non-sexy DIY women's halloween costumes
We’re not selling any of this stuff. We’re a non-profit educational resource guide: we come up with the costume design, explain what you’ll need to pull off the look, and provide links to the various components we used. Our overall approach is about creating great costumes by hacking together stuff that is either already in your closet, on sale at Amazon or some other retailer, or in stock at a costume store.
Though we think sewing is a wonderful skill, none of our costume designs require it. Our aesthetic is more lo-fi-think safety pins, glue, scotch tape. In fact, most of our costumes require absolutely no crafting at all; just a judicious selection of items.
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We take seriously our responsibility to provide accurate information and a positive, empowering experience. When a girl or woman goes online to find out how to dress up as the great queen Nzinga, for example, she finds our site. If she wants to dress up as the mathematician Ada Lovelace, or the flying ace Bessie Coleman, or the feminist Sor Juana, or the pirate Ching Shih, she finds our site.
Because the commercial costume industry doesn’t begin to accurately reflect women’s history, many of our DIY designs have been specifically requested or commissioned-such as our design for the Trung Sisters. We continue to add new costume designs as time allows. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everybody can find their heroines and heritage represented.
dressparade.org (used to be called take back halloween)
Though we think sewing is a wonderful skill, none of our costume designs require it. Our aesthetic is more lo-fi-think safety pins, glue, scotch tape. In fact, most of our costumes require absolutely no crafting at all; just a judicious selection of items.
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We take seriously our responsibility to provide accurate information and a positive, empowering experience. When a girl or woman goes online to find out how to dress up as the great queen Nzinga, for example, she finds our site. If she wants to dress up as the mathematician Ada Lovelace, or the flying ace Bessie Coleman, or the feminist Sor Juana, or the pirate Ching Shih, she finds our site.
Because the commercial costume industry doesn’t begin to accurately reflect women’s history, many of our DIY designs have been specifically requested or commissioned-such as our design for the Trung Sisters. We continue to add new costume designs as time allows. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everybody can find their heroines and heritage represented.
dressparade.org (used to be called take back halloween)