A good costume builds from one tiny idea. A couple Halloweens ago, I dug through my 1-year-old’s dresser drawers looking for anything interesting or unordinary and found a baby-sized ribbed tank. The first thing that popped into my head was a sweaty John McClane in a wife beater. In one night, my husband and I whipped up this take-off on a Die Hard poster. Pretty kick-ass, right?
So, to help you come up with something original, something with a deeper context, something better than simply sporting devil horns, I offer these D Magazine-inspired costume ideas:
– Gather a group of friends, cut up some sheets, and go as ghosts to represent all the empty positions the city and county currently need to fill (i.e. police chief, city manager, county D.A.).
– Catherine Downes suggests going as the mysterious severed foot from D Magazine’s October feature story.
– Speaking of full-body costumes, you can always wear a giant wiener, and maybe add some diced tomato and a jalepeno to represent the Luscher’s dog that graced our August cover.
– Ladies can repurpose their old wedding dresses and go as the Shylight bar lamp at Flora Street Cafe. Note: This costume will require stamina as it involves continuous bobbing and hopping.
– Or, slip into your trendiest outfit and carry a large, painted tri-fold posterboard behind you to go as a fashion blogger standing in front of a mural. Repeatedly ask people if they would “like to know it.” (This references the Ender page from our November issue, not yet online, but I do suggest you at least pick it up in line at the grocery store and give it a read).
Happy All Hallows’ Eve!
