the 'ween

[51stcenturyfox]

Via lipsum  - this might be the best Halloween costume EVER!  Boudicca!

Frida Kahlo is also pretty cool. :D


Are you going anywhere for Halloween/do you dress up?  I think I'll just be opening the door this year and handing out noms to beggars.

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[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I'll be at Whitby Goth Weekend for Halloween, so I'll just be dressing up in 'normal' gear...

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Which is much cooler than my normal gear, no doubt! :D

[wiredblowfish.livejournal.com]

Never heard of Boudicca. Very cool. I'm going to research her.

I usually dress up. But have no idea this year. I feel inspired by your post to be an ancient historical figure. I'll have to think about it.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

There are tons!

Sheets can produce togas for any number of royal figures. LOL!

[lucrativesequel.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine's girlfriend dressed up as Boudicca one year for Halloween... I geeked.

I throw a party every year (favourite holiday EVER) and this year the theme is music videos. I'm thinking of Cyndi Lauper I just haven't decided which one yet...

[lucrativesequel.livejournal.com]

PS - If I got to any other parties I'll probably go as Artemis (haven't worn that costume in years!) and for trick-or-treaters may do a store-bought medieval costume I have... I love dressing up!

[used_songs]

For this year's party we're just doing masks. I have a cool Venetian bird-style mask (kind of glam black death doctory) and I'll wrap myself up in a cloak.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'd love to see a pic! PICS!

I bought a mask in Venice, but it's kind of a brocade-and-tulle thing which I've never worn, but it's hanging on the wall. :)

[sanginmychains.livejournal.com]

I tend not to dress up (I don't go anywhere, so it would be sort of silly), but my kid! This pleases me so much: she wants to be a jewel thief for hallowe'en. I have no idea where she got the idea, but it's what she insists she wants.

She doesn't want to be a Disney Princes. She doesn't want to be Strawberry Shortcake, or Dora, or Batman, or any character from some movie, cartoon, or tv show. She doesn't want to get a canned costume and dress up as someone else who exists independently of her. She wants to be a thing, a person who does something - something adventurous, requiring wit and bravery. (and moral turpitude, but whatever, it's Hallowe'en.)

It's moments like this that make me feel like the draconian strictures I have on television are paying off. Her ability to imagine her life is not yet circumscribed by a corporation who wants to dictate the flavour and breadth of her dreaming.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's fantastic!

I remember when I was a kid, and the costumes were kind of general without being franchise-specific, you know? Black cat (leotards and ears and tail) or Pirate or if you were lazy, Bum. :D

In sixth grade, my friends wanted to trick-or-treat, and I had no costume, so I put on a long shirt and beret and drew on a moustache and made a palette and went as an artist. LOLZ.

JEWEL THIEF wins on so many levels! Is she getting a little black mask and a bag full of Mardi-Gras beads? :D

[sanginmychains.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I"m thinking. And if in my mind I call her Lady Christina de Souza, that's just between me and her (also Who fannish) dad.