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A digital quickie drawing for the season.
And now an old man rant:
Kids today don't know how good they have it. Store-bought costumes are too good nowadays. You can stroll right into Wal-Mart and pick up a costume of Iron Man or whoever that's full-body and padded, and if that's not for you, you can go to one of the seven trillion pop-up Halloween stores for a slutty (random word) costume. In my day, your store-bought costume was a vacu-formed plastic mask with edges that could slice you open and an elastic cord with a 106 percent failure rate. That came with a vinyl smock which might sorta look like your favorite TV character or superhero's costume, but more likely had some stock art image of the character front and center. It's better than wearing a cardboard box with "robot costume" written on it with marker, but not by much. It was either that, or rely on the sewing skills of a parent.
... And we trick or treated for sticks and rocks sweetened with sorghum.
And now an old man rant:
Kids today don't know how good they have it. Store-bought costumes are too good nowadays. You can stroll right into Wal-Mart and pick up a costume of Iron Man or whoever that's full-body and padded, and if that's not for you, you can go to one of the seven trillion pop-up Halloween stores for a slutty (random word) costume. In my day, your store-bought costume was a vacu-formed plastic mask with edges that could slice you open and an elastic cord with a 106 percent failure rate. That came with a vinyl smock which might sorta look like your favorite TV character or superhero's costume, but more likely had some stock art image of the character front and center. It's better than wearing a cardboard box with "robot costume" written on it with marker, but not by much. It was either that, or rely on the sewing skills of a parent.
... And we trick or treated for sticks and rocks sweetened with sorghum.
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I'm not that old but you forgot a black bed sheet around your neck with a pair of those cheap plastic one piece vampire fangs. You didn't need fake blood for those because your gums would certainly be bleeding by the end of the night. That was my costume more than one year as a kid
I remember the time the one trick or treater years back, a 6 year old girl dressed as Britney Spears back when she was a big deal in that era. I fear the same thing to those kids being Agulara (however her name is spelled), or worst, Miley Cirus post VMA thingy.
It kind of blurs the line of silly, playfull, and adult erotic.
You really are at a loss to take anything adult and focus it on kids, without it ever being not creepy. Even if you never intended it to be. being adult means you know creepy things if we want them or not, and that knowlege steers us somewhat to take it for reality (a thankful few per some number), or slagging it off as trash.
You really are at a loss to take anything adult and focus it on kids, without it ever being not creepy. Even if you never intended it to be. being adult means you know creepy things if we want them or not, and that knowlege steers us somewhat to take it for reality (a thankful few per some number), or slagging it off as trash.
I never liked costumes like that (though I admit I am guilty of wearing one, I was Sonic when I was seven). But it is a very lazy approach to me. My Dad hated them for the same reason. Being that Halloween is his christmas, he likes to get more creative with Halloween costuming. Both make up effects from Halloween stores and neat findings at the Thrift Store. Next thing you know, I was James Bond at 11 (barely $40), Father Ignatius from Nightmare Creatures ($30ish) at 12, I was Neo from the Matrix for three years (less than $30) at 13-15.
Say what you like of public costuming technology of the eighties, but my store-bought vacu-formed plastic mask of Mr T was badass.
And came with an inexplicable smock. And plastic gold chains! Those were the days.
Maybe someday in the near future, they will combine the best of both techniques and have plastic smocks with sexy sluttily-cut masks.
And came with an inexplicable smock. And plastic gold chains! Those were the days.
Maybe someday in the near future, they will combine the best of both techniques and have plastic smocks with sexy sluttily-cut masks.
When I was a kid, I made a knight costume out of nothing but cardboard and scotch tape, that included a helmet, breast plate, boots, shield, and sword.
I also made a Mega Man costume (helmet, chest plate, buster gun, arm guard, waist guard, shin guards, and boots) out of nothing but construction paper and packing tape.
And both times, it was not even Halloween!
:b
I also made a Mega Man costume (helmet, chest plate, buster gun, arm guard, waist guard, shin guards, and boots) out of nothing but construction paper and packing tape.
And both times, it was not even Halloween!
:b
RIGHT!? I was thinking that the other day when I saw one of those Party City commercials. We didn't have ANYTHING like that as a kid. I remember only the rich kids had the good costumes, or the kids with the super creative parents who worked all night on costumes for their kids. It wasn't an uncommon thing to find the kid with the Spiderman T-Shirt (it was a white T-shirt...with Spiderman on it) as a costume. Kids these days are just so jaded they don't even know.
Fortunately, my mom has VERY good sewing skills and is quite creative. One year, shortly after the Disney animated film "101 Dalmations" (not to be confused with the later live-action-and-CGI remake) had been released, my brother and I and a few of the neighborhood kids went around all dressed in painted thermals, dog ears, and face paint. We had a lot of fun and a lot of candy.
