This Is Halloween!

Zoinks! its that spooky time of year!

This Weekend at my place of work we had a little Halloween dress up day! The idea was to look like something without being in an actual costume and wearing the brand (I work in a clothes shop)!

So after much googling and pinterest-ing (and other forms of searching) I decided to dress up as Pugsley Addams from the Addams Family!

-sorry the pictures so bad, the only good ones on a friends camera gahh!-

This then made me think what do I want to dress up as for actual halloween, because there aren't many more things I like more than dressing up!, so I thought I'd pop on the Addams family DVD and get in the halloween mood and share a few of my favourite easy to do costumes that are unusual, simple and clever! And hope this will somehow help me make up my mind, and also to give anyone thats a bit stumped what to dress up as some ideas!

Pop Art

-Whats better than walking art?!-

-All you need is face paint, bright and graphic clothes and patience for all the dots and lines!-

-I really like the shirt on this one! I love that this guy has just got a stripey short and outlined the seams, adds extra details to take his costume to the next level!, trippy.-

Cosmo and Wanda 

If you know who these two characters are then your childhood was awesome and if you don't you're either too old or I feel sorry for you!

These two fairies were the fairy godparents of Timmy in the cartoon 'Fairly Odd Parents' and were my favourite characters in the show!

-The simplicity of this costume is what makes it so epic-

-I think it's especially clever how these people have used yellow card to make a crown and then used wire to give the illusion of it floating! this costume is just. genius!-

Mannequin

I saw this idea on American Apparel last year, when they did their halloween costume collection! and I've thought it was amazing ever since I first saw it!

-All you need is white body paint!-

-The cheapness about this costume is a seriously strong factor to the outfit, all you need is a good body paint to create a crisp, even white complexion and you can wear clothes from your wardrobe!- 

-The way you act is important to create a ultra realistic costume and sitting like this makes you look like a real life mannequin, with joints that don't move!-

Wally/Waldo

Where's Wally?

Where's Waldo?

No matter what you call him the games the same and the looks, meaning the costume is more iconic and easier!

-Gareth Barry seen sporting the fetching stripes and glasses for a stag do, showing you would probably get a fair bit of wear out of this costume as wheres Wally/Waldo parties are increasing in popularity!-

-I personally prefer this homemade version of the costume rather than the actual fancy dress costume, I feel it looks more realistic! I also think adding the camera as an accessory and a satchel gives him that explorer theme! a final plus is that if you're ever in a shopping centre or somewhere busy and you and  friend are bored you could recreate some of the games by standing in a crowd and getting your friend to take a photo from high up! ahah- 

Alien Tourist

Another one from the American Apparel Halloween costume ideas similar to the mannequins but instead of painting yourself white go a for a more dapper green complexion!

-In my opinion wearing 90's style clothes makes them more of a costume. I think that wearing classic tourist items i.e Cargo shorts, socks and sandals, trainers, floral prints, a fanny pack etc. give a real interesting costume! Also creating much wider eyes by painting alien eye shapes in black paint make it more obvious that your an alien and not just an ill tourist.-

-My favourite halloween song to get me in the halloween mood!-
-'This is Halloween', From 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'-

TTFN

Beards and Brogues
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-Disclaimer: i don't own any of the images (other than the one of my Pugsley costume)-