Halloween Costume Idea: Dress Like a Dress
Are you tired of the same old boring Halloween costumes? There’s no doubt that the conventional themes have been overdone. After all, how many witches, ghosts, goblins, and monsters do you really want to see?
Why not take a different approach this Halloween season and dress like a genius? You can make a unique statement that people will notice. Here are some ideas for dressing like a genius this Halloween:
You’ll make quite a statement when you emerge in your Albert Einstein costume. Make sure you have a gray wig with disheveled hair and some nondescript, baggy clothing. To add to the mood you’ll want to wear a cape with some of Einstein‘s physics formulas painted on them. A gray stick on mustache should complete the look. Imagine the fun of being Einstein for a day!
Dress up like a modern computer geek.
You probably already know the look but if you need help, you may want to search the internet for some close up photos of real life computer geeks. Be sure to wear the requisite bifocals and carry a bag of cheetos with you to the party. To add to the effect, why not wear two different colored shoes and socks and a t-shirt that says, “I love technology”?
Dress up like a learned philosopher from the past.
Some suggestions might be Aristotle, Plato, or Descartes. Although there are no photographs to pattern your costume after, you probably have a pretty good idea in your mind of how these great minds might have looked. You’ll probably want to wear a long tunic with sandals and sport a gray beard. Be sure to dazzle everyone with great thoughts and sayings such as, “I think, therefore I am”.
Dress up like a mad scientist.
This one should be pretty easy. You’ll want to apply stiff hair pomade to your hair to get it to stand straight up. Put on some huge bifocals and choose an unmatched, disheveled set of clothing. To add to the effect, carry some test tubes and flasks in your hand. Try to look completely preoccupied.
Dress up like a valedictorian.
Just because you graduated last in your class, doesn’t mean you can’t be a valedictorian for a day. Wear the standard cap and gown that graduates wear along with the headpiece and tassel. Wear a large pin that states you’re the top graduate. Try to look intellectual and serious.
Dressing up like a genius on Halloween is a great way to break out of the stereotypical, spooky Halloween image. Why not do something different this Halloween?
Written by Kristie.Leong.M.D
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Options For Halloween Fancy Dress Outfits in 2011
Article by Kirsty Philips
During Halloween both women and men are able to dress up as anyone they wish. However, during the past 10 years or so, increasingly more women and men are demanding completely unique and original Halloween fancy dress costumes, as opposed to the more conventional ones. The typical devils, witches and ghosts are now being replaced by the most recent Lady Gaga video costumes or Harry Potter costumes. It is the second largest holiday of the year, so people want to go all out. For many of us we turn all of our attention to organizing parties, buying spooky decorations and then finding ourselves the right outfit for the night. As Halloween draws near, the search for an extraordinary costume can get extremely stressful You need not worry anymore, below we have listed a variety of ideas that perfectly fit with the current time and should be considered before eventually getting your outfit for the night.
Halloween Costumes For Men – Men have plenty of great Halloween fancy dress to choose from, thanks to the many Fright Night monsters that exist. Popular options include Michael Myers, Jason from ‘Friday the 13th’, the ‘Scream’ mask, Leatherface, Jigsaw from ‘Saw’ and also the Ghostbusters or Michael Jackson‘s Thriller outfit. New outfits are based on characters from blockbuster movies including Conan the Barbarian, the Green Lantern, Voldemort, Dumbledore,Thor, Loki in addition to Captain America and the Red Skull. All these offer fresh alternatives to the tired old grim reaper and Uncle Fester outfits. If you truly want something unique you can go out as a Transformer!
Women’s Halloween Costumes – This year has been great to you ladies, thanks to lots of gorgeous women that have reinvented the music industry’s definition of a performer. Katy Perry, Rihanna as well as new queen of pop Lady Gaga have all contributed a cauldron full of clothing designs perfect for Halloween fancy dress. The recently deceased Amy Winehouse could also be a source of ideas, with her recognisable beehive, tattoos and heavy eyeliner. The most recent contributions from Hollywood movies include characters like Amy Peterson in Fright Night, Colombiana’s Cataleya, Mystique from X-Men: First Class, Bellatrix LeStrange from Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2 as well as Sookie Stackhouse from True Blood. With a bit of effort, commitment as well as an eye for detail, you’ll be able to imitate these amazing heroines and make an impact on your guests.
