Costumes! Costumes! Costumes!

 Sexy Costumes-Coquettish, Cute, Comfortable!

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Sexy Devils, sexy angels, sexy witches, sexy cats, sexy nurses!   Sexy! Sexy! Sexy!

And most have one thing in common, cleavage and/or legs. 

One’s figure might be factored into this sexy equation.  Sometimes the wrong form in the wrong costume might be a formula for dis-ass-ter.  And even if one’s figure is not that of an hour glass, then a little camouflaging might be in order.

An old friend used to say “Don’t give ‘em the whole show”.  Agreed!  A little cleavage and a nicely turned ankle oft times is much more alluring than near nudity.

With a nip and a tuck here and there, almost any kind of costume can be converted into a ‘sexy this or sexy that’.

Fishnet hose or fishnet tights are usually an integral part of a sexy costume.  One word of caution.  Always wear mesh tights or hose with a seam in the back, and to make sure that seam is straight.  I’m sure you have a ‘significant other’ that will volunteer to make sure that seam is straight, while casting an admiring glance. 

Halloween Famous Couples Costumes 

 While you are contemplating your selection for a Halloween costume, why not visit the possibility of a famous couple, unless of course you are going to your Halloween party as a solo.

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What exactly is a famous couple?  Oh! You mean like Henry XIII and whatever wife he was married to in any given  year?  Or Marc Antony and Cleopatra? Or Sonny and Cher?  Yes, but famous couples costumes could also be like Laurel and Hardy,  or a Keystone Cop and Convict from the silent movies. Pairs, but not necessarily couples.  

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Hansel and Gretel or Jack and Jill from storybook fame. Or Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from movie fame.  Or Bonnie and Clyde or George and Martha Washington from history.  We abound in famous couples. 

Historical Costumes 

 Wow!  History takes in a looooooog, loooooong period of time.  Eons of time.  From the Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal days up to today.  History probably goes back to Adam and Eve (a nice couples costumes, BTW), but I don’t know if they were pre or post Cro-Magnon.

Hmmmm…..let me see.  What periods of history can I recall?  Roman, Greek, Biblical, Medieval, Renaissance, the French Revolution period , Early America, the Civil War, the Turn of the Century (NO!, not this past one, the one before it),  the Roaring Twenties, the Thirties, the Forties, the Fabulous Fifties and the list can go on and on..  Also consider your own history, which might take in the Sixties and the following decades. Throw in the Tool Age, Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Computer Age. 

In an earlier post, we mentioned that assigning names to costumes and playing that role was a major part of having a great time dressing up.  The ‘putting a name of a character on the costume’ theme will resonate in many of the subjects to follow. 

 From the Roman period, maybe a Marc Antony and Cleopatra; from the French Revolution perhaps Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.  How about an Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln from the Civil War era, or Bonnie and Clyde from the 1930’s?  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton made a nice 60’s couple, and you even tie them back to a movie (‘Cleopatra’) they co-starred in. 

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Interchangeability is also a keyword in these posts.  People from one category might also be associated with another category.

 So dig out those old History books, and while you’re at it, can you also find the book from Freshman Geography 101?

Personality Plays a Part!

Under the guise of a mask, makeup or a costume, you can be your own alter ego. 

Are you the quiet, shy, retiring type? Are you happy to be in the background; but yet yearning to be the life of the Halloween party?   Perhaps a hot, peppery Spanish dancer with a hint of cleavage, and a rose between your teeth.   Or Lorelei, the siren of the seas, luring sailors with her hypnotic voice? Perhaps a Saloon Girl from the bawdy West or Mae West, a bawdy lady from the movies?  And not to forget Scarlett O’Hara.

Are you an outgoing, Type A personality who always draws attention, no matter the venue?  Wearing a costume that is opposite your personality is an option.   Going as Sister Mary, or as a virginal ‘Marian the Librarian’ (from ‘The Music Man’).  Comedy, ala a pairing with your significant other, as in a pair of jailbirds; or Rag Dolls like ‘Raggedy Ann and Andy’.  Or opposites as in Satan and a beautiful angel?  Laurel and Hardy make a great cinematic and party team.

Who are you or who do you want to be?