Halloween Costume Likes/Dislikes
I'm back after a long reprieve and since it is the season, I'm going to post a likes/dislikes geared towards halloween costumes:
Likes:
Greek/Roman Gods & Goddesses. This is probably one of the more felt up go to ideas for costumes, but I give it my stamp of approval. So many of those cheap, premade costumes (I'm a homemade costume snob because of my mother's superlative sewing abilities)really know how to do something relatively classy with the genre.
Old cartoon/video game characters. This is bittersweet for me because while I like seeing the costume, you know they're just doing it for the attention. That being said, I was at a party last year and saw a couple dressed as Akuma and Chun Li from Street Fighter and it was fantastic.
Period pieces. With the exception of some periods (see below) historical costumes are fun to see. Now, the person may not know anything about the Tudor period or whatever time their costume is from, but the fact that they chose it means they have some semblance of taste.
Characters from books. The more obscure the better! Even if I don't get it, I'll appreciate you for the thought that went behind it.
All around creative costumes. Nowadays, it's either a girl as something slutty and a guy as... it doesn't even matter because guys just usually put on a cape and say they're a vampire or a fedora and say they're a gangster. Over my few years I've seen a cereal killer, someone draping boxed of cereal over them with fake knives stabbed in to them and a kissing booth, someone walking around with a portable, light up kissing booth. Halloween is a time to be creative and fun, so show the world what you're working with! Not to mention, "creative" costumes are usually less expensive
Dislikes:
Zombie. I hate Zombies, so much so that I think I dedicated one of my "dislikes" to it. I don't get the appeal. You're dead, you're diseased, you walk funny and you have an appetite for human brains.... Well it sounds like any high school student, but still I don't get it. The worst part about this costume is some tattered dirty clothes, some make up and people actually go for it! You're somehow creative or original for it. It's a zombie people, the most felt up idea in the book. Having said that, if you want to be a Zombie viking or a zombie gladiator that's cool, there's a story there that isn't "Dude, did you see Zombieland? That movie was awesome."
Hippie: Okay, we were all hippies one year for halloween. And then fourth grade happened. To me, hippie says "what is in my closet that could possibly make a Halloween costume? And hey, if you're dressing up on a budget by all means use this opportunity to be creative, but a hippie? Let's think about our costume for more than five seconds.
Roaring 20s. I know I know I said I liked period costumes, but I hate the roaring twenties: flappers gangsters, give me a break. I haven't even seen that many of them but I just don't like the twenties.
Those perverted costumes. Maybe I'm just a conservative fifty year-old woman stuck in the body of a 22 year-old young man, but I don't get the appeal. Perverted costumes are funny for about 2 seconds maximum, then as the night progresses people have time to think about that you actually found that costume humorous enough to spend $40 on. Instead of being the party "funny guy" you're going to be the party perv.
Native Americans and Bibilical Figures. Don't ask me why I'm grouping these together, I just don't think either are appropriate for Halloween. I mean Native Americans? Why? You're going as a race of people. And who thought it would be a good idea to have Biblical Figures at the Halloween party?
Christmas Things: I saw a costume for a sexy Santa's helper.... In the Halloween aisle. At this point in the year, everyone is quickly starting to forget about Halloween in order to focus on the guest list and menu for Thanksgiving which will give way to the onslaught that is the Holiday Season, you don't have to remind us about the joys of Christmas, we'll all be able to enough it a month from now. Just because retail places have decided to deck their halls doesn't mean you have to quite yet.
Things I was surprised didn't make the "dislike" list:
Vampires. With the Twilight phenomenon, everyone has been in vampire mania. And by everyone I mean women giving me the idea for a book called "Vampires are for Women, Zombies are for Men". As such, it's no surprise to see Vampire costumes in spades, yet I don't hate them. Vampires are classic monsters and so much can be done to them, you can be a classic vampire, a goth vampire, a vicious vampire. Oh, the possibilities are endless.
Slutty costumes. Today, 60% of a Halloween Store's stock is comprised of slutty costumes. Anything you can think of, there is a slutty version to match it: slutty Harry Potter, slutty gypsy, slutty Wednesday Addams, you name it, they got it. While I'm general opposed to using Halloween to be a complete and total slut, the costumes seem better constructed than most store bought and they seem to have some sort of design aesthetic behind them. Bravo slutty costumes, I neither like nor dislike you.
