I thought it would be helpful to share my solution for the problem of figuring out what costume to wear on Halloween.
In the past, I’ve taken a very minimalist approach to this task. In my previous attempts, I’ve chosen costumes that are low-cost and easy to make. For instance: a paper bag, potato sacks, and cardboard boxes for ghosts.
With these costumes, I’m happy because they’re cheap, easy and require no sewing skills. But they’re not great choices for Halloween. The problem is that they don’t fit well with my face shape.
So why don’t I just go with something simple? Well, it’s true that these costumes don’t take much effort to make them look decent. But the issue of fitting well can’t be ignored if you want a great costume for Halloween.
I’ve discovered a way to transform any outfit into a great choice for Halloween by using an inexpensive trick: masking tape! This trick allows me to create several different looks using only one piece of clothing. The trick works as follows:
1) First use masking tape (or duct tape or electrical tape) to cover your face in the most flattering possible way. This is what we call “masking.” You can adjust how much
When Halloween comes around, we often have a difficult time choosing the right costume for ourselves. Today’s post will help you if you’re looking for something that works well with your face shape.
Facial features are distributed in different ways, because of the same mechanisms that cause nose shapes to vary: our faces are made up of soft tissues that respond to external forces by changing shape, and the way those tissues interact with each other is influenced by factors such as genetics and hormones. For example, a round facial morphology is associated with a low-arched nose. If you walk into a party wearing a boxy ball gown, you’re probably going to look like a big ball. The trick is finding the right balance between going too far in one direction and not enough in another.
In most cases there will be more than one right choice, so don’t panic if you’re trying to find the right costume at the last minute: just check off what seems to work best for your face shape, then come back next year and do it again!
The possibilities for Halloween costumes are almost limitless. Partygoers can select from a vast array of looks and styles. The problem is that it’s hard to know what will look good on you.
The obvious solution is to choose a costume based on your shape: if you have a square face, go as a square; if you have a heart-shaped face, go as something heart shaped. But there’s another way: look at your face shape and then choose the best-looking costume that suits it. That’s the “best-looking” choice, not the most comfortable one.
You don’t have to be an expert in costume design to understand this idea. It just requires looking at yourself in the mirror.
You need to figure out what kind of face you have, and what kind of costume will fit it best.
Your face shape is far more variable than you think; find out what it is by taking a photo of yourself. Make sure this photo is on the computer. If you take a photo with a cell phone or camera, it will be blurry and not much help.
If your face shape is between two sizes, then go up a size; the costume looks better that way. Also, if you are short, the costume will tend to look shorter if you go up a size.
If you are a woman with a long neck, choose a form-fitting costume. If you have a round face, go for the most “novelty” costumes possible. And if you have neither of these qualities, avoid Halloween altogether!
The thing is that no one can see your face. So if you’re going to spend money on something that you’ll only be seeing once a year, you may as well spend it on something that will make you feel great.
People often ask me what costume I’m going to be for Halloween, and it’s just not something I can decide quickly. For some reason, though, I always feel like the person who is supposed to be the expert on what costume I should wear. So I thought about it, and here’s what I think the problem is:
I don’t know what costume to wear for Halloween.
If you’re looking for a costume that will make you stand out, the best thing to do is to pick something outlandish. Even if it’s not your idea of a good time, at least it will be memorable.
If you want to make a statement about yourself, the safest way is to pick a costume that says “I am not like other women,” because there are very few people who are really like other women. But if you want to make a statement about society or culture, the best thing is to pick something that says “I am part of this culture and I identify with it.”
To understand what the problem is, think about what people think they are supposed to look like. Most of us spend our lives trying, consciously or sub-consciously, to look just like everyone else we know. That takes work and money. So naturally we want our costumes to be easy. If you can buy something that looks like everyone else’s costume but doesn’t cost much or take much time or effort, you’re going to go for that instead of something more interesting.