I need a costume representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins

December 4, 2006 5:41 PM

I need a costume for a "Seven Deadly Sins" themed party.

I can't spend too much money here, but I would like to put forth a good effort. I am open to any of the Sins.

posted by ozomatli to clothing, beauty, & fashion (28 comments total)

I vote for doing absolutely nothing toward making a costume and thus going as Sloth.
posted by jamaro at 5:45 PM on December 4, 2006

Don't bother putting together a costume at all. You can then go as sloth.
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:45 PM on December 4, 2006

D'oh!!!
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:45 PM on December 4, 2006

The sloth thing is a little too easy, though. Do the lazy thing, except when anyone asks, shout "Fuck you, that's my costume."
posted by Simon! at 5:54 PM on December 4, 2006

Or you could wear absolutely nothing and go as Lust.

You could just get really pissy when people ask about your costume and be Wrath.

You could just get hammered and smend the whole night by the food table, thus portraying Gluttony.
posted by Pollomacho at 5:55 PM on December 4, 2006

I see no reason why, with the right combination of eating, drinking, yelling, flirting, sitting, and sarcasm, you couldn't hit all of them.*


*The above list does not cover envy or greed, so when you get there, find someone who came as envy and steal some of their green paint.
posted by Partial Law at 6:06 PM on December 4, 2006

If you're going with a group, hire lion costumes, then you can go as Pride.
posted by randomination at 6:06 PM on December 4, 2006

Can't you just carry around a box with some chick's head in it?
posted by bondcliff at 6:23 PM on December 4, 2006 [2 favorites]

I threw a 7 Deadly Sins party twice in college (featuring a boxy bouncing ring for the wrathful, a donut eating contest for gluttonous, and private booths for lustful, etc). A few hundred people came each time so I've seen tons of costume ideas.

In my experience, the vast majority of girls dressed up in revealing outfits and either flirt (Lust) or act standoffish and bitchy (Pride). Most guys tried to pull the "oh, I was too lazy to come up with a costume so I guess that makes me Sloth" approach. This did not impress any of the attractive women dressed as Lust or Pride.

Costumes that were original and well-received included:

• a couple wearing signs stating "I wish I were adamk" and "I wish I were adamk's girlfriend" (Envy)
  
• a girl with condoms taped all over her outfit who kept going around and handing them out to guys and girls she'd see talking in the corner (Lust)
  
• people wearing fat suits with dirty foodstained faces and shirts (Gluttony)
  
• and a guy dressed up as Gordon Gekko from Wall Street, complete with the "Greed is Good" speech memorized (Greed)
  

It's a great theme. You'll have fun.
posted by adamk at 6:24 PM on December 4, 2006

Oh, and one guy actually came as Sloth from The Goonies. That rocked.
posted by adamk at 6:28 PM on December 4, 2006

It's holiday time, you could go as Mr. Scrooge (Greed); Santa (Gluttony); or Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Pride).

To be more current, go as Kramer from Seinfeld (Wrath).
posted by GIRLesq at 6:28 PM on December 4, 2006

Bacchus is the epitome of gluttony. Get a toga (bedsheet), a laurel wreath for your head, lots of big rings for your fingers, and maybe some necklaces, too. Carry a bottle of wine and drink from it all night.
posted by backseatpilot at 7:03 PM on December 4, 2006

Wrath...dress as a nun, carry a ruler and smack everyone with it.


For those who didn't attend catholic school...nuns seemed to thrive on causing us any kind of misery.
posted by JujuB at 7:03 PM on December 4, 2006

-Go as a literal sloth.

-Or as an historical figure. An American president, perhaps—Taft for Gluttony, Bush II for Pride, etc.
posted by Iridic at 7:22 PM on December 4, 2006

At our annual Halloween party, a co-worker dressed totally in green (envy). Another dressed as a priest (black suit, reverse collar) but had porno DVDs and mags in his pocket. A pillow under the stomach represented guttony and so forth.
posted by queue_strategy at 7:42 PM on December 4, 2006

Cover yourself in bacon, go as (w)Rath.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:51 PM on December 4, 2006

Bring a macaroni sculpture on construction paper and show it to everyone and talk up how good it is and how hard you worked on it (pride).
posted by plinth at 7:54 PM on December 4, 2006

Cheap?

Green shirt. Nametag "Envy". Or a name of someone totally famous.
posted by filmgeek at 8:07 PM on December 4, 2006

Rainbow boa, dog collar, denim cut offs, big black boots = pride or lust
posted by 23skidoo at 8:30 PM on December 4, 2006

is it me, or is the appropriate way to go about being sloth to call up one of your friends when he/she's there and go, "sorry dude, I'm not coming. There's uh, stuff on TV." That's what I would do.

Then again, I'm also really lazy.
posted by Subcommandante Cheese at 11:11 PM on December 4, 2006

Go rent Bedazzled. The old one with Peter Cook. Lots of ideas there. Pride walked around with a frame attached to his body that held a great mirror in front of him so he was always gazing at himself and primping. Funny old movie.
posted by BoscosMom at 12:07 AM on December 5, 2006

is it me, or is the appropriate way to go about being sloth to call up one of your friends

Call someone? Dude, that takes, like, effort. Just no-show.
posted by Pollomacho at 1:24 AM on December 5, 2006

I vote for doing absolutely nothing toward making a costume and thus going as Sloth.

No no no, dress in a furry costume with long claws, and go as A sloth. And complain to everyone how misleading the phrase "Seven Deadly Sins" is as you're not that dangerous at all, and are actually vegetarian.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:40 AM on December 5, 2006

Cover your self in empty toilet paper tubes and go as the lesser known 8th Sin, "Not Replacing The Roll"
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:38 AM on December 5, 2006

BoscosMom beat me to it. Rent "Bedazzled."

Raquel Welch played Lust. I'm just sayin...
posted by adamrice at 7:10 AM on December 5, 2006

If you want to bring the host a bottle of wine, this will be very appropriate (and it's a great wine!).
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 7:29 AM on December 5, 2006

Oh, for the love of Kevin Spacey, all of this Se7en garbage is far too sanitized and sexy. You know everybody's showing up as French Maids already, so go with the quirky ideas instead.

You could dress up as The Meanest Santa Ever, hoarde your bag of toys and be a total bitch, and don't give anyone presents. You could be Greed.

Maybe you could make yourself a grape costume. And bring some John Steinbeck books.

I second EndsOfInvention's idea of dressing up as a misinterpreted sloth, the monkey...
posted by Milkman Dan at 8:31 AM on December 5, 2006

cartoon lust - long fake tongue, pop out eyes, and a large bulge. slightly more or less extreme as you prefer - i'd go for a tasteful shock value. Oh, and a horn that goes aaaaoooooogah.
posted by chupwalla at 8:40 AM on December 5, 2006