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09 October 2007

Let me pick your braaaaiiins, zombie-style I've been invited to a Halloween party and must think of a costume concept. I especially like costumes that work with one's existing looks. What could a voluptuous redhead be for Halloween?

post by: Orange Swan at: 08:54 | 31 comments

Perez Hilton?

I keed. Ann-Margaret would be good - black tights, a plain tight blue or lavender cashmere-ish sweater that comes to the top of your thighs, and black heels. And lots of eyeliner. Sex kittenish.

posted by iconomy 09 October | 09:03

A pin-up girl! A pre-Raphaelite painting! Calamity Jane.

posted by crush-onastick 09 October | 09:14

I have no idea what to be for Halloween, either! I was thinking Amy Winehouse, but that's not really appropriate for the church Halloween party... (mainly because nobody would get it!)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 October | 09:15

Anne Shirley, though that misses the voluptuous mark. Which is not to say Anne Shirley wasn't voluptuous, just that her various endowments are never mentioned, not even once she's Anne Blythe.

NOT Pippy Longstockings.

Nicole Kidman a la "Moulin Rouge."

Lucille Ball, perhaps from the episode of "I Love Lucy" where she puts some sort of weird rubbery substance on the end of her nose so that ... which film star? ... won't recognize her, but then she lights her nose on fire when she's trying to light a cigarette.

Melissa Gilbert? Nah. Molly Ringwald? Then you'd have to chop off your hair, and probably wear a hideous pink prom dress.

I am having trouble thinking of redheaded villainesses, or scary redheads.

Willow, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Hmph.

Donna from "That Seventies Show"? These suggestions are getting less inspired each time. Wait, wait. I'll get there.

Ahh ... either Geena Davis or Susan Sarandon from that one movie where they drive off a cliff? No, no.

I'm sorry. I fear I cannot help, and the more I suggest, the worse it gets. Bah!

posted by brina 09 October | 09:29

Jessica Rabbit? White evening gown, red shoes, carry a stuffed bunny. OMG Bunny!

posted by rainbaby 09 October | 09:33

What kind of costumes are you hoping to have? The kind that must be explained to everyone? The kind that makes you look all hot and sexy (moreso than usual, I mean)? The kind that won't get in your way while you're dancing or bar-crawling or whatever?

And let me piggyback on this thing--I've got glasses, a beard and stretched earlobe piercings, and I won't be removing any of them. Oh, and I don't want to wear a mask. What kind of Halloween options does that leave me?

(For Orange Swan, I love the pre-Raphaelite painting idea. Or Lucy from the Vitameatavegamin (sp?) episode. Pinky, for the church party at least, maybe Lucy, from Peanuts?)

posted by box 09 October | 09:36

Jessica Rabbit?

posted by Joe Invisible 09 October | 09:36

The red-headed Anna Nicole we never had.

posted by danostuporstar 09 October | 09:41

Practice your gruff voice and your soft-shoe routine, get a midriff-baring shirt...

≡ Click to see image ≡
...and you're Heat Miser!

posted by BoringPostcards 09 October | 09:45

Another vote for Jessica Rabbit!

posted by tr33hggr 09 October | 10:21

Poison Ivy? You could go for the complete leafy swimsuit look, or just go to the crafts store and buy a bunch of fake vines to wrap around yourself.

posted by casarkos 09 October | 10:28

I love Lucy

Down with the sexy costumes I say! They are so predictable!

posted by LoriFLA 09 October | 10:39

I LOVE the Jessica Rabbit idea.

I'm definitely hoping to put together a costume that doesn't require explanation. That takes so much of the fun out of it.

Speaking of pre-Raphealites (okay, not really speaking of them, because Botticelli was born about three hundred years too soon to qualify for that club), I could go as The Birth of Venus. Then I wouldn't need a costume;-)

I kind of agree with you, LoriFLA. It's like nobody can just be a witch or a nurse anymore - they have to be a sexy nurse, a sexy witch, etc.

posted by Orange Swan 09 October | 10:41

I kind of agree with you, LoriFLA. It's like nobody can just be a witch or a nurse anymore - they have to be a sexy nurse, a sexy witch, etc.

My favorite costume this year is "Sassy Grim Reaper" for the sheer absurdity.

I have no plans and so no costume, sexy, sassy or otherwise

posted by crush-onastick 09 October | 10:46

Magenta from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

posted by small_ruminant 09 October | 10:49

casarkos, before I followed the link I thought you meant the other Poison Ivy. The green leafy swimsuit thing just confused me. So....

Poison Ivy?

posted by elizard 09 October | 10:52

Go as the secretary from Beetle Juice. You know the one I mean? The dead one, dead Miss Argentina or something...two seconds, I'll find a pic. Having trouble finding pic...Found one!

posted by LunaticFringe 09 October | 10:56

Raggedy Ann. Only REALLY Raggedy.

posted by chuckdarwin 09 October | 10:58

LF: I love her. I've always wanted to be her for Halloween, but I didn't think anyone would get it.

posted by crush-onastick 09 October | 11:00

Pebbles Flintstone

posted by iconomy 09 October | 11:09

Rita Hayworth.

posted by brujita 09 October | 11:09

That spin off doctor from that Grey's Anatomy?

posted by rainbaby 09 October | 11:12

Anne Shirley, though that misses the voluptuous mark. Which is not to say Anne Shirley wasn't voluptuous, just that her various endowments are never mentioned, not even once she's Anne Blythe.

It's funny you should say that, because just this past weekend I tried on my little niece's Anne Shirley hat - a straw hat with braids attached. It wasn't a good look on me.

posted by Orange Swan 09 October | 11:13

Mary Jane from Spiderman?

posted by Memo 09 October | 11:18

Mount Vesuvius!

posted by thirteenkiller 09 October | 12:10

Daphne from Scooby-Doo?

posted by goo 09 October | 12:35

Well, whatever you land on, post a picture! Why not have that be a Friday photo theme after Halloween. Maybe by then I'll figure out why I can't post photos.

posted by tr33hggr 09 October | 13:07

Love the Daphne idea too, although I suspsect I'm more the Thelma type;-)

Definitely, there will be pictures posted. You guys are the greatest - you helped me think of an idea last year too.

posted by Orange Swan 09 October | 13:34

I would get it crush, I love that movie!

posted by LunaticFringe 09 October | 16:38

Beetlejuice secretary would be ossem.

It would be cool to have your hair and clothes stiffened into the look of being caught in a romantic pre-Raphaelite wind, then you could also tell people you're falling for them, or as a wildfire so flames could sweep up your body and you could sweep up your hair. Light people's cigarettes and throw tiny charred people around.

i wanted to do a fluffy animal type outfit by using lots of rectangular pieces of fabric shingled over each over, but the fabric didn't work out and the idea was to use up fabric, and i keep seeing actual nice dresses like that in fashion layouts. i did end up making this thing that ended up looking like an extra top from an old Xena episode, and that's not doing anyone any good. i don't have an event in mind but i wanted something fun that was more interesting or conceptual and less discount whore.

posted by ethylene 09 October | 19:50

Jessica Rabbit? White evening gown, red shoes, carry a stuffed bunny. OMG Bunny!

OMG, I may just have to steal this.

Also, the Beetlejuice idea? So rocking. I, too, have thought about it many a time. Unfortunately I'm a bit too voluptuous.

posted by kellydamnit 09 October | 22:58

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