Likes:
Greek/Roman Gods & Goddesses. This is probably one of the more felt up go to ideas for costumes, but I give it my stamp of approval. So many of those cheap, premade costumes (I'm a homemade costume snob because of my mother's superlative sewing abilities)really know how to do something relatively classy with the genre.
Old cartoon/video game characters. This is bittersweet for me because while I like seeing the costume, you know they're just doing it for the attention. That being said, I was at a party last year and saw a couple dressed as Akuma and Chun Li from Street Fighter and it was fantastic.
Period pieces. With the exception of some periods (see below) historical costumes are fun to see. Now, the person may not know anything about the Tudor period or whatever time their costume is from, but the fact that they chose it means they have some semblance of taste.
Characters from books. The more obscure the better! Even if I don't get it, I'll appreciate you for the thought that went behind it.
All around creative costumes. Nowadays, it's either a girl as something slutty and a guy as... it doesn't even matter because guys just usually put on a cape and say they're a vampire or a fedora and say they're a gangster. Over my few years I've seen a cereal killer, someone draping boxed of cereal over them with fake knives stabbed in to them and a kissing booth, someone walking around with a portable, light up kissing booth. Halloween is a time to be creative and fun, so show the world what you're working with! Not to mention, "creative" costumes are usually less expensive
Dislikes:
Zombie. I hate Zombies, so much so that I think I dedicated one of my "dislikes" to it. I don't get the appeal. You're dead, you're diseased, you walk funny and you have an appetite for human brains.... Well it sounds like any high school student, but still I don't get it. The worst part about this costume is some tattered dirty clothes, some make up and people actually go for it! You're somehow creative or original for it. It's a zombie people, the most felt up idea in the book. Having said that, if you want to be a Zombie viking or a zombie gladiator that's cool, there's a story there that isn't "Dude, did you see Zombieland? That movie was awesome."
Hippie: Okay, we were all hippies one year for halloween. And then fourth grade happened. To me, hippie says "what is in my closet that could possibly make a Halloween costume? And hey, if you're dressing up on a budget by all means use this opportunity to be creative, but a hippie? Let's think about our costume for more than five seconds.
Roaring 20s. I know I know I said I liked period costumes, but I hate the roaring twenties: flappers gangsters, give me a break. I haven't even seen that many of them but I just don't like the twenties.
Those perverted costumes. Maybe I'm just a conservative fifty year-old woman stuck in the body of a 22 year-old young man, but I don't get the appeal. Perverted costumes are funny for about 2 seconds maximum, then as the night progresses people have time to think about that you actually found that costume humorous enough to spend $40 on. Instead of being the party "funny guy" you're going to be the party perv.
Native Americans and Bibilical Figures. Don't ask me why I'm grouping these together, I just don't think either are appropriate for Halloween. I mean Native Americans? Why? You're going as a race of people. And who thought it would be a good idea to have Biblical Figures at the Halloween party?
Christmas Things: I saw a costume for a sexy Santa's helper.... In the Halloween aisle. At this point in the year, everyone is quickly starting to forget about Halloween in order to focus on the guest list and menu for Thanksgiving which will give way to the onslaught that is the Holiday Season, you don't have to remind us about the joys of Christmas, we'll all be able to enough it a month from now. Just because retail places have decided to deck their halls doesn't mean you have to quite yet.
Things I was surprised didn't make the "dislike" list:
Vampires. With the Twilight phenomenon, everyone has been in vampire mania. And by everyone I mean women giving me the idea for a book called "Vampires are for Women, Zombies are for Men". As such, it's no surprise to see Vampire costumes in spades, yet I don't hate them. Vampires are classic monsters and so much can be done to them, you can be a classic vampire, a goth vampire, a vicious vampire. Oh, the possibilities are endless.
Slutty costumes. Today, 60% of a Halloween Store's stock is comprised of slutty costumes. Anything you can think of, there is a slutty version to match it: slutty Harry Potter, slutty gypsy, slutty Wednesday Addams, you name it, they got it. While I'm general opposed to using Halloween to be a complete and total slut, the costumes seem better constructed than most store bought and they seem to have some sort of design aesthetic behind them. Bravo slutty costumes, I neither like nor dislike you.