Over the years, what has been your most favorite costume you've worn? For me more than half the fun of Halloween is creating my costumes. I always try to be as accurate as possible and usually start my research on them months before October.

That being said, last years costume had to be my fave. I did Lara Croft from The Cradle of Life movie. I wore the silver diving suit outfit. I had a custom suit made for me, but I made everything else, which included the thigh holster, belt and back harness. I absolutely loved wearing it!! [8D]

Nothing's more fun than dressing up as a woman who kicks ass!

"There is no delight the equal of Dread." - Clive Barker

Hrmmm.. I suppose my Freddy costume. I have been Freddy for the past 5 yeard for Halloween. The costume is completely real too. I got a real sweater, glove, and I DID have a real latex mask application I wore. Since I spent so much time and money on that one, I would have to say the Freddy costume.

"Oh look, another glorious morning. It makes me SICK!" - Winifred Sanderson

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Sounds scary!

Haunted Display
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The death witch mask my wife uses every halloween.IT has a hinged jaw for movement with speaking,very creepy.

Haunted Display
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That sounds really awesome Marskin!! I bet that thing looked cool!

"Oh look, another glorious morning. It makes me SICK!" - Winifred Sanderson

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My favorite costume would have to be my bird costume. I worked on it for about 6 months. What took so long was the wings. I fashioned them out of wire and covered them with red cloth. Then glued red and black feathers on them. I also made a mask out of paper mache with a long beak. I wore a simple long black dress. pretty nice effect.

My second favorite would have to be my golden imp costume. I threw this together in a few days. I wore a gold bathing suit, an orange sheet fashioned as a toga, and my gold horns. This was for my Latin club, passing out candy on campus to neighborhood kids.

I was a Titanic victim the year the movie came out, and went for REAL authenticity. I was really influenced by the scene where the lifeboat came back to look for survivors and you saw the dead woman in her lifevest holding her baby.

I found a long navy flowered skirt, an assymetrically ruffle-neck blouse (very immigrant looking), and a pair of short black lace up boots from Goodwill, a plaid shawl from Target, and ribbed black tights.

Found the cheapest baby doll possible, painted her face light blue and lips purple, and wrapped her in a blanket.

I did my own face pale blue and my lips deep purple as well. Washed my hair and put in this "wet look" hair gel, then as it dried, I painted salt into the front and sides to look like frost. The crowning touch was a life preserver I bought from a pool supply store and stenciled "HMS Titanic" on.

Everyone who saw it loved it.
SQBS

"They're coming to get you, Barbara....."

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What a great costume, sq!!

"There is no delight the equal of Dread." - Clive Barker

Mine have been somewhat on the tame side: Before kids, my favorite was when I was an executioner and hubby was a guy in an electric chair...(He HATED wearing it - so I had to tame down after that)...After kids my favorites have been, banana split, strawberry shortcake, fork and spoon and one year we went as a baseball player, umpire, box of popcorn and popcorn seller. I actually had people at the warehouse we were TOT in ask me how much the soda and popcorn was.

It's almost a tie. Both got lots of attention for different reasons... 2001 I was a vampire - kind of confused the dom & sub roles b/c, let's face it, I'm incredibly tame. I wore a collar AND carried whips. But the rest of the costume rocked! I had a full black ballgown skirt, a black corset and a black and white coat that buttoned in the center and was open at the top and bottom. Even had fangs that fit like appliances. 2002 I went as Mary Sanderson w/ 2 friends who dressed as the other 2 Sanderson sisters. Both times I won part of "best couple" -- first time, with a guy who came as part of a couple (vampire & victim), that was weird -- and the second time, the 3 of us won best couple (there wasn't a group category).

I have tons of great wench costumes, but the rule at the party was that you couldn't wear garb you'd already worn to faire.

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". . . he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was--a woman." Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow