Little did Lewis Carroll know, back in the late eighteen hundreds, that the story he had written for a neighbor's child would become the classic that it is today. His story was both a satire and a piece of literary history that is as relevant now as it was then. Embrace your inner poet and dreamer at your next costumed event. Go as the heroine from Lewis Carroll's timeless tale in your Alice in wonderland costume.
The recent release of yet another movie retelling of the tale has brought new attention to the story. This time, the talented Tim Burton brought his interpretation to the story. Using the acting talents of luminaries such as Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, the story has been brought to life once more, with an interesting twist.
You can make your own costume for the role of Alice fairly simply. Start with a white knee-length skirt with lace trim. If you can not find such a skirt, try simply making a tube skirt with your sewing machine and stitching eyelet onto the hem.
Now you will need a blue dress, which has a pan style collar, short puffy sleeves and which hems just above the line of lace on your white shift. Over top of your dress, you will need to wear a white apron. The apron has a bib style, and ties at the base of the neck and at the waist.
Some Alice costumes are super simple. Others are more elaborate. To add some details to your costume, you might consider wearing your hair tied back with a black bow. Of course, if your natural hair color is not blond, you may either color it or choose to get a long blond wig for the occasion.
If you are not up to the task of making your own costume, it is easy enough to find one already made. A number of Alice in wonderland halloween costumes are easily found online and in costume stores. Whether you want to go for the classic Alice or the sexy Alice look, you will be certain to find what you are looking for.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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where can i buy the 2010 alice in wonderland costume?
OK i no its far away yet but me and my friends are dressing up as Alice in wonderland characters for Halloween. everybody has there outfit except for me and in ALICE! i dont want the disney version of the dress because everybody is dressing up as the 2010 version (Tim Burton) but i cant find the costume anywhere. i also dont want it to be too pricey and i live in the UK. PLZ HELP
thnx Abi x
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Alice in wonderland costumes?
I want to maybe do a Alice in wonderland inspired photoshoot for my art project. If you'd give me some ideas for costumes I'd be grateful. I plan. To use two friends and split the characters between them so I'll leave a list below of some potential characters 
please and thankyou x
Alice obviously, mad hatter, march hare, queen of hearts, the dutchess, I'd really love to do the caterpillar, and possibly the White rabbit. Maybe the king of hearts?
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My ideas, personally, I'd have Alice in a short blue dress with a white apron with card symbols on it (you know, hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds) with a top hat and small veil. I'd also give her blond hair in curls with diamonds (as in the card symbol) in her hair. I'd give her HUGE lashes, maybe with sparkles on her lids and light pink lips. I'd also give her white boots.
I'd put the king and queen of hearts together. I'd have the queen wear a body hugging dress that's black on the top and is cut to where the bottom half looks like a heart, but the back would flow out behind her. I'd give her black lips and nails and dark lids and give her red eyes lids and a small crown. I'd give the king a suit, one with short pants made of black and an elaborate jacket, I'm thinking black with red velvet inside and a shirt that's grey with read hearts and suck on it and a top hat/crown, maybe tilted.
As for the Hatter, I believe you should have him wear many top hats all on top of each other, slightly topsy-turvy (like, not all stacked on each other the normal way, some sideways or upside down.) in a suit, long pants that are torn and I figure bright colors with more of a "Joker" card likeness to him.
The Hare obviously has to have ears, I'm also thinking a top hat for him. I imagine a vest of some sort, maybe JUST a short vest with pants? I'm not sure, but definitely NO tail!
I believe since the caterpillar has always been represented as blue when in real life most are green, maybe you should use this fabric I've seen that's blue but when in seen in a different light, green (it's really shimmery, I love it.) as a long/short dress and a set of 'wings' made from the same material in a different color (red maybe?) that are attached to the dress and looped on the arms for a cool butterfly-wing-look. Also, give the actress a long cigarette (the kind in movies like Tiffany's) and blue lipstick with fluttery lashes and green eyelids.
The White Rabbit is an important element to the Alice in Wonderland story, I think he should come first in thick rimmed red glasses and white-lidded eyes and a pale pink lip stain. He (or she) should probably wear a short red vest and white anything else with some gold added for flare and a gold pocket watch.
I don't know who the duchess is, but I figure she'd wear a dress designed after the "Jack" card.
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alice in wonderland costume ideas?
Am needing lots of creative ideas on how to create alice in wonderland characters using what I have in my cupboard. Am not wanting to spend lots on hiring or buying.
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Alice in Wonderland sweet 16th?
(I know that there are about a bagillion Alice in Wonderland themed questions....buuut i wasn't able to find any inspiration from them again....soo yes, sorry for spamming in this case!! xD )
OKAY:
so my friend is having an Alice in Wonderland costume party for her 16th, its in about a month but i want an insaaaanley good costume thats why im kind of starting now, and it will probably take a while to do..so yes 
okay, so basically...has anyone got any good Alice in Wonderland character costume ideas for a sixteen yr old, who wants to look cute and flirtatious obviously, but not slutty!!!!!!!!!! |: |: |: hahaha
so yeah, any ideas? oh and also if you have idea ideas for makeup, its aaaall welcome!! 
Please nothing relating to the latest movie if you can help it...(sorry to all the fans out there...it just didnt do it for me lol )
Any character as long as its not the Queen of Hearts seeing as i look awful in red..soo that wouldnt really work xD
personally i was hoping something along the lines of American Mcgee's Alice, if any of you have played it? Something a little twisted 
so yeah! any ideas guys?
xx
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I would try searching on Amazon, they have a lot of Alice in Wonderland costumes for really good prices. They range from totally conservative to pretty slutty
Good luck, I'm being Alice for Halloween so I can relate to your search!
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any other Alice-In-Wonderland costume suggestions besides alice, the madhatter, the hare, and the cat?
So there are 4 of us trick or treating this year,and we want to all go as alice-in-wonderland characters. One person is planning to be the madhatter, another the cat, and theres also a queen of hearts. I guess that means I should be alice, but I have black hair, dark skin, and I don't reaallly wanna be her. Just wouldnt fit the part quite right. I wanted to be the queen of hearts because the girl being her looks EXACTLY like someone who could be alice, but she already took it. So are there any suggestions, maybe other characters I could be? I've looked online but it seems like the 3 main costumes r the madhatter, alice, and the cat. Can we go without an alice? r there any costumes to do with alice-in-wonderland (NOT THE HARE) that I could find at a local halloween store? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
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Have you considered making your own costume? Look at these great websites below.
* http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/
* http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm
* http://www.costumepage.org/hallocst.html
*(Don't forget to check out ebay for great costume deals and professional quality
homemade costumes)*
If you want to buy a costume, look at these online costume shops below.
http://www.costumesupercenter.com/
http://www.spirithalloween.com/womens-costumes_teen-costumes/
http://www.costumeshopper.com/
http://www.halloweencostumesale.com/
https://www.halloween31.com/
http://www.anytimecostumes.com/costumes/ctn.html
http://www.costumekingdom.com/
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After the release of the new "Alice in Wonderland", we are sure to see many costumes resembling those unique characters come Halloween night. It comes as no surprise that we will either, seeing as how the entire movie was loved by so many people. This is a wonderful idea for dressing up this year because of the many different options that you will have. Finding an Alice in Wonderland costume can be easy and fun this time around. With so many different looks you are guaranteed to find one that fits you just the way you want it to!
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