and please, no zombies or vampires, I'm sick of them. Any ideas? I like beautiful/glam, but creepy. Last year, I went as a creepy doll and spider queen.
Non-slutty female costume ideas
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You know, I was actually going to suggest this Weeping Angel costume, too... It looks awfully challenging, though. Here's her how-to.
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Great thread!!!
Last year i made my costume. I went as a day of the dead catrina doll. I made a long (very heavy) bustle skirt out of sheets, bought a ruffled top and dyed them both a dusty black, painted skeleton arms and hand bones on a pair of elbow length gloves, painted my face and put big peony flowers in my hair...
Last year i made my costume. I went as a day of the dead catrina doll. I made a long (very heavy) bustle skirt out of sheets, bought a ruffled top and dyed them both a dusty black, painted skeleton arms and hand bones on a pair of elbow length gloves, painted my face and put big peony flowers in my hair...
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Last year I wore a very modest costume that got a terrific response. I bought an old wedding dress and veil at a thrift shop and painted my face white and went as a ghost bride. It was creepy enough to be fun but not so scary that little kids were afraid to approach me.
I personally have no issue with revealing costumes and have worn them myself. It can be great fun.
I personally have no issue with revealing costumes and have worn them myself. It can be great fun.
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·I don't think they are bad either, but for women it seems like the majority of costumes are pretty revealing.
As a wife and mom of 3 teens-including 2 teen boys- I would feel awkward and exposed wearing a revealing costume. My haunt gets hundreds of kids, and I would feel a bit strange wearing a 'slutty' costume.
Everybody can choose their own costume type, but I think the original poster just wanted some new ideas for costumes that were more modest and inventive.
Many non-slutty costumes seem to be pricey and gorgeous- ie, Elite costume lines or the more expensive historical reenactment or theater costumes.
Since the rise of Etsy- even old fashioned looking dresses form previous decades- which used to be donated to Goodwill or thrift stores- are sold for bookoo bucks. Just try and find a used, vintage dress to incorporate into a costume online! Expensive as heck!
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Just use your imagination. Anything goes on Halloween you can be anything you can dream up. I am a Vampire-Demon crossbreed. Gothic gown, vampire teeth, horns, creepy make-up.
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I never buy costumes because, unless you spend big bucks, they're cheap and feel overly flame retardant. lol Every costume I've ever worn in my whole life was homemade. I'm just looking for creepy, creative ideas that don't include having my T & A hanging out. The other day I was thinking of going as the wolf dressed as grandma from Little Red Riding Hood. lol I really, really want to be a weeping cemetery angel, but I don't know if I have the dedication and patience to make the costume.
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It's not that sexy costumes are wrong, but some are truly bizarre (elmo?!, chewbacca?!) And personally, I would feel like a pedo handing out candy like that.
I was thinking of making a costume of a voodoo priestess, alla Marie Laveau of New Orleans. I have to research it, but a great wig, kinda dreadlocky, and a basic gypsy type costume, but add lots of "stuff" pinned on it, and hanging from it, stick feathers in the dreads, skull earrings, that sort of thing. you can do great makeup, and it can be comfortable too. I want to see what she looked like. But I also want to do a corner of my home as a voodoo parlor...funky bottles of junk, bones and amulets, etc. Would that work for you?
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Notice I said "slutty," not "sexy." To me, there's a big difference. And yeah, some of these so-called sexy costumes make no sense. Sexy clown, sexy garbage collector, sexy baker...
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I blame all the porn out there, it's influencing the young who don't know any better...
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Do you have a pic? Sounds very cool...
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I've been a witch many years. One costume made me look really short (had to retire it due to deterioration) also have an Air Blow Witch costume and of course mix parts of dif. witch costumes for a dif. look.
One year I went to the MaskZoorade as a box of kittens. I couldn't believe the comments it got.
Do you have a pic, Bethany? Sounds cute!
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I've been a witch many years. One costume made me look really short (had to retire it due to deterioration) also have an Air Blow Witch costume and of course mix parts of dif. witch costumes for a dif. look.
One year I went to the MaskZoorade as a box of kittens. I couldn't believe the comments it got.
Do you have a pic, Bethany? Sounds cute!
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kathy, I do not have pics of my box of kittens, but the other 2 are in storage. We will not get anything out of storage until we buy a house. When we do & get settled, I'll post pics of my witch costumes. Wish I knew where they were in the storage unit, we have parties to go to this year and I'm going to have to buy a new costume, hubby too!I've been a witch many years. One costume made me look really short (had to retire it due to deterioration) also have an Air Blow Witch costume and of course mix parts of dif. witch costumes for a dif. look.
One year I went to the MaskZoorade as a box of kittens. I couldn't believe the comments it got.
Do you have a pic, Bethany? Sounds cute!
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My wife has a similar position on the state of women's costumes in general, and is always far more interested in something that would have once been glamorous, but due to neglect, or age has definitely earned its 'creep' factor. This appeals far more than any particular 'monster' archetype.
I don't know if it will help at all, but with a haunted manor theme on the horizon for this year, she's going this route:
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Good luck with the house! Are you staying in the same area?kathy, I do not have pics of my box of kittens, but the other 2 are in storage. We will not get anything out of storage until we buy a house. When we do & get settled, I'll post pics of my witch costumes. Wish I knew where they were in the storage unit, we have parties to go to this year and I'm going to have to buy a new costume, hubby too!
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