After all, we’re still 3 months from the “holiday”, but a good costume can take quite a while to assemble.
Several years ago I chanced to meet a friend at a local watering hole during the early evening hours on a Friday Halloween. Several people were helping her into her costume. Now the costume consisted of her wearing a skin-tight flesh-toned body suit, dozens (hundreds?) of small balloons were placed next to her body, and she and the balloons were wrapped in Saran Wrap.
She went as a “bag of M&Ms”.
What’s the best or most original costume idea you’ve seen?
Last year, a friend of mine (Dirty Devil, for those of you who remember him) wore a Mr Potatohead costume with a huge penis velcroed tothe front. I didn’t think he would do it, but he did. Our little group was the most popular in the bar that night.
I was lazy and grabbed some scrubs and other stuff from the hospital I work at and went as a doctor. There were about 10 other doctors there that night. Grrrrr…
In other news, psycat and I drove by a costume shop yesterday that had a sparkly, purple suit, with hat, in the window. I need that thing for when we go to Poly Esther’s!
My real life circle of friends were talking about this the other day.
One friend of mine wants to go as Mystique from the X-men and we were all brainstorming on how to create that costume without a Hollywood budget. (blue latex body paint - check, red wig - check, now how to we get that feathery look?)
Until some other idea pops up, I’m going as a generic human female this year. (white outfit, “Generic Human (Female)” in black on front, list of ingrediants on the back.)
I haven’t had the pleasure of responding to one of your posts for a while.
Last year Grant and then GF went to the party as Neo & Trinity. They really looked the part(s). I’ll ask them and see if they have any really good clues. (Actually, Grant may. It was GF that didn’t have a clue!)
Have you ever been to the Armageddon(sp?) art show at Railroad Square?
I try to go every Halloween. There are a lot of creative people that show off their costumes there. Or in some cases, lack of a costume. I saw one fellow last year who came as the biblical Adam complete with one solitary fig leaf. That took some, er, balls to pull off.
**[list][li]Is it impossible to sit/travel by car in?[/li][li]Is it to hot/heavy to wear long?[/li][li]Is it safe in traffic (no masks or long skirts to trip on)?[/li]
I was once a bicycle-built-for-two by myself. The bike was upright, with real tricycle handlebars at the shoulder and waist.
It broke all three rules above and I kept taking it on and off all night, looking out of place in my street clothes I had underneath. I guess I should have at least worn my Superman underwear.
I’m sorry i looked but my damned curious nature compelled me. That’s gross, and it’s really vivid because i was just on my period…
ewww… have you ever noticed that cola poured onto a pad looks like an old used one?
I’m thinking of going as either a dark angel, or a somewhat naughty angel… the former has black wings and the latter white wings. I have a cloak and boots and a really cool black satin corset. The only color will be my red hair. of course, this plan is subject to change…
Well, I was thinking of going as the “Visible Man” from the science project, but then I realized that that would involve being sliced up into 1mm thick strips. So I guess I’ll go as the Invisible Man instead. Don’t ask me how I’ll pull that off.
*Myrr21: Well, I was thinking of going as the “Visible Man” from the science project, but then I realized that that would involve being sliced up into 1mm thick strips. So I guess I’ll go as the Invisible Man instead. Don’t ask me how I’ll pull that off. *
Don’t show up at the party, but tell everyone that you were there as the invisibilt man.
I once tore rents in an old shirt and pants, put them on then wrapped my head and arm in bandage, and put my arm in a sling, then doused myself, the bandages and clothes liberally with mercurochrome. I went as an accident victim.
As I say, a bad trip, everyone thought that I REALLY had been in an accident and kept trying to console me the whole night, I had to keep explaining over and over that it was a costume.
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Nope. I always assumed that the place to be was the Moon. Lots of people. Lots of drunk people. Cute girls in next-to-nothing/see-through costumes.
I’ve always wondered if I had the nerve to go to an adult Halloween party completely naked except for roller skates. Of course, most of my friends would never put 2 and 2 together and come up with a single digit number so they also wouldn’t get the fact that I was a “pull toy”.
