How to Be Stylish for the Halloween Weekend

A Halloween party can be the event for you. The last weekend in October is the weekend where people get together to gather and have a lot of fun in a few short hours of time. This short guide to looking your best, whether you want to stand out, fit in, or get in the door at your chosen Halloween costume party will help you.

Your own look, the glamorous yet bizarre, thriller look that turns heads, and makes you stand out at the Halloween party might be what you want to do this year. My first and only suggestion for you, if this is your plan, is to be certain to invest in an excellent foundation for your supposedly unique garment. Given that the plan usually goes wrong, somehow, when a person attempts to have a unique look. I have worked in costume shops for years, where the clients who want custom-made attire, who give the directions to the private tailor or seamstress inevitably have attended a Halloween party where someone is wearing almost the same outfit that this client, each and every client, has visited the store two or three times to oversee the construction of and fitting for. Then, there is the other problem, when your look is so good that someone else attending the party becomes extremely jealous of you and attacks you or your Halloween costume, or both. Wearing the incurably fashionable, although, unique, tee shirt, over the look, will prevent this from happening, to your best costume.

Being a gracious party-goer in either instance may work. Teaming up with the other stiff who showed up in a very similar costume, and asking questions about their favorite things to do on the weekend, local sports teams, or who their favorite fashion designer is might be something that helps you build your social network. Then, again, wearing the aerobics outfit enables a costumed character to do a quick costume change if necessary midway through the party; before the "Twins Separated at Birth" becomes the only conversation of the party. A sporty headband, wrist cuffs, sneakers, shorts, a huge nightshirt plus a mask should complete the outfit. There are several variations to this outfit such as, the Grim Reaper jogger, Clown Man the jogger, the Loch Ness jogger, Frederick's of Hollywood jogger, or the Squirelzilla jogger in colder climates, all of which are do-able. There are many more variations of "the jogger" such as the Frankenstein's jogger, your favorite movie star jogger, and the Count Jugular jogger. Adding an incurably fashionable tee shirt to the look will make it unique.

The Halloween costume does not need to be entirely something purchased from a party goods store, if you want to go to fit in with the "in" crowd. By looking at the pictures in the photos, a party-goer can mimic the costume and save money, too. Sure, saving money is a hot topic for most of us, sometimes, putting together one's own look will have a reveler be dressed to the max, though, completely by accident. If you are incurably fashionable, get a packaged costume from a store like Party City, and you will fit right in. Skip getting a lot of accessories, and get a novelty prize pack to share with your buddies instead.

Knowing the party's Halloween theme might be helpful, also. Some hosts or hostesses have a scary theme for the party at their place, which they hope to be full of ghouls, pirates, storm troopers, and monsters, or other scary creatures. Other places might have a sexy theme, with revelers dressing as fairies, maids, wrestlers, and escorts, or other sex magnets. Yet other parties might have a humor theme, with guests dressing in costumes such as a hot dog, ketchup, mustard, and beer cans, or frogs, turtles, goldfish, and puppies. If you look at the party invite, this may be a clue as to what to expect at the party, or asking about the Halloween party theme when replying to RSVP invite would be an even better idea.

Giving yourself the Halloween look without giving your fellow attendees any worries about outshining their costuming efforts is something that can be done quickly and easily. First of all, don't buy anything special, just look through your own closet for ideas, there must be something that you purchased at least ten years ago that you have no plans of ever wearing again. Don't worry about the costume choice looking different - it can be spray painted or dyed or left as-is. Secondly, look around at the costume shop for clearance rack items to accessorize your look, and pick up a few. (If you are reduced to looking through your basement, get yourself a bottle of Simple Green concentrate, some protective gloves and a filter mask. Add an innovative nuclear fallout shelter warning label to your scrubs, a Vileda broom, and this itself is a Halloween costume.)

The hobo look, made using your clothes from your own mending pile, is fast and easy to do. If you look through your closet, and through your personal effects, there should be some sort of "look" that is there, a special costume that is you, and is not overly showy, that will help you, as a party-goer, get in and enjoy the Halloween party without a lot of effort or expense going into your costume, or attention being drawn to you. If your closet is stacked with bags of trinkets, bring along a trick-or-treat bag of inexpensive effects to share with the other guests. Maybe a few will become part of your "look", while you are waiting for something to happen. A costume does not need to be expensive to be a costume.

Here is to the hope that your Halloween party gathering will be a fun frolic for you.