Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Jessica and I are going to be zombies this year to highlight the plight of the living challenged.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo well i ripped my pin stripe suit and Jess ripped one of her ball gowns, so, we thought what better than to become living dead in them!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Why DO all women and teenager girls want to dress skanky for Halloween? 99.9999999% of all costumes for teenager girls and women are a skanky version of something. It's odd. I often wonder who in the hell are all the people out there buying up all the skanky teenage costumes.
Originally Posted By mele Haha, Dave! I thought we'd "reuse" my Oktoberfest costume, iykwim. It's been 2 years...worn it exactly twice: my daughter's bday party and Halloween at Disneyland. Oh well. ;-) I do think some of the sexy costumes are fun but there are some truly disturbing ones, too, as well as the ages they are made for. I think part of it is that women want to look sexy if they're going to a party with other adults (men)...but I think that's only part of the reason. The pornification of America continues. After making my daughter's cute costume this year (White Rabbit), I am thinking of making the same pattern, altered as a ringmaster. Kinda sexy but with my lady bits fully covered. I'll get to wear a petticoat AND I get a whip! Woo! ;-)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo To be fair, we do not see it as much here yet. When I moved to the UK 25 years ago, it used to be Hallowhat????!!!!! Thankfully since Disneyland Paris started celebrations and other theme parks around Europe have copied, Halloween has picked up. There are some racey costumes out there, but I live in the land where Benny Hill came from and topless women are on page 3 of the working class newspaper everday. And the Uk is more prudish than mainland Europe (though being a San Francisican, that was not surprise either). Adults are only just now starting to dress up. Knowing my luck, we won't get to slutty costumes until I would need viagra to help too.
Originally Posted By mele Isn't that always the way, Dave? LOL <a href="http://jezebel.com/5848821/your-guide-to-absurdist-sexy-halloween-costumes/gallery/1" target="_blank">http://jezebel.com/5848821/you...allery/1</a>
Originally Posted By mele I did buy the sequined Minnie Mouse headband ears last weekend. I think they'll go well with this dress ( <a href="http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/red-polka-dot-anna-dress.html" target="_blank">http://www.pinupgirlclothing.c...ess.html</a> ) if I ever need a quick costume. I might even treat myself to some yellow flats and get some white gloves. It's important to have costumes on hand; you just never know when you'll need one. LOL
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sure makes a change from the stupid raggady Anne and Andy costumes so many parents wore when I was a kid.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Reminds me of a party I held when I first graduated from college. It was a mythology theme party. I dressed as Baccus and poured lots of booze. The girl I had the hots for was Venus!!!! One guy came as a Check in the Mail (I thought that was clever). A science professor and his wife came as Joseph and a pregnant Mary. some may say it was inappropriate, I thought it was very funny.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Kids dressed slutty is not cool for me personally but adults at Halloween I say all bets off. It's supposed to be weird and wacky, tasteless, politically incorrect. Course I grew up going to the Halloween parade on Polk St in SF. So I guess maybe my sense of humor is not a level to use for good judgement.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo LOL, agreed. Sluty kids are not cool, nor the mass murder type. But for adults, anything goes imho.
Originally Posted By mele Yeah, I don't really care what adults do, either. I spent the afternoon looking at costume sewing patterns with my daughter. A lot of them look like patterns for plays/pageants. Unless the Little House look is really popular these days? Wacky kids. (I did buy the bonnet pattern. Am going to make one for my friend who confessed to playing Little House on the Prairie when she was a kid. LOL) I think the next time patterns are on sale for a dollar or two each, I'm going to get a ton of them (now that I know I can actually sew something if I try hard enough). ;-)
Originally Posted By mele Apparently "Harem Girl" is a popular kid's costume. Fabulous. Aim high, ladies!
Originally Posted By HongKongFoooy i was an indian last year with a tomahawk, but i didn't paint my face red when i was supposed to and the year before that i was agent smith but so many others thought i was trying to be one of the men in black so it did not work out that great. yours truly lowden
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Groups that dabble in identity politics would do well to leave Halloween alone, lest even more people become tired of their antics.
