5 Costumes You Shouldn’t Wear This Halloween

1. Wearing Any Type of “Face”:

2. Repeating Costumes

3. Taking “Sexy” Costumes Too Far

4. Anything With Puns

5. No JACK SPARROW or JOKER

5 Costumes You Should Wear This Halloween

1. Be Thuggin’ on a Budget

2. Recently Deceased Celebrity Costumes (imitation is the most sincere form of flattery)

3. Politically and Socially relevant costumes

4. Star Wars and Zombies are always Breathtaking

5. Group Costumes

5 Costumes You Shouldn’t Wear This Halloween

#5. NO JACK SPARROW OR JOKER

I think I speak for everyone when I say I’m tired of seeing Jack Sparrow or Joker costumes everywhere. The first “Pirates” movie came out six years ago and people still dressing as Jack Sparrow after the awful sequels is kind of annoying. The Dark Knight was the biggest movie of the summer last year and Heath Ledger’s Joker is arguably the best Joker ever seen. But everyone and their mom wanted to be the Joker last year and like Sparrow, it was very over saturated costume which just ruins the fun for everyone. Plus, there are thousands of other movie characters you can dress as without worrying about whether anyone else wearing your costume.

#4. Anything With Puns

Puns are hardly ever funny and when they are people just laugh at them because they can’t believe you said something so stupid. So the worse thing to do is incorporate that into a costume an example would be to dress as a giant magnet with CHICK written on it or walk around in plain clothes with a baseball bat. The sad thing is that I didn’t make any of those up, people actually wear junk like that for Halloween. If what that didn’t surprise you then you are either aware of this phenomenon or do crap like this on Halloween. This year don’t.

#3 Taking Sexy Costumes Too Far

It’s an unwritten rule and according to “Mean Girls” that on Halloween young women of college age are allowed to dress like prostitutes or wear skimpy colorful outfits that vaguely look like costumes. This is widely accepted fact that everyone has come to terms with. You can be sexy Wonder Woman, a sexy police officer and even a sexy housewife but when people start dressing like sexy pumpkins, or sexy Mrs. Potato Head I think I’m allowed to say that’s a bit ridiculous. Ladies, wearing these costumes on Halloween will get you a lot of attention, but not the kind of attention I’m looking for. Instead of guys saying, “Damn son, I can’t wait to hook up with that sexy gorilla.” You’d probably get just a few fingers pointing and laughing at you.

#2 Repeating Costumes

Repeating the same costume you had last year not only tells people how lazy you are but shows them that you lack the creativity to come up with a new one so it must be avoided at all costs. You might have had a great costume idea last year that impressed everyone and may be tempted to use it again, don’t. Instead of reusing it, look at it as a challenge to come up with an even better one that last years, and even if it isn’t as good as the last one it’s much better than repeating a costume.

#1 Wearing Any Type of “Face”

America now has a president that’s in the minority and a few people have stated that we live in “post-racial America”, I might not agree with this but things are getting better for than they used to be 50 years ago for minorities. So what better way to honor that than to wear Blackface, Redface, Yellowface any of “face”, ladies and gentlemen this is very offensive because not only does it destroy what lots of important people worked hard to accomplish but nothing good will come of this. I have seen lots of people wearing different faces almost every Halloween that I’ve had in OU and trust me it’s very very offensive.Most people that wear these costumes don’t actually mean to offend anyone but just want to wear original and shocking costumes and don’t think about the consequences or who they might upset.

5 Costumes You Should Wear This Halloween

#5. Group Costumes

Although they are had to pull off, group costumes when done right are the best. There is no possible way you can go wrong with a group costume, even when lame-Raggedy Ann and Andy-you will still be the coolest people at the party. Awesome group costumes include, the cast of “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissuo” in their wet suits, a 1930’s chain gang, Ghostbusters, Ninja Turtles, the list goes on and on. With a group costume you can’t fail.

#4. “Star Wars” and Zombies are always Breathtaking

One thing I have never understood is why everyone-especially Americans- loves the “Star Wars” movies. The “Star Wars” movies are such a big part of American culture that you will find references everywhere; in films, video games, T.V shows, books, clothing, etc. There is no way you can go wrong with a “Star Wars” costume. The Zombie phenomenon, on the other hand is something I appreciate because who doesn’t like zombie costumes? Not only are they a great last minute costume but they also can also be a great group costume(see #5) if you find the right people that are willing to shred their clothes and wear cheap make up.

#3. Politically and Socially Relevant Costumes

Last year, lots of people went as Sarah Palin, because she was the first woman to be nominated for the vice president position and frankly she was pretty goofy and entertaining and makes a great costume. Also last year…. It would be a good idea to go dressed as someone that’s making a difference in both American politics and socially like a teabagger (or a tea party protester), Glen Beck, Interrupting Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and so on.

#2. Recently Deceased Celebrity Costumes

A few people might say it’s too soon to go dressed as any of the celebrities that died this year but I think if done tastfully it can look great. You know as they say, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, but when donning a recently deceased celebrity costume you must be very very careful and avoid insulting them at all costs. An example of a bad celebrity costume, in 2006, a few months after crocodile hunter Steve Irwin died, Bill Maher went to a Halloween party dressed as Irwin with a sting ray barb in his chest. This is something you definitely do not want to do because it’s very disrespectful to the families of the deceased and plain old douchey.

#1. Be Thuggin’ On a Budget

Halloween costumes cost a lot of money, and for something you aren’t going to wear more than once a year it shouldn’t cost so much. Instead of spending your hard earned money on a costume you can simply make one, it is very hard to make your own costume but when making one you have full creative control to do whatever you want and incorporate anything you want to it.