YesButNoButYes Forum: Favorite Halloween costume ever?

Favorite Halloween costume ever? By sarcastic one on Oct 12, 2008	Reply
What was your favorite Halloween costume---either yours as a kid, as an adult, or someone else's? And....why?

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When I was 22 y.o., I went to a Halloween party dressed as Orko, from the Masters of the Universe.
It was the only time I went to such party, and the only time I wore a costume, but I did it right.
My aunt made out the costume to me, complete... I painted my face in black, and tried to buy a hover skate like that that McFly had in the BttF movie, in order to float like Orko did, but unfortunately it wasn't available yet.

I have lost all the pics from that party, but believe me, it was perfect.

said Leonardo Carvalho on October 13, 2008 10:23 AM.

Leo--what about dressing up for Carnival? The Halloween question kind of showcased my American ethnocentrism....but from the pictures I've seen, people go all out for that as well.....

said sarcastic one on October 13, 2008 10:42 AM.

When I was a kid mom made a Robot costume out of two paper bags and a coat hangar. It was cheesy as could be but it is still the most memorable.

said Jonniewalker on October 13, 2008 11:42 AM.

I don't like Carnival (or Carnaval, as we say here)... I hate samba and these stuff.

I'm not keen about Halloween too, but you know, there was this Halloween costume party, I was on my twenties, hormones on fire, all the hot chicks in town would be there dressed as bitch-witch, bitch-rabbit, bitch-nurse, bitch-whatever costume you can do with a fishnet and a short-shorty dress (or no dress at all). I jumped in.

Add 2+2 and you have me drunk, with the paint in my face peeling, wasted, with a witch I met there, having fun in a dark corner... That's all I remember from that night.

said Leonardo Carvalho on October 13, 2008 4:03 PM.

Glad it was fun for you....
[just a quick American English tip---we call all of those costumes slutty, not bitch. So it's slutty witch, slutty nurse, slutty firefighter, etc....if you came to the U.S. and called any female in a teeny costume a bitch, you won't be in the corner with them....
I know it's a translation thing, so I wanted to make sure if you send any of your friends up here that he also ends up with a smile on his face, not a slap!]

said sarcastic one on October 13, 2008 5:56 PM.

Leo - Right now, SO is being a bit slutty.

said Tim on October 13, 2008 6:52 PM.

Thanks for the advice SO...

said Leonardo Carvalho on October 13, 2008 7:31 PM.

Last year I had the vaguely unsettling experience of answering the door all night to slutty 13 year old girls wanting candy (mainly slutty cheerleaders and slutty nurses). Hard to know exactly how to respond.

said Scaramouch on October 13, 2008 7:53 PM.

Tim--how am I being slutty? I didn't personally offer to help out all of Leo's friends...or even any of them...I'm not slutty--I'm just drawn that way!

Scara, if they were truly 13, my answer would be this--maintain eye contact at all times...it could be a door to door version of dateline nbc's "to catch a predator". Give them candy, but only of the Mars and Hershey variety...no other "candy"...

and maybe this year, let Cindy answer the door....

said sarcastic one on October 13, 2008 8:29 PM.

Scara made me remember the slutty 7 yo mermaid, shown here months ago.

What the hell is going wrong with kids today?

said Leonardo Carvalho on October 13, 2008 10:07 PM.

Last year i sat perfectly still on my front porch dressed as a scarecrow with a bowl of candy in front of me. Any kid who came up for candy, i grabbed their arm and screamed like a banshee.

If a kid wants candy, they should be prepared to piss themselves in terror.

It is halloween after all...

said Sheriff Pablo on October 14, 2008 8:12 AM.

Anyone seen this terrible costume.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/373/birthiv4.jpg

said Baierman on October 14, 2008 9:39 AM.

1977. I dressed as Columbia from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was totally authentic and totally handmade, which wasn't easy since I lived in a dormitory. I have one surviving picture; I should have it scanned.

said Miss Cellania on October 14, 2008 10:35 AM.

If everyone emails me pictures of themselves in Halloween costumes, I'll do a post next week with a gallery of them all. Send them via the webmaster email address.

said Scaramouch on October 14, 2008 10:55 AM.

Aw man. Some of those teen costumes are unsettling. I know I was browsing a costume store and found a preteen costume for a "charm school" witch that was basically a naughty schoolgirl outfit with a witch hat.

As a kid I always did really poorly thought out but well constructed costumes. One year I was Princess Leia- not the white dress Leia, but the Endor Forest Moon trooper costume. Everyone asked if I was GI Jane. Another failed costume was the heroine of a Tamora Pierce teen fantasy novel, a teenage girl in a squire costume, and got asked if I was Father Tuck (from Robin Hood?) all night. A Patricia Wrede teenage fantasy novel inspired witch costume was only barely more recognizable since it was a somewhat traditional witch's costume with vintage glasses. It was just a lot of sad, stupid years until I discovered cosplay. Now I pretty much grab whatever cosplay costume I did that year and wear that, or I would if I went to parties.