Another costume question early planning stages
September 2, 2011 2:17 PM Subscribe
I need two costumes for the end of October. Looking for themes and categories. But the hair matters.
Halloween is sort of a big deal here, in the past I have done this, this and this, last year I couldn't find a great costume so I just wore a friends scrubs, Dear hive mind please help me decide on an awesome costume for this year, a couple of caveats, this is Hawaii, it will be warm, I currently have shoulder length dreads that I will not cut,I also try to keep away from store bought costumes. Thanks
Halloween is sort of a big deal here, in the past I have done this, this and this, last year I couldn't find a great costume so I just wore a friends scrubs, Dear hive mind please help me decide on an awesome costume for this year, a couple of caveats, this is Hawaii, it will be warm, I currently have shoulder length dreads that I will not cut,I also try to keep away from store bought costumes. Thanks
Little Jon! http://www.google.com/search?q=Little+Jon&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=41FhTqrPNsulsAK30-w0&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=1243&bih=436
posted by ATX Peanut at 3:00 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by ATX Peanut at 3:00 PM on September 2, 2011
Dave Lister?
posted by jozxyqk at 4:23 PM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by jozxyqk at 4:23 PM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
You could use that temporary spray-on hair-paint stuff to dye your dreads red and go as Pickles the Drummer from Metalocalypse!
posted by alittlecloser at 4:25 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by alittlecloser at 4:25 PM on September 2, 2011
Please please go as Toni Morrison somehow.
posted by hermitosis at 5:04 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by hermitosis at 5:04 PM on September 2, 2011
Response by poster: Predator - too hot - stuffy and hard to drink
Capt Sparrow - Did in past, over done
Little Jon! - too annoying to be yelling YEAH all night
Lister - too obscure
Pickles - I can only see the bald spot and the comb over
Tarzan - I'm not quite a loin cloth type of guy.
Toni Morrison - too hard to guess on a crowded street
But keep them coming, no idea too wacky, all will be reviewed and mulled over
posted by kanemano at 5:19 PM on September 2, 2011
Capt Sparrow - Did in past, over done
Little Jon! - too annoying to be yelling YEAH all night
Lister - too obscure
Pickles - I can only see the bald spot and the comb over
Tarzan - I'm not quite a loin cloth type of guy.
Toni Morrison - too hard to guess on a crowded street
But keep them coming, no idea too wacky, all will be reviewed and mulled over
posted by kanemano at 5:19 PM on September 2, 2011
As a certified boring-hair-haver, I have no idea how dreadlocks work or if they can be messed up if you screw with them too much. BUT. If it would be possible to run wire through them and have them stick out at crazy angles...and if you could affix a tiny snake head to the end of each one...you could be a dude Medusa. Aside from the hair, the costume would be easy: you could get away with just a toga party-style bedsheet.
posted by phunniemee at 5:26 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by phunniemee at 5:26 PM on September 2, 2011
phunniemee: you could be a dude Medusa.
Medudesa!
posted by Fuego at 5:40 PM on September 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
Medudesa!
posted by Fuego at 5:40 PM on September 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
having been Medusa for Halloween not once but twice (2.5 hours braiding rubber snakes into my hair oy!!!) MeDUDEsa is pretty awesome and I think you could pull it off!!!! bonus points for carrying Perseus' head around all night!
posted by supermedusa at 5:44 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by supermedusa at 5:44 PM on September 2, 2011
I'm guessing superhero Static Shock will be too obscure?
posted by Caravantea at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by Caravantea at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2011
Oy oy! Was just coming here to say Medusa but supermedusa has it! You could wear a toga, so staying cool is factored in. That should be an epic costume!
posted by Lynsey at 12:22 PM on September 3, 2011
posted by Lynsey at 12:22 PM on September 3, 2011
Okay, now that nobody is looking, I can give you my horrible answer. Dunder Mifflin shirt with a suit jacket. Miami Heat shorts. Gym shoes. You're the dred scott decision.
omg I am so sorry.
posted by cashman at 11:57 AM on September 19, 2011
omg I am so sorry.
posted by cashman at 11:57 AM on September 19, 2011
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posted by phunniemee at 2:39 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]