Meet The Cast: The Mayor Of Whoville

Mayor's Wardrobe/Props: Lisa Graystone

MUA: Hanna Fisher

Hair: Brooklyn Truderung

Photo: Kori Savoie

The Mayor of  Whoville, also known as Agustus May Who, had a few wardrobe changes in the film. I chose to combine his two major looks into the look for my Mayor. My step son took up the roll and did great as the Mayor.

Vintage Vest: Castaways Thrift Store

Christmas Tie

Vintage Red Brooch Pin  - Evolution Vintage ($28)

White Dress Shirt (My own)

Vintage 1960's Red Velvet Coat + White Scarf from my collection

Sash was made from red velvet stretch fabric, draped and pinned to the shirt and vest.

I used an array of Vintage brooches, all available for sale via Evolution Vintage

I pinned the brooches through the sash into the vest so all would stay in place during the shoot.

I used different ribbons, Christmas and grosgrain with a variety of colors and textures that were cohesive to my color pallet.

The Mayor's head-to-toe look!

His final accessory was Men's grey dress gloves, available HERE.

I created the Book of Who prop for our Mayor also using a custom made front and back cover with spine over a Vintage book of a similar size/thickness to the movie prop.

MAKEUP/HAIR:

Once again Hanna Fisher used a latex FX appliance for the mayors nose, painting it to match his skin tone and to give the effect of cold weather (shop it HERE). We used dentures for the front teeth (Shop) as well as full Who-Style lashes. His hair was colored grey after curling it with Loreal Colorista Spray. 

The Mayor with Cindy Lou and Betty Lou Who

He and the Grinch have a complicated relationship!

 The Mayor with his side-kick Whobris

HAPPY WHO-YEAR!!

Merry Grinchmas and a Happy Who Year!

Merry Grinchmas from our Who's down in Whoville, the tall and the small, sending you warm holiday greetings one and all.

Every year my family shoots a themed holiday card to print and send to family and friends in Canda and across the United States. This is the first year that we have went with a Christmas theme. There is nothing more iconically Christmas than the tale of 'The Grinch That Stole Christmas'. The story was written in 1957 by Dr. Seuss and spawned a cartoon almost a decade later in 1966 with the main character voiced by Boris Karloff. The fantasy Seuss world was expanded into a live action film by Ron Howard, Starring Jim Carey as the Grinch which was released in 2000. I saw it for the first time in 2001 when my cousin brought the DVD over Christmas Day to share with our family. Seventeen years later I have brought this story to life in Christmas Card form starring my family of Whovinille delinquents.

I want to go through the characters one by one in a blog series to follow, sharing the details of their costumes, props, hair and makeup. I always enjoy dreaming about my characters, acquiring and making costumes/accessories, props and building the backdrops and sets depending on the shoot. I hope it will inspire you to bring your own holiday visions or any fantasy you can conceptualize to life! 

 Special gratitude to my team!

Kori Savoie - Photographer 

Hanna Fisher - Makeup Artist

Brooklyn Truderung - Hair + Makeup Assist.

Michela Cagliero - Graphic Designer

Taylor Ramirez - BCBA / Blake's Assistant

Merry Grinchmas

and a

Happy Who Year!