- 1). Find a plus size women's dress in size 20 or larger. To create your Edna Turnblad after Travolta, get a dress with pink sequins. To make Fierstein's Edna, buy a dress with large pink and blue paisley swirls and add a matching feather trim. To fashion your Edna after Divine, get a large teal skirt and pair it with a sleeveless top with a multicolored '60s floral print.
- 2). Stuff a DD or larger size bra with socks or panty hose, if necessary. Also, if you're more slender than the Edna Turnblad character, wrap some towels around your hips and waist to increase your size.
- 3). Purchase a shoulder-length brown wig from a costume store. Set the hair in sponge curlers and allow it to rest for several days. Remove the curlers, then rat the wig by pulling the hair upward and gently combing the strands down. Shape the wig into a '60s bouffant style either by turning the ends upward or shaping the curls to frame the head.
- 4). Pluck any stray hairs from beneath your eyebrows, or if you feel adventurous, shave them off. Apply some foundation to your face. Make sure that you also apply the foundation to your eyelids, but don't get it in your eyes. Seal the makeup with loose powder. Brush on blush in a bright color such as red or magenta. Apply a bright powder eyeshadow to the eyelid with a brush. Then brush some more shadow in the crease of your eyelid, gradually shading upward. The color should become less intense as it moves nearer your eyebrows. Apply eyeliner and mascara very carefully. Use a very light touch to darken the eyebrows with the eyeliner pencil.
- 5). Put on queen sized panty hose, high heeled shoes, clip-on earrings, a necklace and any other accessories you would like to add to your Edna Turnblad costume after you don the dress. Put a cap made of panty hose over your head before applying the wig. Apply a thin layer of hairspray to the wig to hold its shape. Put on accessories, such as a bow for the hair and gloves, last.
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