Category: Halloween
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22 Halloween Costume Ideas for Women Who Wear Glasses (No, You Don’t Have to Ditch Them)
I’ve worn glasses since I was eleven, and every single Halloween growing up involved someone telling me to “just wear contacts for one night.” I don’t wear contacts. I’ve never owned a pair. So for years my costume options basically got cut in half because half the ideas online assumed I’d either go without my…
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23 Halloween Costume Ideas for Women Over 40 That Don’t Feel Like a Costume Store Compromise
I hit my early forties and walked into a costume shop looking for something for a neighborhood party, and every single women’s costume on the rack was either a “sexy nurse” variation or something clearly sized and styled for a 22-year-old. Nothing wrong with either of those things existing, but I wanted something that looked…
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21 Halloween Costume Ideas for Expecting Parents That Actually Work (Bump Included, Not Hidden)
I found out I was due right around Halloween with my second kid, and I remember standing in my closet at 32 weeks trying to figure out if I could still be “half” of a couple’s costume when the other half of me was, well, a whole extra person. Most costume roundups just slap a…
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22 Halloween Costumes for Engaged Couples That Actually Show Off the Ring (Without Trying Too Hard)
My fiancé and I got engaged in August, and by the time Halloween rolled around three months later, I was determined to do something with that ring besides just… wear it under gloves like every other year. Here’s the thing nobody tells you about engagement-era Halloween costumes: half the “cute couples costume” lists online completely…
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21 Halloween Costume Ideas for Elementary Teachers (That Survive Recess, Copier Toner, and a Six-Hour Wear Time)
I taught second grade for exactly one Halloween before I learned my lesson the hard way: I showed up as a witch with a giant pointed hat, and by 10 a.m. I’d knocked it off my own head three separate times reaching for a marker on the whiteboard. By the classroom party at 2, I’d…
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23 Halloween Costume Ideas for an Elderly Woman (Comfortable, Easy, and Actually Cute)
My grandmother Rosalind refused to hand out candy in a costume for years because every idea she liked “looked like it was made for someone who could still get down on the floor to fix a hem.” She’s 81, uses a walker most days, and has zero interest in anything that requires standing for four…
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22 Halloween Costumes That Look Incredible on Dirty Blonde Hair
I didn’t actually think about my hair color when picking Halloween costumes until I tried to be Ariel one year and spent forty dollars on a red wig I wore for exactly four hours. My friend Priya, who’s been dirty blonde since high school, has never once bought a costume wig — she just works…
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21 Halloween Costumes for Cold Weather (That Still Look Amazing)
I learned this the hard way in Minnesota three years ago: I put together the perfect fairy costume — gauzy wings, a flowy dress, bare shoulders, the whole thing — and by the time we hit the third house on the block, my lips were basically a different color than my lipstick. My roommate at…
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22 Halloween Costume for Chubby Women
I used to buy a costume a size up “just in case,” get home, realize it was still cut for someone with zero hips, and end up safety-pinning myself into something by 6pm on Halloween night. That was basically every October from age 22 to 27, until I finally started shopping specifically for plus size…