Brains: racked

October 22, 2009 10:33 PM

yeahIknowHalloween-filter: You have a hot pink party dress. You have a ridiculously poufy crinoline petticoat. You undoubtedly have a better imagination than I. So what would you be for Halloween?

I hate to use my first AskMe question to plead for custom Halloween ideas but you kids are just so dang SMART and my brain hurts SO much.

I'm a short, round, blond girl looking for a costume that is a little offbeat and obscure but not quite, say, "a uterus" -- as one friend suggested. In the past I've gone as a deviled egg and freudian slip, so big fan of visual puns and/or random objects. The dress is basically cheap, shiny, satiny material and knee-length (and lord knows I did not pay that much for it. The petticoat makes me just want to be a big ol' cupcake -- but alas, the first idea is rarely the best, so that will be my fall back. (Though ideas for making me into a really awesome cupcake are welcome!)

Catch is I really want to thematically include my boyfriend who is tall, blond, and could basically be anything! We have been thinking along the lines of historical, literary, or slighty pop or alt-culture villianous duos. Or just regular duos. Or cartoon duos. Or inanimate duos. Hell, there's little time to be picky! So what do you see us going as?

posted by Juicy Avenger to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (17 answers total)

Response by poster: Oh, I'm a handy crafter and will be in NYC for a few days prior to Halloween so plenty of thrift, art, and junk stores to hit up. I also have a pretty good supply of vintage-y accessories like a flapper bow headband, garter belt, fishnets, huge glasses, ton of pearls, netted cocktail hat, but ALAS don't quite think I could pull off Audrey. Also matching set of glow-in-the-dark glasses. ::shrug:: That should be a start! Thanks mefites :)
posted by Juicy Avenger at 10:41 PM on October 22, 2009

You could go as a drag queen and your boyfriend could go as... well, either your boyfriend or your gender-bending girlfriend. That costume would entail grey flat-front trousers, braces (I can't remember the American word), a white button down shirt or wife-beater, slicked-back hair and a pencil moustache. This is a very camp stereotype, yes, but it is Halloween, after all.
posted by DarlingBri at 10:54 PM on October 22, 2009

Why, the Energizer Bunny going to prom with her tall, blonde mad scientist creator, of course!
posted by jordanlewis at 11:28 PM on October 22, 2009

You could go as a crazed homecoming queen, ala "Everybody Run, the Homecoming Queen Has A Gun!" Cheap tiara, make your own sash, fake gun. Your boyfriend could be your King with his own wee crown.
posted by ukdanae at 11:57 PM on October 22, 2009

Add a big wind-up key on your back and be the ballerina from a music box. Turn around in circles on command.
posted by embrangled at 12:41 AM on October 23, 2009 [3 favorites]

Tooth fairy and dentist?
posted by carmicha at 5:32 AM on October 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

Maybe a bit juvenile but I knew a group of kids in high school who wanted an excuse to wear some fancy dresses on Halloween (and who wouldn't). They went as unconventional pageant participants. They just made sashes that said "Miss Demeanor, Miss Appropriation, Miss Anthrope". (Warning, those may not be the actual names, but you get the idea)
posted by syntheticfaith at 5:49 AM on October 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Glenda the Good Witch and the Scarecrow.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 6:31 AM on October 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I kind of love the cupcake idea. Go all out, over-the-top with it. Pink wig, cupcake hat...
posted by JoanArkham at 7:37 AM on October 23, 2009

along the cupcake line . . . boyfriend could dress up as a candle. :)

(but I love the wind up ballerina idea)
posted by Sassyfras at 7:46 AM on October 23, 2009

Glinda the Good Witch of the North (or South if you want to follow the book) and the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, or some other person?
posted by zizzle at 8:04 AM on October 23, 2009

Ha, I was going to say a romance book cover titled, "Master Unix", but wind up ballerina sounds good.
posted by jadepearl at 8:15 AM on October 23, 2009

Best answer: That's pretty similar to the dress that I'm wearing this year to go as the Tooth Fairy. But mine is kind of a nightmare version, so I'm spattering the dress and my body with fake blood and wearing a tool belt with a drill and a sack of fake, blood-spattered teeth. I've done this before and it's one of my favorite costumes, because I get to wear a cute pink dress, but not be just "sexy _____".
posted by MsMolly at 8:28 AM on October 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee's Playhouse! And your boyfriend could be Pee Wee with a little attention to the hair.
posted by padraigin at 9:01 AM on October 23, 2009

Pink Super Hero, and her sidekick, Entropy Man.
posted by theora55 at 9:47 AM on October 23, 2009

It's not an object, but you could be Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee's Playhouse. Your boyfriend could be PeeWee.
posted by ishotjr at 3:27 PM on October 23, 2009

The cupcake idea made me remember these dolls that were popular in the early 90s. Maybe you can get inspiration from them?
posted by dino might at 5:58 PM on October 24, 2009