Kid‘s Halloween Costumes – One of the most important movies released in 2011 was the final chapter in the Harry Potter series and for this reason now is the right time for kids to dress up as one of the famous magicians: Harry, Ron or Hermione. For bigger groups there are numerous other Harry Potter characters to choose from, like Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood as well as Ginny Weasley. Adults have been dressing up as the Smurfs for many years, but now kids are also picking up the blue fever,which makes it an excellent option for Halloween fancy dress. With the release of Walt Disney’s fiftieth animated feature ‘Tangled’, kids will enjoy dressing up as the beautiful long-haired Rapunzel or the dashing Flynn Rider.
Should I make or purchase Halloween fancy dress?
Half the fun of the spooky October holiday is spending the time to make a one of a kind outfit that encapsulates you as an individual or enables you to pretend to be your favorite icon. The majority of the creative members in society that participate get the recognition they rightly deserve at major events when they show up in their most recent creation, which is often a concoction of smooth materials, glittering sequins and inventive accessories. For people who don’t feel confident enough to create their own costume, buying one online can save lots of stress and embarrassment.
Kirsty writes for a Halloween fancy dress blog and contributes a variety of outfit designs to the industry
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10 Ways To Dress It Up For Halloween
Don’t use the same ole traditional halloween candy bowl you have used year after year. Let your creative juices flow and seek out something fun and unique this year. Here are 10 ideas sure to get the party off to a higher spirit.
1. Basket case. Hollow out a pumpkin to use as a fun filled candy basket and to finish it off, make a basket handle out of cut vines. Any backyard vine with stiff stems will work great. Clean out the pumpkin and let it sit for approximately 24 hours to make sure it is dry before filling it with treats. Bend the vines into a handle and secure them to the pumpkin with wire poked into each side.
2. Truckin. Let your creativity flow, find a vintage dump truck at your favorite antique store, second-hand store, maybe a flea market or a garage sell. Fill it full of bright, colorfully wrapped halloween candies, use halloween stickers to decorate the vintage dump truck doors, such as a cute little pumpkin. This makes for a great accent piece.
3. Conversation piece tray. Find a vintage tray with dividers or maybe a drawer with built in dividers, at your local hardware store, or an old wooden crate with dividers in it to display a variety of colorfully wrapped halloween candies, in some of the larger divided sections, full-sized wrapped candy bars work well, maybe find vintage wrapped candy bars. For health reasons, just remember to use only wrapped candies.
5. Strange and interesting vases. Seek out unique containers at a garage sell, maybe at a second-hand store, import stores, furnishings store or an antique store. Look around, you may have something special at home that would be ideal. These will make for great halloween foil-wrapped candy holders. A good example of one would be a wire umbrella type so the candies will stand out in a crowd.
6. Stand alone candies. If you would like to decorate with special halloween stand alone treats, as they are referred to, use a coated black cast iron decorative trivet to place on an end table or on a small serving table. You can also use a 2 or 3-tiered serving tray. Place pumpkin shaped or skeleton shaped suckers on it. Maybe choose some candied bones mixed with gummy body parts and scatter them all around on the trays. Use your imagination, this is the time of year to get a bit crazy.
7. Well, well well. Choose a gourd or a pumpkin in your desired size but with a nice deep well in the top of it and trim off the stem to make a ready made candy dish for loose chocolate-coated sesame seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds, or decorative halloween wrapped candies or a combination of these. Use your imagination and just have fun.
8. Haunted house candies. Ever thought about maybe turning a dollhouse, or perhaps a new birdhouse, or any kind of shelter-style accessory into a spooky wicth’s lair. Paint the house with black and dark green paints, them prop a witch figurine at the door. Tuck candies into the windows and doors. Pile up a bunch of candy in the middle of a room and combine some of those stand alone type treats.
9. Spooky garden planters. Find a unique looking, maybe an aged or weathered looking garden planter at a garage sell or a second-hand store and re-use it Maybe you have something that would work well in your own garden shed. Of course, make sure you wash it thoroughly and then use a food-safe liner, such as a plastic bowl or a bag to fit snuggly into the container to pour the halloween candies in to. Sweet.
10. Wired. Seek out an old second-hand inexpensive bicycle or a tricycle, the more run down it is, the better. Attach a large wired basket to it, or even an old fashioned inexpensive weave type basket will work. Fill the basket full of a large variety of halloween candies and set it by the front door for your guests to enjoy as they enter. What a great conversation piece.
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Why We Dress Up in Halloween Costume at Halloween Time?
Did you know that the origins of Halloween and Halloween fancy dress date back 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts celebrated their new year on November the 1st as it was this day which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter which was often associated with death.
