31 Days of Costume - October 9, 2012 - Hannibal Slave Girl Costume

This costume is from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, it's worn by the ballet girls during the Hannibal scene. Christine also wears this costume, her first appearance in the musical is actually in this costume. These costumes are ornate and IMO they are the costumes that make every male phantom phan drool.

31 Days of Costume - October 8, 2012 - Christine's title song/MOTN robe

This costume isn't as stunning or as ornately detailed as Christine's other costumes in the musical. It's still pretty, it's plain with ruffly lace on the bottom of the dressing robe/gown and on the sleeves. She also wears it during the title song and MOTN, which IMO are the two best scenes in the musical.

SPECIAL CHARITY DONATION CONTEST

As some of you might know yesterday I started to campaign for an organization called RAINN! I'm hoping to raise $3,000 in a year's time.

To inspire fellow phans to donate I've created a donation contest. The Phan that donates the most money to this cause will get a prize! Here's what you will need to do to enter the contest.

1) Visit my donation page

http://rainnmakers.rainn.org/phantomrainn

2) Submit a donation by October 27, 2012 

*Please put Phan after your name so I can recognize that you are a phan entering the contest.

3) If you have donated the most money you will receive a Lon Chaney glow in the dark necklace, hopefully before Halloween! I'm going to send the necklace to the winner on Monday October 29, 2012.

Please donate - I'm trying to work very hard this cause is important to me! Also pass the word on to non phans. Every time I notice a donation I also make a status update on the campaign page thanking the donor publicly! 

The highest donor will receive this prize!

31 Days of Costume - October 7, 2012 - The Il Muto Ballet Girls costume

In keeping with the Il Muto scene from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, the daily costume pick is the costume the ballet girls wear during the ballet scene/Joseph Buquet death scene.

These dresses are pink and green with an A line tea length skirt. Pink and green happened to be my main graphic design pallet of colors during college when I was earning my B.F.A as a stepping stone to getting my library degree. I think I was subconsciously choosing these colors based on this costume. Also before my wedding went more in the direction of semi-normal I had dreamed that maybe the girls of my bridal party would wear this costume as a dress.

31 Days of Costume - October 6, 2012 - Carlotta's Il Muto Costume

This costume is quite frilly, some may say it's ridiculous but I do like it because it's pink. This is the costume Carlotta wears during the Il Muto Opera disaster scene from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.

The costume is a pink and black bustled dress, I think it combines Victorian and Colonial Style but I am not completely sure about that. Even though Carlotta is croaking like a toad, at least she's wearing a great dress for it.

31 Days of Costume - October 5, 2012 - Phantom's Oriental (Mandarin) Robe

sketch by Maria Bjornson

upper portion of lair costume

This is the costume the phantom wears in the lair scene from the time Christine wakes up in his lair, when she pulls his mask off, when he bears his soul to her, and when he finally returns her to the ground above. Besides Masquerade I believe this is the most colorful costume the phantom wears, to me this is his most ornate. It's also the second hottest costume his first being during the title song and music of the night.

mid portion of lair costume

Sexy Phantom October 2012

This month's Sexy Phantom is actually a personal friend of mine! So ladies I've heard rumor that he is seeing someone but if you are interested I'll pass the word along. Larry Saurica earns the title of Sexy Phantom for October 2012. He dressed up as the phantom for the bridal shower my job threw for me in August, I decided since October is the month of Halloween why not pick a person who dressed up in the costume. Larry is in his 60s if age matters to you and you happen to be interested!