Woman Wears Different Costume Every Day for a Year


Everyone has a hobby, whether it's reading, writing, dancing, playing music or sports. Mary Helen Saba's hobby is costumes.

Saba, dubbed by friends as "the costume queen," decided to dress as a different theme each day for a year. The 26-year-old is documenting the challenge on her blog, Theme Me.


Currently seven months into the project, Saba's blog receives more than 2,000 monthly visitors on average. Readers can submit suggestions, which Saba takes into consideration when she's feeling strapped for ideas.

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"The hardest days are the ones where I haven't planned something from the weekend before because there was no obvious holiday or celebrity birthday, and suddenly it's 11pm the night before and I don't have what I need to pull off any user-suggested themes," Saba tells Mashable.

When Saba gets stressed over lack of inspiration and reader submissions, she usually scrounges the Internet. Sometimes, it's led to more conceptual costumes, like day 141, when her muse was Nickelback front man Chad Kroeger. Instead of just being the singer, she used a pickle, a green blanket and a blonde wig — partially resembling a Pickleback, the drink named after the band.

"It's not the best executed costume I've done, but the concept is funny enough (I hope) to make it acceptable," explains Saba.

With five months to go, Saba's dream is to capture the attention of a celebrity known for dressing in kooky costumes as well — Ellen DeGeneres.

"I'm still keeping my all my fingers and toes crossed for that one," says Saba.

Images courtesy of Mary Helen Saba

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