"Natalie Rushman" - birthday dress

"If this was the last birthday party you were ever gonna have, how would you celebrate it?"

"I'd do whatever I wanted to do, with whoever I wanted to do it with."

"Natalie Rushman" - birthday dress

Iron Man 2

Dress made by: Patti & Steph - 2018-2019

Appeared: New York Comic Con 2019

Status: Active

Yup, just another excuse to wear this wig.

And I'm running out of them; while "Natalie" does wear a few more dresses in Iron Man 2 (unfortunately, in every other movie she doesn't have long red curly hair), most of them are unremarkable (though pretty) executive assistant wear. Even this dress is only shown for a few seconds in the movie, but 1) it's certainly eye catching and 2) a deleted scene that immediately follows the quote up top depicts Tony letting Nat fire the gauntlet. This was perfect for two reasons: one, a convincing argument to get Pete to dress up as Tony again, and 2) even if he didn't, wearing the gauntlet would, hopefully, make me a little more recognizable even if he wasn't with me.

The original leopard print bustier dress was a Dolce and Gabanna original and while searching for reference images I found it on sale for $685--but hey, it had free shipping! Fortunately I'm not actually that insane, and Steph and Patti were able to make it for me for *way* less. I did drop a decent amount of money on the MK42 arm, made by Cattoys and bought on eBay, but the repulsor lights up and fires with sound effects, AND it has a laser! That's worth just having around the house! I couldn't find exact replicas for her earrings (I couldn't even figure out what search term to use) so I bought some cheap fake earrings off of Amazon I liked. And I found the perfect shoes from theshoefaery on Poshmark--I don't know if she knew what I was buying them for, but amusingly enough, she included a very long, hand-written scroll telling an original story about a female thief who calls herself The Black Widow. It's like it was meant to be.

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