Costumes! Costumes! Costumes!

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…..

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)