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Costume Candy – The Perfect Halloween Treat

Pop singer Katy Perry knows a thing or two about the mesmerizing effect of the Peacock and perhaps you should, too.

Halloween has become a socially acceptable time to get your sexy on, and this year you may be considering doing just that.  Wearing a Halloween costume that is slightly scandalous is not only fun, but it’s also a chance for your inner vixen to do the talking.   With one of these super hot get-ups, you will start a wordless conversation that is going to get you noticed in a very good way.  Put the shy demure girl away for the night and consider one of these tantalizing options!

Pop singer Katy Perry knows a thing or two about the mesmerizing effect of the Peacock and perhaps you should, too.  This stunning costume is so ground shakingly beautiful that you will be tempted to strut your stuff in it on many occasions aside from Halloween.  From the front, the look is simply eye popping–but once you turn around the back is even more jaw dropping, with sexy back lacing and a full plumage of iridescent feathers that teasingly sit right on your lovely booty.  This costume–simply put, is a showstopper and will pack a wallop in the sex appeal and architecture department, with very little effort on your part. 

Considering a sexy character with a bit more of a sordid as well as dark past?  What could be better than the tortured vampire?  Torn between love and bloodlust this character is ever fighting her desire for human blood in order to keep her true love…alive.  Styled a bit like a Goth Saloon girl from the Wild West, this vampiress has a definite sexier twist on an old classic Halloween favorite.

Don’t let the name fool you, as there is nothing innocent about this little Red Riding Hood.  She’s ready to deal with any and all Big, Bad Wolves that come lurking around, whether they are wearing sheep’s clothing or not.  She’s sexy, savvy and ready to head to Grandmother’s house.

A new female version of the lonely and reclusive character of Edward Scissorhands, this sexier girl version of the character, known as Miss Scissorhands, is going to turn a lot of heads this Halloween!  The dress has sultry, gothic styling and the gloves have faux scissor-like appendages just like Edward did in the original movie.  Bring back the immortal, lovelorn Edward with your own sexy version of this dark, seductive and misunderstood character!

Take your suspect and put him under house arrest while wearing our super sexy rendition of one of society’s ultimate power figures.  With a flirty ruffle hem dress and a very flattering and sexy waist cinching belt, this ‘officer of the law’ is like none you’ve ever seen before.  The costume itself is likely to bring the bad boys to their knees without an inappropriate use of force.  The included pouch may be for his heart—with this costume you certainly are likely to capture his.

Bring out your super sexy side this Halloween with one of these great costume characters.  Trick or treat?  We think it’s definitely all about the treats.  Halloween candy, indeed!

Infographic – A Costume for Every Era

500 Years of Cultural Inspiration

Each year at this time thousands of new Halloween costumes hit the store shelves. Costume manufacturer’s produce these costumes hoping to capture the attention (and disposable income) of the consumer. Many of those new costume designs are based on the latest Hollywood movie blockbuster, a trendy children’s TV character or even the hottest video game of the year. This year it’s Angry Bird costumes. Last year it was Lady Gaga costumes. The year before that it was vampire themed costumes … and so it goes. Seems there’s a never ending stream of gimmicks or trendy costumes introduced each Halloween. However, there’s a segment of the market who prefer the more traditional, classic Halloween costume. These are the costumes based mostly on the past 500 years of cultural inspiration. From princesses to witches to pirates, these costumes have been in existence for nearly 500 years and remain popular to this day.

Here’s an infographic that takes a look back at the costumes of the past 500 years — starting with the 16th Century. This Halloween when you’re out trick-or-treating, take a look around. You’ll be amazed at how many of these costumes are still being worn by today’s trick-or-treaters!

INFOGRAPHIC: A Costume for Every Era

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Great Halloween Costumes for less than $30

Jack Sparrow Costume Kit

If you are hoping to find a perfect Halloween costume look but don’t have a lot of money to spend, all is not lost.  We have many brand new costume styles that are going to look terrific and be a ton of fun to wear on Halloween, but are not going to set you back too much change.  All of these costumes are less than thirty bucks; and many of them are less than twenty!  If your Halloween budget is coming up a little short this year, check out some of these really great options that have a lot of Halloween panache with very little Dinero involved.

Kids:

R2D2-This truly adorable costume is going to make your child very popular this Halloween as he dresses up as the silly robot sidekick made famous in the Star Wars movie series.  The costume is designed for the small stature of a toddler and with the little included cap your child is going to be the ideal size to carry this R2D2 look off perfectly.  This costume is out of this galaxy on the cuteness scale!

