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Irvin's friend Sophia threw a combo Halloween/birthday party themed around "Halloween at Hogwarts." Loving the specificity of the prompt, Irvin resolved (with about 24 hours to go) to create a costume of the Fat Lady when she's been brutally attacked by Sirius Black.
The first part, of both the name and the costume, was "fat." Since Irvin couldn't eat enough in 24 hours to achieve that, he procured a fatsuit for the first time in his life! The fatsuit in question certainly made maneuvering around the party somewhat challenging (much harder than the previous weekend's corset had been!) - not least because there were a lot of candles at the party and the fatsuit seemed quite flammable.
Irvin then determined to sew a dress entirely from scratch - he had a few yards of pale pink fabric at home, and made a simple dress from them in an afternoon. The fact that it didn't have to be formfitting definitely sped up the process!
The rest of the costume was fairly straightforward to assemble - pearls, wig, and makeup to indicate crying (a mascara trick familiar from Cho Chang). Irvin took his frame from Mrs. Black and added torn sheer fabric to it, though the frame wasn't quite big enough to fit the whole portrait in it.
When Irvin arrived at the party, it was to see his doppelganger - a slashed protrait of the Fat Lady - right over the door. Naturally, he started wailing in distress, as Sophia assured him she would've never hung it up if she knew how triggering it was for certain guests! Since Irvin was among the earlier side, he got to greet remaining guests when they arrived by asking, "Password?"
The party was a hoot, not least because Irvin as the Fat Lady had to participate in active games like Charades, and in challenging activities like sitting down on couches. For a detailed recap, Irvin and Sophia recorded a segment on their podcast's Patreon. The only hiccup came about halfway through the party, when the fan fell out of the fatsuit into one of its legs, rapidly turning the fatsuit into a sweatsuit. Irvin went to the bathroom (which had Moaning Myrtle on the toilet lid) and emerged, sans fatsuit, as "The Lady Formerly Known as Fat." Much merriment was made of how the Fat Lady had gone on Ozempic - just don't call her the "Sexy Lady" now, because she was always sexy!
Two slashed Fat Ladies at once!
"Password?"
Fat Lady under attack!
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