I must say I'm impressed at how many of you are already thinking, looking, researching your Halloween costumes this year - be it a couples costume or singles costume, people are planning ahead.
I spoke briefly with a representative from Spirit Halloween, a Halloween costume retailer, and asked them what was hot this year. Anything Twilight-related (either solo as a vampire or tandem ala Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart) are in hot demand, as are gladiator, flapper and gangster-related costumes. And online costume retailer Buy Costumes (Buy Direct) is showing anything superhero related or star trek/star wars flying off the shelves.
I've listed a few of my personal favorites for the year below, but I'm wondering: what will you wear for Halloween this year?
- Knight In Shining Armor Costume
- Twister Halloween Costume
- Ally Capone (Buy Direct) and Rob N. Banks (Buy Direct)
- Corpse Groom (Buy Direct) and Corpse Bride (Buy Direct)
- Gladiatrix (Buy Direct) and Gladiator (Buy Direct)
- Flapper Girl (Buy Direct) and Prohibition-Age Gangster (Buy Direct)
I’ve always wanted to have a couples halloween costume. I just need to meet someone before Halloween comes around! =) Or I can suck it up and get a friend to go as a couples Halloween costume. But I don’t think I would buy a costume, I’d get really creative and come up with something that I haven’t seen done before.
I work at Pure Costumes, an online Halloween costumes retail store and I totally agree with Bonny. We have rolled out our couples Halloween costume ideas page earlier this year and its one of the top 10 pages on our site.
You shouldn’t be concerned on what is hot for Halloween costumes because it just means everyone is going to be that. Come up with something original and funny. I mean you only get to enjoy Halloween once a year.