The Owners' Manual | Issue 11 | Fall 2017

I was 5. At the time I loved unicorns. I also loved everything Lisa Frank. It took a lot of convincing for my mom to buy me that costume because she thought it looked ridiculous with the top-heavy head but little me had to have the bulkiest costume.

Sarah LeClerc Hartford

Joseph Sojka Meriden

This is a favorite costume of mine. Got it all together in a few hours (bad idea since the paint was still pretty wet when I put it on), but it took first place at the party I went to even though I didn’t wear it more than five minutes to avoid covering my friend’s house in paint.

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