Captain America-Considered by many to be the most patriotic of the superheroes, Captain America is strong, powerful and of course is here to save the day!  Your child will love bringing this mighty character to life by wearing this fabulously detailed Captain America costume.

Monarch Butterfly Costume-Every little girl will love this adorable rendition of a lovely butterfly.  Somewhere between a princess and a pixie, this costume is the perfect combination of both pretty and whimsical.  Take your wings and fly this Halloween with this adorable butterfly costume!

Monster High Frankie Stein-Play the part of Frankenstein’s daughter this Halloween!  This half-cute, half-spooky costume is the perfect choice for a young Halloween diva that wants to look a bit scary while still bringing her stylish fashionista to the forefront. 

Women’s:

Cavegirl Costume-This sexy cavegirl is looking for a good caveman!  A twist between a prehistoric look and something much more modern and sophisticated, this costume is going to give you just the right amount of jungle fever to get your Halloween party started!

Gothic Witch Costume-This is a traditional Halloween costume with a decidedly sexy spin.  You will cast a bewitching spell this Halloween with a witch look that is both beguiling and sultry with just a little bit of naughty thrown in as window dressing.

Dorothy Costume-Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore!  This super sexy version of Dorothy, straight out of the Wizard of Oz is nothing like the Kansas farm girl we remember from yesteryear.  Dorothy has grown up a little bit, and this modern and sexy twist on one of the most classic and beloved characters of all time is likely to be a sure fire hit at your party this Halloween.

 

 

 

Men:

Captain Jack Sparrow Costume kit-Bring out your inner swashbuckling hero with this great costume kit!  Your high seas adventure is just beginning as you don the duds of one of the greatest characters to ever come from the good people of Disney.  This officially licensed costume will give you the essentials you need to recreate your own version of Jack Sparrow!  Aye Matey’s!

Classic Vampire Costume-This classic Vampire look is a great way to recreate the look of one of most traditional Halloween personas of all time.  Your rendition of one of the very ‘undead’ will strike fear into your friends as they shield their necks and run for cover.  Today’s vampires are often seen as sexy, charismatic, charming and wealthy.  Sure there’s that little issue of them being bloodsucking killers—but undoubtedly you will have some great Halloween fun dressing as one of these dark and sexy creatures of the night!

King Costume-Your majesty, here is your chance to finally, once and for all, officially be the KING!  With an appropriate royal robe and crown perhaps you will finally get the respect and admiration that you really deserve!  (Well, at least it’s worth a try!) 

 

 

 

With these and many other fantastic and inexpensive costume selections available, you can afford to dress up in a really great Halloween ensemble and still have money left over to pay the babysitter.  Check out our complete selection of fabulous new styles that won’t break the bank!

When I Was Young I Wanted To Be . . .

Enchanting Princess Costume

As children, part of being a kid is imaginative playtime and dress up.  We all had our childlike dreams and fantasies that we liked to use during trips through our imagination.  We envisioned heroes, larger than life characters as well as glitzy superstars.  Most of the time, when we grow up, we are forced to leave our childhood dreams dormant somewhere in the back of our minds.  For Halloween, perhaps it’s time to dust off some of those old childhood memories and recreate those fantasies as a perfect Halloween costume that brings back a little of your inner child.  Here’s our list of the Top 10 Halloween costumes for 2011 that will bring back some of your favorite childhood fantasies!

Superheroes-There probably isn’t a kid alive that hasn’t played “superhero” at one point or another in his/her life.  With so many great and powerful characters to choose from, it will be very easy to find one that fits into the superhero mold that you imagined when you were a child.  Caped and flying through the air, using superhuman strength and powers, scaling walls with ease and overcoming evil at every possible turn is just plain cool, not to mention fun.  What’s not to love about being a superhero? 

Rock Stars-With air guitar in hand, many of us as children found our selves deep in the fantasy of being a real Rock Star.  We envisioned being up on a stage, rocking out with fabulously loud music blaring out of huge amps, hungry, screaming fans in the audience and a stage nearly set afire with cool pyrotechnics.  Rock Stars seemed to live a life of perfect fantasy and more than a few of us wanted to be one.  Perhaps many of us still do.

Firemen or Policemen-Considered by many to be the ultimate local heroes, most of us as children played games like cops and robbers, where good always prevailed over evil and the bad guys were hauled away into a pretend jail.  Children often fantasize about being firefighters as well—driving that big red truck with the siren a-blazing as it roars down the street.  Performing rescue operations was all in day’s work for the brave firefighter, no wonder it’s a favorite pretend imaginative character for kids.

