*that can be made with items right out of your own wardrobe
*that no-one else at the party will be wearing (though I make NO guarantees)
*that are of super-cool women
*that will make for better small talk than, "So you're a sexy policeman/traffic cop/firewoman/Elmo, when's my stripsearch? Bwahahahaha!" and other terrible come-on lines.
That being said, there's nothing bad about sexy Halloween costumes bought from the shop - they're just so damn boring. Life is too short to be a member of the armed forces for Halloween when you could be almost anything else.
Here's my list, in no particular order, of costumes that are easy, quick and won't result in pictures of your bum being circulated on Facebook (hopefully). This post is damn long and took ages to put together (hence there only being two posts this week) so there's much, much more after the jump.
1. Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist of Hungarian extraction who lived a very modern life when it was unacceptable to do so. She was married to muralist Diego Rivera, but had many affairs, including with Leon Trotsky, Josephine Baker and Nickolas Muray, who would spend years taking iconic photographs of her. She posed for American Vogue and other magazines in her uniform of traditional Mexican clothing; full skirts, embroidered blouses and ostentatious colours, almost always with fresh flowers in her hair.
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| Both pictures by Nickolas Muray |
Frida in your wardrobe - maxi skirts, florals, short sleeved blouses, shawls, hairbands DIYed with fake flowers.
Further reading - Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: Frida's Wardrobe.
Alternates - Tamara De Lempicka, Artemisia Gentileschi, Yoko Ono, Hannah Hoch.
More after the jump!