And no matter how bad the costume, kids WILL have fun when they get loads of candy out of it. I know I did regardless of what costume I was in. One time I wanted to dress up as a Mage from Ultima IV... but we couldn't find any white witch's hats so we went with a black-themed wizard costume instead... and then when we went to a church event my parents worried that the church would take offense if I was dressed up as a wizard, so I hastily pulled on some of my brother's camouflage and went as a soldier... which I wasn't entirely happy about, given that the church did not pass out as much candy as people in houses along the street.
And no matter how bad the costume, kids WILL have fun when they get loads of candy out of it. I know I did regardless of what costume I was in. One time I wanted to dress up as a Mage from Ultima IV... but we couldn't find any white witch's hats so we went with a black-themed wizard costume instead... and then when we went to a church event my parents worried that the church would take offense if I was dressed up as a wizard, so I hastily pulled on some of my brother's camouflage and went as a soldier... which I wasn't entirely happy about, given that the church did not pass out as much candy as people in houses along the street.
Yeah I agree. Back in the day, the only "good" Halloween costumes are hand made by your parents or by yourself. The store bought were mostly shitty as they are cheap to sell and make. Now, we see costumes that are really good in several pop up Halloween stores and in Wal-Mart. Things sure have changed in the past decade.
Oh man you are so right about those old plastic masks >A<. Just this week I saw a kid's Iron Man helmet, a full helmet made of thin plastic. The face plate even moved up and down. Back then all we had was that face plate with string >A<. Kids have it SO freaking lucky now!
At least Sabrina's sister can enjoy going door to door for free candy <3.
At least Sabrina's sister can enjoy going door to door for free candy <3.
Oh Tabby, if only you know your costume choice.
And yeah totally feel you on that. I remember the last time I dressed for Halloween I went as Megatron with a costume that was made of a box with alluminum foil, a laser gun belt that made sounds, and a store bought MEgatron mask.
And yeah totally feel you on that. I remember the last time I dressed for Halloween I went as Megatron with a costume that was made of a box with alluminum foil, a laser gun belt that made sounds, and a store bought MEgatron mask.
Sweet! I always liked her and her mom! Yeah I remember those costumes. The plastic mask irritated my face, and sharp opening at the mouth made a mess of my lips. It was really hard to see where you were going. I guess the costumes were made of really flammable material too.
Thankfully being a plus-sized gal means I have a better chance of finding a NOT 'slutty' version of a costume.
I'd probably jsut recycle my Pirate-Day outfit however.
(and omg that costume is almost as bad as those g-strings that were being marketed to 8 year olds!<X P)
I'd probably jsut recycle my Pirate-Day outfit however.
(and omg that costume is almost as bad as those g-strings that were being marketed to 8 year olds!<X P)
Oh god my mom bought me one of those. I was all happy when she picked me up from school, telling me she got me a transformers costume. All night all i could think of was how cool i was gonna look. Yeah well it was a plastic mask with a plastic apron. And the worst part? It was wasn't a transformers costume, It was a gobot one...
I was pretty poor back then so i always dressed with my moms old makeup, just get ripped clothes and tell everybody i was a zombie. But heck if you want to see back then, google 1930's halloween. Those kids there look like they're having a blast and i believe thats what we are all forgetting that it is a time to be someone we're not and have fun.
it would probably be a little bit more appropriate if zigzag was the one trick-or-treating with her. This picture is just so wrong on so many levels. LOL. Although ironically I could probably list about 20 costumes that are adult industry oriented and yet being targeted to children. There was even a piece on the news here about it. Pauline has become dead where I live. I didn't have one child even go down the street this year and the year before we had only two kids show up. Their parents had dressed them in. Believe it or not, garbage bags. The kids had no mask makeup or anything on and either child was merely wearing a garbage bag. I was wondering if they were supposed to be disposable shoulder or some other aspect I overlooked. I felt like looking around, see if there was a third id, wearing a Rubbermaid trashcan. Usually avoid the store-bought costumes when I was a kid. I remember wearing a alien costume from the store one year and after that pretty much everything was homemade costumes. LOL. I know I dressed as a vampire one space year another year was a witch or a wizard something like that. Another year. I think I dressed up as a ninja and the only thing I've are member besides that was a homemade version of the maniac cop which I doubt anybody remembers that movie series. I think I wore a glow-in-the-dark Friday the 13th hockey mask one year also. Pauline kind of lost its appeal when I was like 11 after a particularly bad incident in my neighborhood. A bunch of drunk parents mistook my mother for some idiot that egg their house given her age. She nearly had a heart attack over it. I stopped going out for. All we after that. You run into a bunch of drunk guys with baseball bats and leads of 2 x 4 and you just lose your interest in going out for things like that. I can't help but wonder if that is store-bought or if zigzag made that For her
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