Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I blame Vitter
Today's Wapo has a disturbing story about the hot new trend of "sexy" Halloween outfits for...
preteens?Halloween is big business. Americans are expected to spend upwards of $5 billion this year on candy, ghoulish decorations and costumes. And the hottest trend in costumes, retailers say, is sexy. And young.
Ew.
The article describes preteen outfits with names like Playboy Racy Referee, Sexy Super Girl, Fairy-Licious Purrrfect Kitty Pre-Teen, French Maid and Sexy Cop.
Can I get a big WTF? How did this happen?
Joe Thaler, head of TransWorld Exhibits Inc., runs the annual Halloween Expo for big-box retailers. He said suggestive costumes for girls burst onto the scene about three years ago and the phenomenon is so big that he's had to create a separate fashion show. The costumes have since moved to the plus-size market for adult women and now come in teen and preteen versions. Even little girl costumes show more leg and tummy than they used to. "They're just good sellers," Thaler said.
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Megan Smith, 16, perused the costumes at Party City with her father, Dan. She first tried on the Prisoner, a slinky spandex number with a little button at the throat and open chest like a '70s disco halter dress. She settled on Raggedy Ann, a blue mini dress so mini that the lacy underskirt barely dusts the bottom of the fanny.
No one does scary costumes anymore, Megan said. Blame that on the teen movie "Mean Girls," she said, quoting a line verbatim: "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it."
Her father laughed nervously. "They're all a little risque, and I don't like that," he said. "She'll be wearing shorts underneath."
Megan rolled her eyes.
I really don't blame whoremonger Vitter for all this scandalous prosti-teen and
prosti-tot bullshit fashion (although I know that if this happened ten years ago he'd be blaming it on Bill Clinton).
Girls, Princess Leia is a perfectly good costume idea-- wait, just to clarify, I'm referring to Leia's
white robes in "Episode IV: A New Hope" not the
metal bikini from "Return of the Jedi".
Other wholesome but interesting costume suggestions are welcome.
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Women have dressed like whores fr Halloween for forever.
It is just filtering down to the wee ones. Mini Ho's
I went to Party City and was appalled at the trashy stuff for the little girls. Then again, I saw this coming five years ago when I went into the Children's Place and threw a fit when I saw the damned halter tops and J.Lo 'ho wear for eighteen-month-olds.
I did see a nice Glinda the Good Witch costume, however. Go, Glinda, go. Fly that bubble, woman.
Great point about blaming Clinton!
Interesting how at a time when the "Family Values" crowd is in charge something like this could happen.
God I know. We don't have kids but last halloween I had to keep my hand over my husbands mouth. He kept saying over and over, "they need to put some clothes on" and "my kids won't wear that"
An idea if you need on is a princess, Girls want to be pretty and this allows them to do the hair and makeup. Find a prom dress thats sexy (but not trashy) and top it off with the tiara.
I am confused again. I thought Bill Clinton redefined sex when he taught us that oral sex ain't "fucking" sex.
Vitter has come cleaned (after he got caught). He is now in the process of repenting. My understanding is that he is going to get a religious choir to sing around the state at his rallies.
Trick or treat?
Oh, and in the princess department...stay away from Ariel the Little Mermaid, Jasmine fron Aladdin, and Pocahontas. The outfits are pretty skimpy, even if they are characters from Disney movies.
Go for Violet from "The Incredibles"! Some of the best quotes ever from an animated film:
"But, woman, I'm talkin' 'bout the greater good!!!"
"I am your WIFE. I am the greatest good you are EVER gonna get!"
Can I get a big WTF? How did this happen?
Well, I could tell you how I believe this has happened, but I don't think you'd like the answer.
I'm wearing my Halloween navel ring....See you all in New Orleans tomorrow!!!
http://www.bodycandy.com/cgi-bin/item/HC-282
Slutty bivalve, perhaps?
Wasn't there an Oyster Girl who used to perform on Bourbon Street?
Oh, yes there was!
http://www.eccentricneworleans.com/evangeline.htm
It was my pleasure to meet the "Oyster Girl" in person on my birthday two years ago. I got an autographed picture of her (from her glory days).
Sadly, this treasured item was lost in the Fed flood.
I don't think this is anything new. When I was a teenager (like 20 years ago), I remember asking my mom, "why do the boy ice skaters get to wear pants, but the girl ones have to wear those glittery swimsuits?" Same thing applies to girls outfits in "dancing school" and pageants... silly sequined bikinis for five year olds to prance to Britney Spears tunes. Fucking eeew.
