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Halloween Costume Ideas

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quantumsugar Apprentice
quantumsugar
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Okay, so I'm going to what should be a pretty cool halloween bash next week. But none of the halloween costumes I can think of are very interesting (I'm thinking Dorothy, or a geisha). Y'all are creative...

Any ideas?

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Lisa Mentor
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We have an annual party at a neighbors house and the best costume that I can recall from last year was (on a child, so might not work for you), was a child in a bubble bath and was very creative

Take a large gardening bucket. Cut the bottom out to fit you legs in and fill the bucket with white balloons. Strap it around your shoulders to it does not fall down. Put on clear or tan leotards and a shower cap on your head. Make sense? Your are taking a bubble bath.

Lame attempt to contribute, but really cute on the kid. :)

quantumsugar Apprentice
quantumsugar
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That actually sounds adorable; hmmm... I'll think about it.

But, I think I found my costume for this year: Jem, from Jem and the Holograms. It should be a fun one.

Still taking suggestions, though.

NicoleAJ Enthusiast
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I think Jem is a great idea--I used to have a Jem doll with light up earrings when I was little. One more suggestion--my favorite costume (one that I've actually worn twice) has been easy to do--I've been Audrey Hepburn's character, Holly Golightly, from Breakfast at Tiffany's. I just put my hair in an up-do, got a small tiara, wore a long black dress and some big shiny costume jewelry with large black sun glasses and opera gloves. Then I made a makeshift long cigarette holder. People always recognize it instantly and comment on the movie.

I'd actually like some advice on costume as well for a theme party. This year the theme of my department's grad student party is "Only the Good Die Young," so you are supposed to come dressed as someone famous who met a tragic, early end--I know it's a bit disturbing, but not any more than last year's theme (childhood fears). It's an English department, so they can never have a simple theme.

quantumsugar Apprentice
quantumsugar
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Oooh, Breakfast at Tiffany's is a good one! Hmm.... if I can't find a pink dress in the next few days, that might be it.

I did some searching/thinking for you (trying to avoid cleaning, guess I'll go do that now :) ). Males seem to have more to choose from for this one, but I got some interesting ones for you:

Janis Joplin!!! Jackie O, Sylvia Plath, Gia, Aaliya, Left Eye, Monroe, Marie Antoinette, Princess Di, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (if you want to dress in drag and go for an academic twist), Mata Hari, any of Henry VIII's wives, Edie Sedgewick (model in the 60s, hung out with the Dylan/Stones crowd, a bunch of songs were written about her after she died), Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf, Anne Sexton....

Good luck, this sounds like a fun one.

NicoleAJ Enthusiast
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Thanks for the suggestions. That's funny...I'd actually thought of Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn, but I hadn't really gotten any further than that. These are some great suggestions. Marie Antoinette is bound to be popular this year because of the Kirsten Dunst movie coming out--I actually saw it in Paris this May; it was totally wretched but thoroughly entertaining. I don't think the French were too impressed with it.

lorka150 Collaborator
lorka150
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one year i was she-ra - gold boots, sword, cape, crown, the works.

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NicoleAJ Enthusiast
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Where on earth did you find gold boots? or did you paint them?

lorka150 Collaborator
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NicoleAJ,

I have brown suede knee-high boots (from Aldo, so a dressy pair), and I bought this "gorgeous" :P gold glittery fabric and wrapped them.

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