Tonight I decided that I would go for Kevin from Sin City, but I may change my mind. Last year I just wore this Goodwill suit without really knowing what I could claim to be. The year before, it was redneck Dracula.
Ooooh, you just gave me the idea to be Miho from Sin City! That would be so awesome if I could find the right props…
Nice job! I saw a drag queen in West Hollywood do a similar version, only he attached a whole bunch of stuffed birds to his face and clothes so it looked like he was in the middle of being attacked.
Sticking to that theme, here in Las Vegas a few years back, I came in 2nd place at the office party by having a large, stuffed tiger attached to my neck (I went as Roy from Siegfried and Roy) but feel free to stick with the theme this year and buy a bunch of stuffed toy dogs and attach them to your body and go as Michael Vick.
Now let me tell you about the Halloween costume that almost got me killed - really!
I had just moved to LA from Berlin and was working at a college that decided to have a Halloween costume day for the teachers and students. Although it was a business college, we had a department for security training (bodyguards/security patrols, etc.). I thought I would go as a soldier - had some GI fatigues, the entire uniform, boots, mirrored sunglasses - and as a kicker, thought I would carry a plastic rifle - are you starting to get the idea of impending disaster with this costume? I didn’t. Remember, I had just moved back to the USA from Berlin and didn’t know any better.
At any rate, I show up, nobody recognizes me and I stroll into the teacher’s lounge area and (thankgod) went straight to my desk. Suddenly one of the five security teachers said, “What the fuck are you doing?!”
I looked up and he read me the riot act. All five of the security guys had (real!) guns pulled out on their laps two seconds after I walked into the room. They thought I was some crazed student out for revenge. One of them told me that if I had not gone straight to my desk, they were ready to shoot to kill.
Happy Halloween - and, uh, keep away from the military look - take it from me that it can be potentially dangerous.
My wife and 10,000 of our closest friends will be in Key West for Fantasy Fest this Halloween. The costumes are beyond imagining - you’ll have to do Google search and see for yourself. NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I have no idea what costume I’m doing this year - minimal is always better at Fantasy Fest, but where do you put your wallet and keys when you’ve got nothing on but a leather thong? These are the questions college can’t prepare you for, kids.
Fair enough. I don’t have any guns though, not even fake ones.
I may also reuse my cop costume (with the pig snout, of course) from last year. It was a huge hit at the punk show I crashed, but I was kicked out before the costume contest started. (I was under 21.) Since I’m probably not seeing the same people next year, I’ll probably keep it around and use it then.
I want to make a Nicholas Angel outfit. Where would I get the Britt pieces?
Since I have no money this year, I’m going to be a construction worker. I will borrow a friend’s toolbelt and add my tools, a plaid shirt, hiking boots, khaki jeans, and a toy chainsaw. Simple and cheap.
But I really wanted to be a pirate wench. Next year…
Dammit. I love Halloween. I wish it was as popular as Christmas, and that Christmas was as popular as Flag Day, and that Flag Day meant I had the day off. I’ll probably be sleeping when kiddies are out trick-or-treating. (Damn third shift! Granted, I could go to sleep right after work and be up before work in the evening. But that’s weird and abnormal for me.)
If I was able to participate, I’d probably make or buy a long black cloak, get some glow-in-the-dark body paint, and dig out my scythe. (Garage sale special: $3.) I would then paint bones on my hands / arms, and a skull on my face. I would don the cloak. I would carry the scythe. I would then stand outside the nursing home checking my watch and tapping my foot impatiently.
Or maybe just take a stroll through town whistling cheerfully and waving to passersby.
Last year I was Medusa.
This year I’m going to do sort of a steampunk-y thing.
Lace blouse and knickers, waist cincher and some kind of stockings, tool belt (maybe), top hat with welding goggles, long black gloves, and maybe some jewelry with little gears if I can find some.
After a successful turn as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson last year, I think I’ll go with a crazier but more obscure person this year: Emperor Norton I. I don’t know where I’ll get the Civil War uniform he wore, though.
We’ve been invited to a party where most of the folks will have fairly elaborate, awesome costumes. Damn creative theater people! Costuming is not my forte. I don’t have a lot of money to spend, I can’t sew, and most store-bought costumes won’t fit me. My husband is going to shave his head, wear a purple shirt, and go as Superfriends-style Lex Luthor, but the list of short, chubby, female comic book characters is quite short. I know, I was surprised too. Maybe I should try to find one of those big, poofy costumes so I can be a tomato or something.
I just found a picture of one of my friends in one of the best costumes ever.
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All I’ll add is that I will be dressing up and there will be pics…
I don’t know where you are in Texas, but if you check out this link http://www.costumers.org/states/members.php?state=TX, you will see a list of costume shops who are members of the National Costumers Association. They might be able to help. (We’re in Indianapolis, or I’d offer to help! We have ladies’ costumes for rent up to about a 56" bust.)
I’m in Houston. I have no idea how much costume rentals cost (i’m broke this month), but Frankel’s or Southern Importers will have something to fit me if I can afford it. I’ll check them out. Thanks for the link.
You’re quite welcome!
My post in the sequential threads thread just gave me an idea
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Time to think about Halloween Costumes!
I’m a scab.**
You could make a big fabric scab, all bumpy and crusty looking, and velcro it on top of some soft pink material and you could periodically rip off the scab to show the pink skin underneath.
EWWWWWWWWWWWW!
I love it!
He did my costume last year: I was a victim from Snakes on a Plane
I haven’t done much for Halloween in, oh, nearly a decade. Probably won’t do any kind of costume this year either, but what I may do is buy up a bunch of Cabbage Patch dolls or some other cheap plastic doll. Pop off the heads, decorate them in a nicely gruesome manner, then put them on stakes lining the walkway to my front door. 