Costumes! Costumes! Costumes!

It was a dark and stormy night…. 

The rain is pouring, and gusts of wind.  The sky is black with hundreds, perhaps thousands of lightning strikes….

A clap of thunder…then another, and another…

The old church clock ticks off the last few seconds before midnight…..nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two…

Scared yet?  Well you better be if you haven’t gotten your Halloween costume for that Hallowed Eve only three days hence.

What?  You don’t even have a Halloween costume idea?

Perhaps a review of this site will give you a few last minute ideas.  So wait not; hie to your nearest costume shop or…….. prepare for everlasting doom….!!!!!

Slideshow of clever, fun, nerdy and sexy costumes of past years from a lot of friends.

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Here is a cheap and easy way to make a Catwoman costume for halloween
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Here is a cheap and easy way to make a Sexy Bunny Costume for Halloween.

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There has been a trend toward sexy costumes for teens and even pre-teens. Here is a question from one of those young people:

“I have to preform at a halloween band concert with the costume so i wanna look good, not weird. nothing stupid pleassee (ex NO bananas or john mccain costumes etcetc) ive got red hair so i got raggedy ann costume ideas, but i want more just incase, links help. thanks i really apreciate it”

The answer received was “Clara Bow (Famous Seductress of the 1920’s) Lucille Ball (Of I Love Lucy) Jessica Rabbit (Of Who Framed Roger Rabbit) Queen Elizabeth I Lily Potter Jean Grey (of X-Men) Erin Esurance (From E-surance commercials) Princess Fiona (of Shrek) Daphne (of Scooby Doo) Ginger (of Gilligan’s Island) Wilma Flintstone Jane Jetson Mary Jane Parker (of Spiderman) Wendy of the Wendy’s Restaurants Lizzie Borden (Famous axe murderer) Rose McGowan (of Charmed fame) Kim Possible Blossom (of Power Puff Girls) Strawberry Shortcake or Ariel from little mermaid (: hope this helped”

Not bad ideas!

FOX 11’s Alison Struve shopped for affordable Halloween costumes at Goodwill on Good Day Wisconsin

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Plus Sizes.  Accentuate the Positive! 

“Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative and don’t mess with Mister In-between”.  Lyrics from a 1940’s song, but the best advice for a Halloween costume choice for a plus size. 

 As in selecting any clothing, horizontal stripes are out, and vertical stripes are in (that does eliminate the jailbird costumes, though). Also, black or dark shades are preferable to lighter colors.

 If one is full figured with a balance, then it’s simply a matter of selecting the right size.  If not, then ‘accentuate the positive’.  Ala, the sexy costume advice, ‘a little cleavage and a nicely turned ankle oft times is much more alluring’.

 If it’s comfort over style, then a loose fitting garment that hides and slims is the better choice.

 If it’s style over comfort, then drawing attention to your umm…..attributes is preferable.

More to follow on this topic…..

Group costumes

We have a group of seven people who want to go as a ‘theme’.  What do we do?

Hmmmm…let me think. 

Jailbirds.  Perhaps going as a group of former CEO’s of large corporations. 

A convent?  All you need is a Mother Superior and a gaggle of Nuns.  It doesn’t need much color coordination.  Black and white would be fine.  Somewhat similar to the jailbirds.

Not necessarily seven, but there are the  ‘Marx Brothers’ (‘Groucho’, ‘Chico’ and ‘Harpo’ for starters; not to mention the two less famous brothers, ‘Zeppo’ and ‘Gummo’).

Maybe Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from fairy tale land, or the ‘Our Gang’ gang.  I favor Alfalfa, myself! 

The ‘Beatles’ used a number of styles of costumes over the years. 

A policeman, a cowboy, a construction worker….why not go as the “Village People”? 

Now, what ideas can you come up with?

Television Shows and Television Personality Costumes

 From ‘Mr. Television’, Milton Berle (oh, you never heard of him?) and his outlandish, clownish costumes and makeup to M*A*S*H and its assorted military characters from the Korean War, come another huge category of possible Halloween costume ideas.

 There were a rash of Western TV shows (‘Bonanza’, ‘Rawhide’, ‘Gunsmoke’ with Matt and Kitty) and their assortment of western garb, replete with a six shooter or two) in the 50’s, 60’s.  

 For you futuristic fans, remember ‘Battlestar Galactica’ or ‘Star Trek’?  Costumes from these kind of productions might be on the pricey side.

 The ‘Addams Family’ and ’The Munsters’ can provide you with several characters each that might feed your ghoulish personality.

 A medical smock might be all you need to play a part from ER or Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey or ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

 Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle, Princess Summerfallwinterspring are a few characters from ‘Howdy Doody’.

But Howdy, himself might be a bit of a challenge. Unless of course, someone has a wooden head and looks like him.  (He was a marionette)