DC Editor Adam writes…
Are you dressing-up for our Halloween Ghost
walks? Today I'm looking at the famous monsters of movieland from a sartorial
perspective. This final post looks at the sartorial disaster that is
Frankenstein's Monster…
Frankenstein’s Monster
Here, our model shows the customary two
YARDS of cuff…
What the…?
The sleeves, dear boy. It’s not a good
look. And it bothers me twice over because it reveals a lack of thought behind
Doctor Frankenstein’s otherwise perfectly reasonable scheme of playing God and
monkeying about with mortality.
When digging up the bodies and killing the
victims for their bits, couldn’t the lazy Doc just have kept the clothes,
folded them neatly and put them to one side ready in preparation for the moment
when he threw the lever and the monster walked? It’s just bad planning.
And the shoes? Eeeew. Don’t start me.
Clumpy barely begins to cover them. Worse even than City types on the tube
wearing a suit and (gulp) training shoes. O! The horror…
Here’s Boris in action…
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Our Halloween London Walks…
A
London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.