The Three Magi, by the Orphan Reds

Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent: Costume Day!

Here are the Orphan Reds to start, with "boomerang bags" (reusable cloth bags, substitutes for plastic bags). My sister made for them. She makes these, full size, with a group that gives them away.

I didn't get photos of the work in process.
L to R: SweePo, costume by bink; Penny Cooper by sister; and Red Hair Girl by me.
 Mz was standing back, left, in a  Kirk T-shirt. He is "Yonder Star." Pedestrian sign from Art Spaker, creche camel from work.

And here is Red Hair Girl in mid-century Mahattan, waiting for Bill Cunningham to take her photo for his "On the Street" column. 
[NYT article "Bill Cunningham on Bill Cunningham"]

Her hat is a sewing notion--a mini–retractable measuring tape. The body of her green costume was a lady's glove I got at work--I sewed the trims on.

I rewatched the documentary Bill Cunningham NEW YORK today.
What a great testament to loving what you do, and keeping your independence so you can do what you love.

"Money's the cheapest thing," Cunningham said. "Liberty and freedom is the most expensive."

 He rode his bike up and down Manhattan--the photo on the right is from the movie, when he was eighty.