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Halloween Costumes

Rachael

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Never be ashamed to show your inner geek!

We have been planning since February to have a Fete Du Macabre at our house this year. We are going as Gomez and Morticia, encouraging our guests to dress as other members of the large Addams clan.
 

Adele

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210
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Texas
I very much doubt I will get the opportunity to do anything for Halloween, but just incase, I have been thinking about what to possibly dress up as...

Not very original, but I was thinking of being Lily Munster.
 

Joan

New in Town
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40
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Our niece and her young man are getting married in a Halloween costume party wedding. We're attending as Nick and Nora Charles. (They're doing Buttercup and Westley from The Princess Bride.)

(Now I have "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" stuck in my head!)
 

Miss Sis

One Too Many
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1,888
Location
Hampshire, England Via the Antipodes.
A couple of years ago myself, my then BF and two friends went up to London to the 100 Club as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

I was Death! We had long black gowns with hoods and did our make up, some with prosthetics. I even had a rubber sickle. Got a few alarmed looks as we walked from the tube station to the club.... it was great.
 
Spitfire said:
Surprise, surprise!!! lol lol
(Must be timesaving ever never have to wonder what to wear.)
Yes, it is--it's also one less load off my mind. Besides, only having two basic colors (all-black being the other) instantly tells you which side of the "split personality" is in charge that day--if you ever see me in the suit, worry...:eek:

Miss Sis said:
A couple of years ago myself, my then BF and two friends went up to London to the 100 Club as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

I was Death! We had long black gowns with hoods and did our make up, some with prosthetics. I even had a rubber sickle. Got a few alarmed looks as we walked from the tube station to the club.... it was great.
USURPER!!! I was "Death" long before you... lol (Not as "costume", but as "callsign", even had "Ace of Spades" business-cards made--sorry, just had to give you a little ribbing there:D .)
 

Miss 1929

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Location
Oakland, California
Ideas and past costumes...

We have done Gomez and Morticia, it was a blast. I had to make Sr. 1929 a moustache from a scrap of mink. Wish I had pictures!
We have also been the Sheik and Sheba:
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I have been Marie Antoinette...that's a different Golden Age:
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Here's some more ideas:
The Joads from Grapes of Wrath (perfect for families - and so appropriate for the current times! wear your shabbiest vintage)
Fay Wray and King Kong (1 rented Kong suit + 1 very shredded vintage dress)
The Crash of 29 (dead, rich 1929 people - also appropriate for the week)
FDR and Eleanor
 

rubyredlocks

Practically Family
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860
Location
Texas
This will be our 1st year to celebrate with our son Dashiell (19 months old)and we're a bit stumped on family costume ideas with a vintage spin.
 

DavidVillaJr

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264
Location
Manteca, California
Socrets said:
The Shadow! All I'm missing is a ring and a red scarf!

I've got me a silver Shadow ring with a red stone, it's a knockoff of the one from the Alec Baldwin Shadow movie.

I got it from eBay...

Check there, or shoot me a PM, it's a size 9....I think.


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I just did a search and found one on eBay...
 

Miss Caroline

Familiar Face
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97
Location
London
My boyfriend and I are thinking of being Arkwright and Nurse Gladis Emmanuel for Halloween.
For those of you that are not familiar heres a picture

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i really don't know where to get the nurses uniform though... any ideas?
 

Smuterella

One Too Many
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1,776
Location
London
Miss Caroline said:
My boyfriend and I are thinking of being Arkwright and Nurse Gladis Emmanuel for Halloween.
For those of you that are not familiar heres a picture

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i really don't know where to get the nurses uniform though... any ideas?

when I grow up I want to be Nurse Gladys
 

Tourbillion

Practically Family
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667
Location
Los Angeles
I was thinking of the Marlene Dietrich gorilla suit from the "Hot Voodoo" scene from Blonde Venus. I could carry the head, and wear fake diamond bracelets.

I just wonder if I need a blond afro wig, or is a plain blond 30's wig ok?
 

Miss 1929

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Location
Oakland, California
Tourbillion said:
I was thinking of the Marlene Dietrich gorilla suit from the "Hot Voodoo" scene from Blonde Venus. I could carry the head, and wear fake diamond bracelets.

I just wonder if I need a blond afro wig, or is a plain blond 30's wig ok?
It really needs to be an afro, or where is the savagery?
 

Miss 1929

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Oakland, California
rubyredlocks said:
This will be our 1st year to celebrate with our son Dashiell (19 months old)and we're a bit stumped on family costume ideas with a vintage spin.
You could put the kid in a crate with a padlock, and put little hand flippers on him, and dress up as The Penguin's parents... wasn't that Pee Wee Herman playing his dad?
 

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