Jarreth from "The Labyrinth"

This was the costume I "made" for Halloween last year for my little brother. We have a tradition of always assembling costumes from thrifted items and it's always a delight to see how they turn out. Unfortunately, I never think to take pictures in the process, but I thought I'd show you guys how the final costume turned out anyway!

Hopefully, you've seen the awesomeness that is The Labyrinth. My brother decided to be David Bowie's character, Jarreth. And it was full of awesome.

We bought his wig on ebay. Everything else was either made or thrifted. He wore women's boots for the costume, but I bet you Bowie did too. ; ) I did his make up with everyday cosmetic and assembled him a cool scepter thingy. Enjoy!

The Gingham Ginger says: Nov 8, 2012. 10:34 AM

the streek says: Feb 26, 2010. 5:13 PM

nice Jareth costume. I especially like the cane. If you like Jim Hensons work, you should check out my Skeksis from Dark Crystal Costume:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Dark-Crystal-Skeksis-Costume/

carrotman42 says: Sep 12, 2009. 7:22 AM

you sure theres a the in the title? I just remember it being called Labyrinth...

jessienilo93 says: Jul 14, 2009. 9:33 PM

Nice! Although to be Labyrinth worthy the tights need to be tighter. Labyrinth is my favorite movie of all time.

XMalice says: Jan 18, 2009. 5:18 PM

I wouldn't consider Labyrinth not a popular movie. Practically everyone I know watched it growing up.

Pixie_dust_piper says: Oct 15, 2008. 11:52 PM

I love this movie! Great job!

CameronSS says: Oct 12, 2008. 11:14 PM

But can he contact juggle?

=SMART= in reply to CameronSSOct 15, 2008. 12:05 PM

holy crap..

woofboy111 in reply to CameronSSOct 14, 2008. 10:07 PM

The contact juggling was actually the whole reason I rented that movie. I was kind of disappointed that all the contact juggling consisted of was a butterfly in the beginning and some palm spinning later on. As for the rest of the movie, I found it to be strange and disjointed muppet movie...

burntsoul in reply to woofboy111Oct 27, 2008. 12:24 PM

but the impressive part of the contact juggling was that it actually wasn't his hands. the Guy doing it was actually kneeling behind him and couldn't see what he was doing.

asyrith (author) in reply to burntsoulOct 29, 2008. 2:11 PM

Actually, he was on his knees in front of him. ;) I was quite saddened when I learned it wasn't Bowie.

CameronSS in reply to asyrithOct 29, 2008. 4:19 PM

FAIL

About a minute in.

asyrith (author) in reply to CameronSSOct 13, 2008. 1:33 AM

Alas, his powers of awesome are not quite to that level yet. In time, in time. :)

mrmath says: Oct 13, 2008. 5:27 AM

What is that plastic thing 'round his wrist? :) I wonder how many people will get that costume. It was a great movie--one of my favorites--but not a very popular one. (Trivia about the movie--The Dancing Doctor from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gates McFadden, was the choreographer for Labyrinth.)

asyrith (author) in reply to mrmathOct 13, 2008. 10:51 AM

Ha! Great trivia! I did not know that!

Yeah, I realize the costume isn't as recognizable as like, Iron Man or something, but it's a movie I've always loved and I passed it on to my brother. It was great fun for us, and I know a few people out there would appreciate it. :)

Thanks for the comment and the trivia! ^_