Halloween is a time for fun and games, dressing up and partying. But costumes can be a tricky subject. Here, we list the pros and cons of Halloween Costumes to help you decide if they’re right for you:
Pro: You can be someone else for a night
Con: You have to keep up the persona all night
Pro: They can be really cool!
Con: They can be really ugly!
Pro: You can go with friends as a group costume and work together
Con: Group costumes are harder to put together
Pro: Halloween is just once a year
Con: Halloween costume planning takes months
Halloween is a fun time of year where we get to dress up like our favorite characters, celebrities or even inanimate objects. We can let our creative side out and have some fun!
However, not all Halloween costumes are created equal. There are some pros and cons of Halloween costumes that you may want to weigh before choosing the right costume for you.
Pro: You Get To Be Something You’re Not.
One of the best parts about wearing a costume is that it allows you to be someone else for a night. It’s fun to see how others react differently towards you when they don’t know who you are behind the mask or wig. You get to change your persona and act like someone else – if only for a night.
Con: People Judge Your Costume (and Yourself).
Halloween is one of those holidays where people tend to be more judgmental than usual. They evaluate each other’s costumes and make assumptions about who is behind the costume based on what the person is dressed as. If a woman dresses up like Lola Bunny from Space Jam, she might get judged by others because she’s not wearing much clothing or because she’s dressed up as an animated rabbit character. People judge quickly and move on, but it can still sting when people
I am the proud owner of a Lola Bunny costume from Space Jam. I have had this in my closet for 15 years and have worn it twice. The first time was to a party in college and the second time was last year, when I went to the movies with my husband and friends. Even though it can be hot, I like to wear it because it’s funny and gets attention.
I bought my costume at a costume shop, but there are many websites where you can buy them as well. If you want something unique, you can make one yourself. There are many tutorials online that show you how to do this. Or if you are like me, you might just decide to wear all black and add a tail!
The pros of wearing a Halloween costume are that they are fun and get attention. You can also play pretend in them! The cons are that they are expensive and sometimes hard to move around in.
If you want to wear a Halloween costume this year, think about what kind of clothes you already have that would make good pieces for one. Don’t buy anything new unless it’s really cheap! Be creative!
Halloween is a fun time of year full of costumes, candy and most importantly, parties. The process of picking out your costume can be stressful, depending on what kind of costume you want to buy. There are homemade costumes, store bought costumes and even rented costumes, but which one is the best option for you?
Homemade Costumes
These are often the most fun because you have complete control over what you’re wearing. You get to create your costume from scratch and put in as much effort as you like. As nice as this sounds, homemade costumes have a few drawbacks. If there are several people going to the same party as you, it’s likely that someone will be wearing something similar or exactly the same thing you are. In that case, it’s not so special anymore. Also, a lot of work goes into making a good costume, and sometimes they don’t come out quite right. If you’re not crafty or artistic, then this can be an issue with creating a good homemade costume.
Store Bought Costumes
If you’re not keen on doing things yourself and just want to buy something that looks cool, then store bought costumes may be the way to go. These kinds of costumes have come a long way since there were only mass produced
The problem with Halloween costumes is that they are so ambiguous. A costume can go either way: it can be a hit or miss. For example, let’s take the ever-popular, Lola Bunny costume. On one hand, you could wear a purple crop top and purple shorts with tail attached, but then again you could also don a full-length purple dress with ears and tail. Both costumes fit the character of Lola Bunny, but they differ in their portrayal of her sexually. One costume is more suggestive, while the other is more conservative and modest.
For me personally, I’ve never been one to wear a provocative Halloween costume; my costumes have always been more on the modest side. I didn’t really think about it much until I started dating someone who thought that my costumes were “boring” because they weren’t “sexy enough.” I tried to explain to him that Halloween was about having fun and being creative with your outfit, not about showing off as much skin as possible.
It took me awhile to come up with this conclusion, but once I came to this realization I felt better about not wearing scandalous getups for Halloween. At the end of the day it really
I’m not exactly sure why, but the idea of wearing a costume while going door-to-door begging for candy has always kind of creeped me out. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love Halloween (the costumes, the candy, the scary movies), but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize that there are actually some pretty major advantages and disadvantages to donning a disguise on 31 October.
Pro: You can be anyone or anything you want.
Con: That’s your cue to put on that french maid costume you’ve been eyeing for months.
Pro: You get to eat all the candy you want without feeling guilty about it.
Con: You have no idea how many people double-dip in the communal bowl of candy at Halloween parties.
For the most part, Halloween is a fun time of year; so long as you aren’t one of those people who have to take everything too far. You know the guy I’m talking about; the one who shows up to a party with a baby doll hanging from his belt and blood dripping from his mouth.
The problem with Halloween is that it gives people an excuse to be horrible human beings for one night out of the year. There are many things that are acceptable during this holiday, but there are also many things that should never be done under any circumstance.
For example, dressing up in blackface is never okay. Ever since minstrel shows became popular in the mid-19th century, people have been painting their faces black and acting out negative stereotypes about African Americans. And it still happens today: Julianne Hough sparked outrage when she was photographed in 2013 as “Crazy Eyes” from Orange Is The New Black. There is nothing funny or cute about making fun of an entire race of people, especially when they have been discriminated against for hundreds of years.