The Celts were under the impression that at the start of their new year that the worlds between the living and the dead became blurred. Due to the other-worldly spirits they felt existed; the Celts saw this as the time to make predictions of the future, providing them with comfort through the cold winter months.
It was at that time that the dressing up started (Halloween fancy dress). To be closer to the spirits the Celts word start bonfires, have public parades, dress up in a ghoulish fashion in an attempt to tell each others fortune, during this spooky time.
The Romans then conquered the Celtics and they combined two Roman festivals, Feralia which commemorated the dead in late October, and Pomona to celebrate the Roman goddess of fruit (hence bobbing apples at Halloween time).
In the 800s the influence of Christianity had spread and the thought is that Pope made the decision to replace the festival of the dead which the Celtics started with a church holiday called “All Saints” day, to honour saints and martyrs. That celebration was also known as All-hallows or All-hallowmas and eventually the name Halloween was derived. Due to the link to the saints at Halloween time people now dress up in Halloween fancy dress: as saints, angles as-well as devils.
Halloween remains to be one of the busiest nights of the year in the UK, with people paving wearing all types of Halloween costumes and accessories. It now takes a much more light hearted approach with the young and not so young wearing scary Halloween fancy dress and going door to door for treats or attending a Halloween party. Many of the Holiday parks around the UK such as Butlins or Haven holidays, have Halloween themed breaks, for families who love to get involved in Halloween festivities.
Black and orange are the traditional colours for Halloween costumes, however in recent Halloween images the use of purple, green and red have also become prominent in Halloween fancy dress and are now associated with Halloween costume tradition. Other traditions at Halloween time include the use of Pumpkins, carved with a scary face (or friendly one) with lit candles inside, this stems from an Irish tradition of carving lanterns which stems back centuries.
Bonfires and Halloween fancy dress have remained a large part of Halloween and popular with both children and adults.
The Christopher Robin fancy dress shop based in Weymouth, Dorset has been selling Halloween fancy dress costumes across the UK for over 25 years.
Speaking to the shop manager, among the best sellers for Halloween include the traditional witch and vampire costumes along with the more extravagant Halloween costumes such as “Corpse Bride” and “Punk Zombie”.
As for childresn’s Halloween fancy dress, the Skelton costumes for boys and the Witch Fairy with tutu are popular costume choices for girls at Halloween time.
If you are worried about getting your hair wet, when participating in apple bobbing (remember earlier mention of the Roman god of fruit), why not buy a Halloween wig. Christopher Robin fancy dress have a great selection of Halloween wigs and masks, men’s Halloween wigs, women’s wigs for Halloween etc. They also have a range of Halloween props in the shop, if they are not online give them a call sure they will be happy to help make your Halloween party a great success.
To see their full range of fancy dress costumes for your Halloween festivities visit Christopher Robin here: www.christopher-robin.co.uk
Expert in fancy dress costumes and party goods. Supplier of fancy dress costumes across the UK for over 25 years.
Visit the Christopher Robin website or visit the family run fancy dress shop in Weymouth, Dorset
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Get The Robin Fancy Dress For A Fancy Halloween 2010
Batman is one of the most famous comic book superheroes that have ever been created. He is the caped crusader who comes from Gotham City, and has made saving people from distress his self-imposed obligation.
Alongside the Batman is Robin, the boy wonder. And just like his mentor, his crusade is to stop crime at its onset, and make the world a better place. This character is also one of the most popular superheroes that have ever been introduced into the world. In fact, he can be considered as the most renowned sidekick of all.
However, in recent developments, Robin is not a mere sidekick alone anymore. He now has numerous comic books under his name, as well as starring in his own cartoon show, Teen Titans.
This is why if you are looking for a costume to wear on Halloween or for any other occasion, you can choose to purchase a Robin Fancy Dress. After all, this choice will ensure that you are getting the best look that you deserve. With it, you will have that superhero “feel” that will make you the best dressed at the party.
You can find the best Robin Fancy Dress through the Internet. Take advantage of the very affordable prices which these web sites and online costume shops offer for their items. Whatever costume needs that you may have, the World Wide Web has it for you.
However, if you do decide to buy your costume online, make sure that you are only buying from a reputable seller. Through this, you can be assured that you will have a costume that is worth every penny that you spend.
The Robin Fancy Dress is part of the best Halloween Costume Ideas 2010. Hence, if you do decide to come as Robin for the costume party, you can be assured that you are making the right choice.
Discover the best Halloween Costume Ideas 2010. The Robin Fancy Dress is available for adults and kids alike. Find your favorite Halloween costume now!
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