Military Personnel-Participating in a pretend battle was a favorite childhood pastime for many of us.  We’d lurk in the bushes with our toy machine guns and wait for our enemy (the neighbor kids) to come by so we could ambush them and attack.  Dressing in camouflage or other military regalia is the perfect way to recreate the childhood version of war games and will also pay homage to those who serve in the armed forces today.

Pop Star-Many of us have latent fantasies about being various pop stars.  When I was a teenager, I envisioned myself as Blondie, sexily crooning the likes of ‘Heart of Glass’ and ‘One Way or Another’.  My Pop Star dreams fell a little short and yours may have too, but recreating a costume look based on Madonna or Michael Jackson may be the perfect way to get this Pop Star dream completely out of your system once and for all. 

Princess-Nearly every little girl goes through her ‘princess’ phase. Dressed in appropriate royal attire from tiaras down to glass slippers, her regal and elegant appearance brought handsome men to her in droves.  Well, that was the theory anyway.  Princesses often found themselves in dire circumstances that required some handsome hottie to come by and do the rescuing.  Hey, what can I say, even little girls are smart and I guess we all learned young what worked.  Being a princess is a sweet gig and it’s no wonder why many of us wanted to be one if only in our imaginations.

TV or Movie Star-Without too much fanfare, I will confess to a wicked obsession with wanting to become Marcia Brady from The Brady Bunch.  She was TV’s “it” girl when I was very young and if I could have been her, even for a day, I gladly would have.  Many of us continue to have TV and movie icons from our younger days that are still inside of us, waiting to come out.  You’d be amazed at how many of these looks can be recreated easily with appropriate and accurate costumes.  Be still my heart! 

Astronaut or Pilot-These guys are so cool it’s unreal.  Many of us can remember watching the Apollo missions on TV and over the years many Shuttle launchings have been seen as well.  Astronauts bravely leave this world and explore territory that is foreign and unfamiliar to us poor earthbound folks.  Traveling into space is a fantasy that many of us have had.  Pilots as well, especially military pilots such as those from the movie Top Gun, are crazy-brave and fearless.  Astronauts and Pilots are an out of this world costume idea!

Cheerleader- Beautiful, sexy and popular, many girls fantasize about being a cheerleader.  Little girls do dance routines, cartwheels and flips in their yards as they dream about one day cheering their team onto victory while their pom poms flip about overhead.  From the super sexy professional sports team cheerleaders (Can you say Dallas Cowboys?) to the more traditional cheer girls found at your ol’ alma mater, the cheerleader is a popular childhood dream that might be fun to re-live.  A little bizarre, but definitely totally hilarious, grown men have been known to dress up as cheerleaders, too. 

Sports Star-Many of us wannabe athletes dreamt of one day making it big as a sports superstar.  Football, basketball, baseball, hockey—we fantasized about making that clutch winning score right at the buzzer as the crowd goes completely wild!  Recreating a sports look to bring out your inner athlete is a great way to relive those childhood fantasies and bring them to life, at least for the night.  Even if you are a non-athlete you can always be the ultimate sports power figure—the referee.

Halloween is a great time to get back in touch with the characters you fantasized about being as a child and become them temporarily on Halloween.  Real life gets in the way of much of what we dreamed about as children.  Get back in touch with those memories and good times this Halloween with an appropriate costume straight out of your childhood memory banks.

Top 10 Characters for Kids Dress Up

Top 10 Characters for Kids Dress Up

Top 10 Characters for Kids Dress UpWith the unofficial end of summer now behind us, our thoughts naturally turn to autumn and all the simple pleasures that it brings with it.  The kids are back in school and soon will be settled nicely into a more structured routine.  The days are getting shorter and as they go by, the crisp fall air begins to replace the thick heat of summertime.  Soon Halloween will be here, and your kids undoubtedly have noticed the stores filling up with fall merchandise.  Costumes are a must have for Halloween, but kids love to dress up in costumes anytime.  Costumes are great for any imaginative playtime.  Here’s our list of our favorite characters that your kids are going to want to have for their dress up collection.  Of course, they make really great Halloween costumes, too!

Buzz Lightyear-To Infinity and Beyond!  This quirky Space Ranger from the movie series Toy Story is already one of your child’s favorites!  Buzz is notorious for finding himself in a bit of trouble, and after a lot of silly shenanigans always manages to finds his way back out!  Unsure if he is a toy or an actual Space Ranger, Buzz will always be most well known for his bravery and courage.  Your child will have many hours of fun recreating the delightful character of Buzz Lightyear.

