Ho-lloween

[batskeets]

I'm sure I made a similar comment last year, but: why are there so many completely trampy Halloween costumes out there, nowadays? A lot of these are just gross! Upon seeing that first one, I thought I'd accidentally stumbled onto a kinky lingerie retailer or something. EW.

I really don't understand the desire to run around dressed like a hooker on Halloween, or hell, in general. Showing more skin does not automatically make you "sexier." In fact, it probably makes most people look worse! Tiny, skin-tight outfits just don't look good on most people, and the only people who'd appreciate seeing you in one are people you wouldn't want to hook up with, anyway.

Do these ladies actually *want* to get involved with a dude who targets "easy" women? Unless he's a pimply high-school nerd trying way too hard to lose his virginity, he is most likely not a nice person to be around.

We missed out on yoga yesterday, which kind of made me grumpy, because I *really* wanted a good stretch. But, we went running instead, so that was good. My legs were hurting like holy hell for the first part of it, but I still convinced myself to tack an extra block onto the loop. I'm a little worried about tiring out my body before today's belt test--I don't just want to pass it, I want to *decimate* it, haha--but I'll likely be fine.

Speaking of the belt test, I had a belt test dream last night. ^^; You know that thing that happens in dreams, where you're trying your darnedest to run away, dodge something, or do some physical thing that you *know* you're capable of doing under normal circumstances... but for some reason your body just WON'T DO IT?

Well, yeah, the dream involved that same kind of thing, but with me doing stretch kicks during the belt test. I was all freaked out in the dream, because my kicks were so slow and wouldn't go above hip level, but when I looked around, nobody seemed to notice or care. So, I'm not sure if that's a bad dream or not, heh. I'm pretty sure it's not a good one, but whatever. ;)

Anyhoo, I'm off!

Comments

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

I'm wishing you the best of luck, and hope that you do, indeed, DECIMATE it. *grins*

[monkeyhole.livejournal.com]

No, I'm pretty sure that's a kinky lingerie retailer.

Their tagline is "Lingerie, Sexy Costumes, and more", and I'm fairly certain the purpose of most of that stuff is roleplay-oriented.

I also had a... *ahem* friend tell me that a lot of that stuff is made by Playboy and also sold on their site. A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Haha, you're right! I followed the link from a blog, so I totally didn't even look at the page header. XD

[aniline.livejournal.com]

Seriously though, I went into several for really real Halloween stores and the front of the store was all The Playboy Collection of Halloween stuff. I'm perfectly okay with the Halloween = slutty UPS girl or slutty mouse or slutty witch*, but the skimpy outfits geared towards 12-14 year olds are just WRONG. There are some seriously creeeeptacular young teen outfits around.

*But we learned on that very special episode of 90210 that even if Kelly was dressed as a slutty witch, the would-be rapist cowboy still had no right to attack her. But it was her fault for dressing slutty. Wait, what were we supposed to learn from that episode again!? heh.

[helloandie.livejournal.com]

"Showing more skin does not automatically make you "sexier.""

PSHAW. Try telling that to Miss Spears. She's like the definition of sexy, you.

*cough*

Maybe the girls who wear those sorts of costumes really are super sluts just waiting for an excuse? I dunno. I always tried to go for something more unique. Except for that time I was Sailor Moon for Halloween. There's little you can do to de-slutify that outfit. :X

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I totally agree, more skin does not = more sexy. Bleck. Besides, how many girls actually look like those models? Very few. How many are going to stuff themselves into those costumes? Many. Wear a costume that is fun and cute and that you are not going to whine about being freezing cold all gad-darn night!

Ok, I am done.

I am going as a Panda this year.

[sarapada.livejournal.com]

I really don't understand the desire to run around dressed like a hooker on Halloween, or hell, in general. Showing more skin does not automatically make you "sexier." In fact, it probably makes most people look worse!

I don't know if you ever listen to the radio, but Daria always visits this topic the week of Halloween - "Dressing up like a skank is not a Halloween costume; that's Mardi Gras! Halloween is supposed to be scary!"

[xplo-eristotle.livejournal.com]

And it is, if you don't have the body for one of those costumes. ;)

Seriously though, a certain demographic seems to see Halloween as their one opportunity to wear skimpy little outfits that they wouldn't generally get away with otherwise. I dunno if they find it liberating or if it's just attention whoring.. maybe some of both.

[sarapada.livejournal.com]

I originally wrote a much longer comment, but I deleted the rest of it because I couldn't find the right words, but I honestly don't have a huge issue with "sexy" Halloween costumes - by which I mean people wearing actual clothes with a sexy bent (like some of the costumes you linked to above, Vampire Queen for example), not "hey, I'm in a red-and-white bikini with fur trim - I'm Santa Claus!" (like other costumes you linked to above, Institutionalized Annie for example) Because Halloween is a great excuse to be something/someone you're normally not. Am I actually a sexy librarian (to pull an example out of the air)? No. Do I think it might be fun to dress up as one for the evening, providing the outfit is flattering and makes me feel confident and good about myself? Yes. Halloween's all about having fun, and sometimes fun means feeling sexy.