Any Dopers getting all gussied up for Halloween? There isn’t a decent costume shop in my area and I do not want to shell out cash for a trite, cliche outfit straight out of Wal-Mart. I was considering dressing as either Hunter S. Thompson, Alex (from a Clockwork Orange), or Sigmund Freud.
Which would be the easiest of the three to slap together?
I don’t think anyone will recognize you as Thompson or Freud. I suspect a lot of people won’t get Alex either, but at least you’ve got a bowler, an eyelash and a knife to work with.
I haven’t decided on a costume yet, but I have an entirely bald head and a good friend who is a talented face painter, so I’ve got a wealth of possibilities. Two years I won the costume contest for my egghead “costume,” consisting of a fried egg painted on my head and a matching yellow shirt. If I don’t come up with anything I can always ask her to paint “This Space for Rent” on my head.
If you’re cursed with hair and want a simple, recognizable charcter, get a short sleeved shirt, glasses, a pocket protector and a necktie with a coathanger inside so the tie points at the ceiling.
I’m a sculptor, I can help. I have a whole slew of evil and esoteric masquereade style masks available at the moment. PM me if you are interested.
I’m a class act, so I’m going to be a slutty Cleopatra- I even got pasties with little snakes hanging off the middle. Class all the way, that’s me.
Oh, and I realize this is ironic coming from someone who is dressing like a basic hoe from Halloween, but Alex from A Clockwork…eh, it’s been done. If you want to be unique, I’m not sure that’s the route you want to go. Freud could be pretty funny, though.
Hunter S. THompson should be pretty easy to pull off. Aviator shades, a cigarette with a holder/filter, some sort of hat, and a bottle of Wild Turkey.
I am going to go with Hunter after reading this. I just realized the see-through gambling visor would be quite flattering if pictures are taken.
This is BAT COUNTRY!
What’s the most original costume you folks have seen as of late?
We have a debate tournament 10/30, with associated costume party I think my costume will be my RenFaire monks robes (custom made by Madame Bohemia herself!) with a Day-Glo crucifix hanging on the end of a chain of multi-colored Mardi Gras beads. I’m going to go as the Official Caesar’s Palace Chaplain.
Not sure if this costume would be recognizable in all parts of the country but I was going to dress up in the same outfit a geeksquad guy would wear (black pants, black shoes, white short sleeve button down shirt, black tie), but also add a bike helmet and backback.
Mormon youth.
I’m helping to make a hippo costume for my little nephew. He’s three. His second Halloween (when he was a year old), I told his mom to take the opportunity to dress him in adorable costumes because soon, he’d want to be a transformer or the Hulk. He’s proving me wrong and he’s proving to be my boy (loves animals and music).
Last year, I was a bunny rabbit and he was a tiger. This year, I have no idea. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get off work, so I don’t want to put too much thought or money into a costume yet. I do want to go trick-or-treating with the little guy, though, so I’m dressing up mostly for him. Which means, pretty much, I want to be an animal.
So far, my only idea is to be a puppy dog. The ears and face aren’t too difficult to make/paint and I don’t want to be a cat. I might make a trip to Hobby Lobby and maybe Goodwill and see what I can see.
I always say we should dress up for that tournament up here and no one is into it. Boo hiss, you and your fun league! (Not that my costume would be appropriate or anything, but the point remains the same).
I like dressing up as real-life evil women from history, so this year I’m going as Lizzie Borden. Finding an 1890’s dress is hard. I’m having to settle for a Wicked Witch of the West costume (a rare non-slutty one) and adding a wig, brooch and bloody axe.
I was going to dress as Belle Gunness (similar costume) but few people would know who she is.
I’ll probably go as terrorist Ulrike Meinhof. I have the sunglasses and the Che shirt and I already look like her, so the disguise should be easy. I’ll be handing out red candy to the kids, who probably won’t know who I am, but then a lot of them were confused when I dressed as Bill Clinton and even more confused when I dressed as Nancy Spungen.
I’m going to be Molly Weasley, and my husband is Arthur. I’ve got to sew my dress yet, but I actually have a little more time, as we’re not really doing a Halloween party, but a Potter premiere party.
Irishbaby is going to be Wicked Witch of the West. She takes her toy monkey everywhere, so I’m going to stick some wings on it, paint her face green and dres her in a generic witch costume with stripey tights.
I might be Dorothy and her Daddy might be Toto…or vice versa…work in progess here.
I think a great woman’s costume would be Progressive Flo. Just need a white pantsuit, big hair, too much makeup, and a nice big nametag.
I’m going as Joan “Hellaway” from MadMen. I already have several of that style dress (and no, I don’t have her figure nor am I going to stuff socks in my bra). I’m getting a red wig that I’ll put fake spiders and maggots in and instead of her traditional gold pen pendant I have a finger bone pen. I realize only fans of the show will recognize it (in this department of numpties there won’t be many) so I’m going to wear a name tag like she’s at a Halloween party. Also, I’m making fake letterhead from "Serling, Creeper, Reaper , Price " on which I’ll write Halloween greetings and place near the plate of goodies I’m bringing to work.
I haven’t entirely decided…
My first thought was Artie: The strongest man…in the world!
But I cannot find the right shirt for the life of me! It needs to be a longsleeve, not button up or collared, and red and blue horizontally stripped. I’d rather not have to do it “half-assed” and add stripes with blue tape onto a red shirt. (Many examples here.
My other idea (which oddly enough is another fictional character played by the same actor as Artie) is The Wiz from Seinfeld. He’s in one episode as a guy Elaine dates who used to do furniture commercials as The Wiz (“I’m the Wiz and nobody beats me!”) (Oddly enough, he wore a king’s crown and cape, not a wizard’s outfit…weird…) But I have a feeling most people wouldn’t recognize it.
And lastly, I was thinking of going as Will Ferrel’s character from the More Cowbell sketch from SNL. I’ve been told I kinda look like him, so all I’d really have to do is grow a beard and get a cowbell.
I taking the easy route this year. I’m going as Clark Kent starting off the Superman transformation. I just bought a fedora, glasses and a Superman T-shirt, total cost about $40. I’ll wear my pin stripe suit and dye my hair black with the dress shit mostly unbuttoned and the tie lose.
I’m going to be wearing a dress shirt and pants and a tie, together with a red cape with the emblem (x, y, z) emblazoned on it, a chest piece with the same emblem, blue-dyed briefs outside my pants, and a nametag listing me as “Headmaster, Linear Function Academy”. All of which together makes me…
The Principal of Superposition
I’m doing a similar Peter Parker. I got a Spiderman t-shirt like this which I’ll just wear a button down shirt over. Also got some glasses, a prop camera w/strap, and some spiderman gloves to hang out of my back pocket.
