Thank God the Spawn of these Girls All Passed Away!
– Halloween 2003
His royal highness, Jeff Qin, has returned from abroad and Halloween plans may now commence. Qin and his personal consort will be wearing Emperor caps with the extra ball on top … which means the rest of the Chinese contingency are … eunuchs!? Robes and hats with a “Manly” ponytail will match.
From the road with Mr. Qin
Sorry I haven't seen you guys since Serena and I flew back from Beijing. Crazy time here … ANYWAY, I do have the costumes, and they are fabulous, or as fabulous as they can be for $30 a head. There are twelve altogether. The garment is a silk robe, and everyone got their first color choice. For headgear, there are 9 caps with queue attached. There are also two Empress Kits, which include a floral-fan thing overhead, a dangling-to-the-side-of-the-head thing and a coordinated fan.
All the other caps are color-coordinated with robes. For John, Frank, Douglas, Jim and his friend, size XXL. Randy and Paul got M's. Tassos, his straight friend for Greece and I are in XL. Tassos and I have Emperor Caps, but they are not very different, just an extra ball on the top. I couldn't get them all that way, as they wouldn't stack for transport home. Sorry, that means that the rest of you guys are eunuchs!
We could give the straight guy the funny prince hat, to make him easy to find; his hat would work with the gold robe. All together, the collection is really very colorful and we will look quite dramatic. I propose Peking Opera style make-up, and have some photos to help. Easy version is start with a white base, add heavy black eyes (slanted, of course) and black lips. Fu Manchu recommended.
For more elaborate options, visit the Peking Opera site at http://china.tyfo.com/int/ent/opera/peking/peking-index.htm
Big Bow,
Qin
