You remember that scene in Mean Girls where they explain the different Halloween costumes. Caddy walks in with the most horrifying costume to spot three shocked playboy bunnies staring back at her. There is a pressure with Halloween costumes. Rarely do you find costumes that are actually terrifying (besides, I suppose the people who actually buy those masks with the faces of presidential candidates). Instead in my experience, these are the Halloween Costumes you see in college.
Sexy
There is always the sexy costume. It’s pretty much an excuse to show as much skin as possible despite it being hella cold outside. To be honest, a sexy costume can be tasteful on anyone with the confidence to wear it. One of my personal favorites was a group of three blind mice. They had the ears and sunglasses and wore little black dresses. It was creative, feminine and sensual and that’s a dynamite trio!
Pop Culture Relevant
My first year, someone dressed up as Miley Cyrus and the other person dressed up as the wrecking ball. It was absolutely fabulous! A relevant costume gets a few chuckles and extends the possibilities of costume making. Word of warning: there are certain things that are not funny – don’t imitate stereotypes of people’s cultures and please, no clown costumes this year.
Punny
A personal favorite of mine are costumes that are puns. It takes a little while for people to get it, but when they do, it is always worth it.
Classics
Witches, vampires, cats, Disney characters…these are going to be there every year. Chances are, you are going to run into someone with the exact same costume, but its fine that’s just a great opportunity.
I love Halloween and the costume ideas that come with it. Hopefully this inspired your costume or gave you a smile.
HCXO