Have you ever dressed up as a historical figure?

Drew Fortune , I am really into textiles which play an important role in quite a bit of world history; I've studied and performed world dance for decades; and I teach at a fine arts high school that does Halloween costumes for a week.  So if there's a historical costume possibility, I'm doing it. I've dressed as famous people like Empress Dowager Cixi, La Malinche, Robert Oppenheimer, Frida Kahlo, Queen Victoria, Afonso de Albuquerque, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as representative outfits like a peasant marching on Versailles, a South Korean Farmer, a suffragette, an air warden,  and dancers from several different areas.  I enjoy it and so do the students.  I thought I might get called out for cultural "appropriation," but to the contrary, students bring in their own cultural motifs and traditions to share, and it promotes inquiry.

This is awesome! Looking at Robert Oppenheimer pictures and I guess one could say I dress up as him everyday with my suit and jacket, I just don't have the ever present cigarette in my hand like he did.

This is awesome! Looking at Robert Oppenheimer pictures and I guess one could say I dress up as him everyday with my suit and jacket, I just don't have the ever present cigarette in my hand like he did.