Der Blaue Engel Well, I took Zach_Replica's suggestion and dressed as Marlene Dietrich for my workplace Halloween celebration. Every time my photo was taken my internal mantra was "Cold allure. Cold allure." I think an ex of mine said it best when he called my look "disturbing and f*cked in the best possible way". In short, I look like a trannie from Berlin, circa 1926, and that's without your having heard my German accent or having seen my impromptu tap dance and song routines.

→[More:]Unfortunately there is no possible way for me to convey the general craziness of my workplace environment this week so you can get a sense of my costume in context. Every Halloween week my company does a huge United Way fundraising drive and there is event after event. Halloween day alone, for instance, there was a bake sale, an "international foods" potluck, a mini-golf tournament set up in the hallway, and a mid-way with gambling tables, and darts, and Silly String cage matches between managers. A highlight of the day was the company president and his four vice-presidents (all middle-aged men) dressed up in pink tutus and performing an abbreviated version of Swan Lake. Let's just say a real 1920's Berlin trannie wouldn't have looked that far out of place around here.

I heard quite a few creepy comments from male co-workers who have never said anything inappropriate to me before, but I suppose that goes with the turf when you show up at work in only the top half of a tuxedo.