Tinkerbell- (or “Tink” for short) is one of the most memorable fairy characters out there.  Fairies are a mythical and magical being that any child will love to dress up as.  They are beautiful, with gossamer wings and dresses that fall from the waist like soft flower petals.  In addition to being strikingly beautiful, Tinkerbell is known for a bit of a tempestuous and jealous streak along with a bit of notorious mischief making.  Little girls love dressing up in pretty dresses.  Recreating the lovely Tinkerbell, along with her cloud of pixie dust will be a sparkling adventure for any little girl.

Captain America-Every child has a favorite superhero, and Captain America could very easily find his way into your child’s heart.  Captain America, arguably one of the most patriotic superheroes, became a superhero after a rough start in life.  Always a weak and frail person, Steve Rogers gained his superhuman strength after being administered a mysterious serum that transformed him into an enhanced being of literal human perfection.  Your child will have hours of fun bringing out his inner superhero and becoming his own version of Captain America!

Policemen- Playing “cops and robbers” is a classic kids imaginative, role-playing game.  There is nothing more fun for a child than donning the uniform of one of the ultimate authority figures in our society, while going out to apprehend the bad guys and haul them off to jail.  Your child will have hours of fun role-playing this significant player in adult life and will have fun exploring this part of the world around him.   Robbers should beware; there is a policeman nearby that is fully prepared to take you into custody!

Dorothy- She’s off to see the wizard!  There is something magical about Dorothy, who is the ultimate damsel in distress.  With her newly bequeathed Ruby slippers as well as her acquired sidekicks, the Scarecrow, the Tin man, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, an ordinary farm girl from Kansas, suddenly finds herself thrust into a strange land, with an evil witch set out to destroy her (and her little dog, too).  Your little girl will love recreating the character of Dorothy during playtime and be thrilled to wear her very own pair of sparkling and magical ruby slippers!

Jack Sparrow- Jack Sparrow is the swashbuckling pirate captain of The Black Pearl.  The swaggering pirate has become a classic character that children truly adore.  Jack is indeed a pirate, but in spite of his dirty, rugged and somewhat disheveled appearance, has confessed that he believes that even some pirates can be honest as well as good men.  Rarely a fighter, Jack would much rather resolve problematic situations with his wits as opposed to weapons or fighting.  Your child will love having many imaginative adventures out on the high seas while pretending to be Jack Sparrow!

Wonder Woman-This outfit represents chick power extraordinaire!  All kids love wrapping a traditional superhero cape around their shoulders and then heading out to save the world.  Girls want to be superheroes, too, and your little girl can be the quintessential female heroine with her own version of a Wonder Woman get up.  With her super human strength, speed and agility, Wonder Woman’s place in the world is to restore order, love, peace and equality.  

Spiderman-“Spidey” is a really cool superhero.  Peter Parker at one point was a kind of nerdy kid who was very shy and a bit backwards.  After being inadvertently bitten by a radioactive spider in a laboratory, interesting changes began to occur in Peter and eventually he was transformed into Spiderman!  The once struggling adolescent has now morphed into an agile, super strong being with the ability to cling to most any surface, as well as scale up most any wall.  Web-shooters are now found at his wrists, which enable him to shoot blasts of spider webbing out at will!  Your child is going to love recreating one of the most popular superhero characters of all time!

Super girl-Although somewhat of a more obscure superhero, the chance to be “Super girl” is not one to be missed.  Traditionally, Super girl has the identical superhero powers to Superman and also shares in his vulnerability to Kryptonite.  As Superman’s cousin, Super girl has always been taken under his wing– that is, until she fully learns to use and control her magical powers.  Your child is going to love empowering herself in a Super girl get up.  Traditional colors are available, but make sure to look for the “all pink” version of Super girl for that extra special girl that loves all things in the pink!

Miltary-There is nothing braver than a soldier. Today’s soldiers are stationed in all parts of the world, fighting bravely to preserve our lifestyle as well as our basic freedoms.  Kids love dressing up as the brave men and women that are part of the armed services.  Various takes on camouflage or other military uniforms are the perfect way for your child to dress up to play “army.”  Play-acting a soldier is a great way to use their imagination while recreating pretend battles in your own backyard.

Halloween costumes are obviously great for Halloween, but a costume’s potential as a great playtime accessory should not be overlooked.  With the right dress up gear, your child will have hours and hours of endless imaginative role-playing fun!  

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