Kat, Liz, and Laura Jane of nogoodforme.com
If you are three girls looking for a themed costume concept, we’ve figured it out for you! Be us! To be Kat, all you need is a long dark wig and lots of drapey black and grey. The Liz costume requires blonde pigtails, cowboy boots, and an apple on your head. And for Laura, just cut all your hair off and run around screaming about the Beatles all night. “Dressing up as the ladies of nogoodforme.com” is the new “dressing up as the Charlie’s Angels,” only this way, nobody gets stuck being Lucy Liu.
Rachel Zoe
There is a danger that only gay dudes will appreciate this costume, but if you’ve ever wanted to unleash your fabulousness upon the world, you should go for it. Just don’t forget the sunglasses and the venti latte cup from Starbucks. Constant uttering of expressions like “I DIE” or “That’s bananas!” optional.
Dead Tupac Shakur
Dead Tupac is exactly the same as Alive Tupac, only with zombie makeup. This costume idea is incredibly versatile, and can be adapted to cover any dead celebrity you please! Dead Anna Nicole Smith, Dead Frank Sinatra, Dead JFK, and Dead Mama Cass are all superb choices.
Slutty Dinosaur
Everybody knows Halloween is just an excuse to appear sluttier than you would normally allow yourself to look. But really, does the world need another slutty cat, slutty nurse, slutty fairy, or slutty cop-ette? NO. What the world needs is for you to dress up as a slutty t-rex, or possibly a slutty brontosaurus. You need to be pretty savvy on the sewing machine to articulate this one, but trust us, it’s worth it.
The “Big Love” family
A legitimate excuse to break out that calf-length denim skirt and prairie print oxford and get a dude in your life to wear a nice suit and carry a Bible around.
Sarah Palin
You know that Sarah Palin is this year’s Amy Winehouse in terms of Halloween costumes. If you’re going to do something that will be ubiquitous, do it right:
NOT SARAH PALIN
That’s all: Just NOT SARAH PALIN. Do you really want to be responsible for there being another Sarah Palin in the world, even if it’s just for one night? No, you don’t. So just be NOT SARAH PALIN. Be your lovely old Fake American self. Be a goddamned French maid, or throw a bedsheet over your head and call yourself a ghost. Be Tina Fey! Or, if you simply must be all creative and stuff, stick with the 30 Rock thing and go as Tracy Jordan in the “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” video:
A Member of Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
Liz is going as Janice this year and needs to fill in the rest of the band. However, if you’re on board, then you must somehow obtain the original Muppets costumes from Henson Studios. Only Liz is allowed to assemble her costume from the existing contents of her wardrobe; them’s the rules. (P.S. Dude, check out Dr. Teeth’s boots!)
Some Semi-Obscure Yet Memorably Costumed Movie Character from the Last Decade or So
A little while back, Liz was “Christina Ricci in Buffalo 66” for two Halloweens in a row, which was really brilliant and successful, even if it was weird when that guy at the bar asked if she’d take off her silver shoes and let him hold her feet “just for a few minutes.” So now we’d really like to see dudes take on the “Semi-Obscure Yet Memorably Costumed Movie Character” thing – like maybe James Franco in Pineapple Express (so easy!) or, if you really want to win a certain nogoodforme girl’s heart, Heath Ledger in Lords of Dogtown:
WE ARE SO FUNNY!
I’m being a Slutty Cat for Hallowe’en, just so everybody knows. Unless anybody wants to make me a Slutty Pterodactyl costume.