Bacon Costume?! From 1894?!

[Kohiisan]

Friend posted this on Facebook and I knew this was the crowd to share it with.

The text with the photo reads:
"The Author in Fancy Dress as a Side of Bacon designed by himself, which took First Prize of Forty Guineas at the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, April 1894."

Kohiisan

 

[Sundowner]

Bacon looked weird back then

 

[CombatMatt]

So cool!

 

[Shylaah]

Been posted here before....
http://www.therpf.com/f12/costuming-becoming-too-popular-126543/#post1881269

.....but still funny. Would be interesting to know what his competition was like, what were the costumes that didn't win!

Shylaah

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

From the Ye Olde RPF topic on that costume:
"My girlfriend came along as the other side."
"We need to see pics of her ankles to see if it's accurate..." :love