water and soak petals in water for about two minutes. While wet, place a petal on aluminum foil and paint one side dark orange. Paint broad edge of other side dark orange, paint middle section light orange, and narrow point purple. Repeat will all petals. Let petals dry.
Step 3: Hold narrow point of petal and the handle of a paintbrush in one hand. Press paintbrush against petal with thumb and use other hand to pull petal upwards, bending the petal around paint brush handle. This loosens the fibers in the paper. Repeat process in other direction on petal. Repeat with all petals.
Step 4: Cut slit in the narrow point of each petal. Overlap the two sides of the narrow point to make a cupped shape and hot glue into place. 
Step 5: Bend broad edges of petals backwards.
Step 6: Glue two petals together (see photo) at narrow points. Fill in gaps with other two petals.
Step 7: Use pom template (see tutorial here) to make a pom. Glue pom to center of flower.
Make-up tutorial:
The real Miss O'Keefe has such a unique, fierce beauty that just slaps you in the face.  It's hard to replicate so instead I wanted to just bring out different "feels" of O'Keefe in the makeup. 
First I started with a matte make up base (get it here) to take away any shine from the face.  I wanted the model, Carly's, beautiful skin to be able to come through without shine, so I added almost no foundation after the base.  
What we did do though, is bronze. I wanted to evoke the haunting, desert beauty that I felt from Georgia and her artwork, so I bronzed and bronzed and bronzed, concentrating on the edges of the face, under the cheek bones, and below the jawline.  I kept going down the neck, focusing on all the hollows. I had Carly awkwardly flex her neck and shoulders so her collar bones popped out, and then bronzed around them.  
Her lips were nude and natural, you can mix some concealer with a tiny bit of pink or peach lipstick if you don't have your own nude color lipwear.  
For her eyes we fierced up her brows with ELF eyebrow kit (get it here) and created some drama in her eyes with dark matte gray eyeshadow only on the inner and outer corners. Think ghostly, In the end Carly carried it all with her modeling. 
Kaftan pattern:
Georgia Dress:
Materials: Fabric, dye, sewing machine, thread, and bias tape, measuring tape, ruler.
Step One: Measure your height and multiply that by two. This is how much yardage you will need. Depending on how wide your fabric is, you may need to measure how wide you want the fabric to be and cut. I tried to keep the selvaged edges so that I wouldn't have to finish that seam. Step Two: Fold the the fabric in half and mark center with safety pins on both sides.Step Three: Dye fabric following dying instructions on package.Step Four: Cut out a hole for your head. Make sure to start by cutting a small hole and then increase the size to fit your head through. Stay-stitch to keep the fabric from stretching.Step Five: Finish neck edge. I did a bias tape facing. Quick and easy.Step Six: Put on the dress and pin fit both sides of your body through both layers of fabric. Sew a straight line down each side. Step Seven: Sew in a button hole at the stitching near your waist to allow for a belt. (optional)Done!