Candy and decorations are in the stores. The Halloween season is upon us. Time to start deciding on what costume to come up with. I had one of those moms that made all our costumes. I didn't even know that people actually BOUGHT costumes until I was much older and mom was no longer around with her sewing machine.
What I have noticed is that the costumes have, to be blunt, become more and more skanky over the years. And that's becoming the norm. Teaching secondary school for years, I've seen the progression of what teenagers think is perfectly acceptable to strut around in and think is "cute."
Let's say you want to be your basic witch.
A costume like this is what you might have once come up with
THIS:
OR THIS:
But now when you go to the store, this is the common theme for that basic costume:
Skanky, skanky, skanky... (hits to this site just went up with this picture)
But let us not dwell on adult tackiness. In perusing costumes for the little ones, I've come across some that "take the cake" for ridiculous. Let us begin...The winner for MOST POLITICALLY INCORRECT KIDS COSTUME goes to...
"MEXICAN BOY" (applause please) Because all children south of the border dress this way.
Next, we have the winner for "YES, MY CHILD CAN BE A LAWN ORNAMENT"
"THE GARDEN KNOME" (shouts of congratulations can be heard)
Our next award for "FUTURE LOUNGE SINGER" goes to...
"CARMEN MIRANDA LOOK-A-LIKE"
Lastly, we have a tie for "COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE TWEEN COSTUME OR TRYING TO LOOK LIKE A TRAMP-IN-TRAINING" goes to
"HOTTIE LITTLE DEVIL" (yes, the actual name)
AND
"SEXY CHESHIRE CAT"
Any other nominations?
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