Go Big or Go Home: Making Sexy Costumes Work is All About Your Accessories
You may have noticed that Halloween costumes have gotten edgier in the past decade. I am not entirely sure how it happened, but someone, somewhere decided that women should always be cold on Halloween and because of this, the most popular costumes are the sexy costumes.
To that, I say rawr. While it may seem intimidating to dust off your cat ears and pull out your fishnet stockings for some of you who aren’t used to it, but it really can be a lot of fun. Lots of comedians have joked about how Halloween is the only of the year that women can dress a bit more risqué and get away with it. If that’s the case, why not join in the fun?
The key to pulling off a costume that you wouldn’t otherwise be caught dead in is to remember that it’s Halloween. It’s the day of the dead, and as such you can experiment and take an evening to live on the fringes. The next morning, you can go right back to your tried and true ways, but I’m guessing you’ll do so with a grin on your face from having a fun evening of costumed celebrating.
Really, all you need is a willingness to try something new, some self-confidence and a killer costume. If you’ve ever wanted to be a woman-in-uniform, a sexy firefighter or a cave woman, once you have the outfit, the perfect accessories are what make or break the costume. You wouldn’t dress up as Cleopatra without a black wig and tons of eyeliner, right? So, for those wild women’s costumes, just remember to add your personal style, but set on high. If you normally only wear a little lip-gloss, go all out with red lipstick. Don’t forget the high heels, signature props and vampy attitude and before you know it, you’ll be “knockin’ them dead.”