Avoiding Costume Cliche
Mix Halloween fashion with the college scene and you often see the oh-so-cliche ensembles. There’s the creeper behind the mask guy who eyes every girl in sight as he slurps his drink by the punch bowl. Then there’s the lame party attendee dressed as himself with the “My name is ___” sticker. And, of course, there are the girls who adhere to the Mean Girls writ of the holiday: “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”
But I like to “expand my horizons” beyond the cliche, to not take “the easy way out,” to go “against the grain.” You get what I mean. Thus, I searched the Internet and came up with three unique, yet clever, costumes.
1. Noami Campbell on Trash Duty
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This is one of my favorites. Why? Because, number one, you get to look fabulously fashionable at the Halloween party, leaving every clown-outfitted, ill-fitting costume wearing attendee in the dust rising up from your high heeled pumps. And, two, it’s just plain amusing.
2. Static Cling
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Another amusing costume that can be thrown together cheaply and quickly. Just don a solid color from head to toe, safety pin a few small items of clothing and dryer sheets to your shirt and pants, and you have it. Clever, yet simple.
3. Swine Flu
Courtesy of http://inventorspot.com
This one is for those who like to border on the macabre with their Halloween getup. Slightly more expensive than the previous two, the swine flu costume will be money well spent, guaranteeing you many laughs, a shot at the party’s award of Best Costume, and probably the glares of the few unlucky enough to have spent a week of their life in bed thanks to the friendly little flu bug. Perfect.
LKJ
