Our favourite costume Mums

Happy Mothers Day! A pictorial guide to our favourite costume mothers.

‘Eve offering the apple to Adam’ Lucas Cranach the Elder

The original mother?  Not much to this costume – a snake and an apple (fig leaf and naked man optional).

The Madonna in Prayer Giovanni Battista Salvi

White and blue robes for a simple and effective Madonna. Painted here pre-child obviously, otherwise she might look a bit more like this …

The other Madonna

An enduring costume icon, Madonna is still a fancy dress party go-to – and hard-working real life mum.

We love cartoon Mums …

… and cartoon surrogate mums.

The Crystal Gems. Good mums to Steven Universe.

How about a man-mother?

Brendan O’Carroll as long suffering Dublin matriarch Agnes Brown

 

Or how about a whole band of man-mothers?!

Mother Love Bone

Lets not forget wicked stepmothers …

… or just plain old wicked mothers.

Joan Crawford

A prison warden Mama.

Queen Latifah as Big Mama Morton in ‘Chicago’

A peace-loving mama.

Cass Elliot of ‘The Mamas and Papas’

A mother of Dragons …

… or a nation.

(to be fair, at this point no-ones ever come in to the store and asked to be dressed as Judy Bailey – but her day is sure to come!)

Here at First Scene we love Mothers whatever shape they come in! Have a good one today Mums!

For more information about Mum-related costumes please visit us at http://www.firstscene.co.nz