anotheranon | halloween costumes I have known and loved (Reply)

anotheranon's Halloween party:

_rabidwombat_ dressed as a elephant, though it looked more like a new superhero: Snow -wave.
almeda dressed as a diplomat from Vanuatu.
beckon dressed as a bottle of Sertoid.
betnoir dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
bunny_sonatas dressed as a fullback for the Dolphins.
cassieclaire dressed as Lt. Cmdr. Data from "Star Trek".
catdesk forgot to put on clothes!
clothsprogs dressed as the Governor of Alabama.
curiousangel dressed as a blue pixie, though it looked more like a 1990's grunge child.
danicia dressed as the Viscount of Kleineboro.
dustdaughter dressed as your mother, though it looked more like Natalie Portman.
electriccat dressed as Yu-Gi-Oh.
ellid dressed as a nurse.
emerald14 dressed as a ocean skeleton, though it looked more like Thandie Newton riding a giraffe.
fabucat dressed as a cigarette.
fizzygeek dressed as a goblin, and it suited them all too well.
flummoxicated didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.
free_of_whip dressed as a denominator.
gblake dressed as John Madden's father.
geekchick dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Cynthia.
gillshalos dressed as a fullback for the Bills.
hadesgirl dressed as a Level 14 ranger.
hanneblank dressed as a 1990's grunge child.
hrj dressed as the Marquis of Murreprohar.
ibeesewing dressed as a bud.
idragosani dressed as Estella Warren.
jane_doe_latex dressed as the Blue Power Ranger, and it suited them disturbingly well.
jdulac dressed as the Viscount of Penremonar.
jlsjlsjls dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Sheri.
kat1392 dressed as Pink, and it suited them all too well.
katje810 dressed as your mother-in-law.
kiya dressed as Ronald Reagan.
kristapark dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Hound of Newark.
kysmetkitty dressed as William Henry Harrison, though it looked more like Worf from "Star Trek".
lady_masque dressed as someone who just poked themselves in the eye.
las dressed as a character from "Shrek".
lord_marc dressed as Space Ghost.
lucianus1 didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.
madbodger dressed as a diplomat from Bahamas.
majzan dressed as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.
misia dressed as a part-time four-color glossy publisher.
mjpg dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Master Watcher.
ninya_mikhaila dressed as the love child of Robin Williams and Janet Reno.
nminusone forgot to put on clothes!
patgreene gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
plaidsheep didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.
psquelly dressed as Martina Hingis.
quasigeostrophy dressed as Amanda Bynes riding a hedgehog.
ragdoll dressed as a outfielder for the Marlins.
realm_of_venus dressed as Kurt Cobain.
redactrice dressed as a KKYS-TV Channel 10 employee.
rivka dressed as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.
rubyjones didn't dress up, spoilsport.
seamstrix dressed as a elk.
semmie17 dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley, and it suited them all too well.
shemhazai dressed as Karl Rove.
skill_grl dressed as Tipper Gore.
someobscurename dressed as a human.
standsquiet dressed as a vampire, and it suited them all too well.
subversive_mom dressed as Optimus Prime.
takhisisbabies dressed as Gabrielle Reece.
thalionar dressed as a rabbit.
tikva dressed as something porcelain, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
timcharmorbien didn't dress up, spoilsport.
tommdroid dressed as Prince's mother.
tommx dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Visual Mercenary.
vree dressed as a pirate.
vvalkyri dressed as Herbert Hoover.
wcg dressed as a new superhero: Scarab Nimbus.
wendyzski dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Buttercup Liverjuice".
zen4me dressed as a moral orchestra.

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It is a sad but true thing that even though I'm a costume nut, I don't have that many costumes - they just take so long to make! If I have occasion to dress up this year I will likely wear (again) the Farscape duster because it reads as either "Farscape"'s Aeryn Sun or the "Matrix"'s (Matrices?) Trinity, depending on the audience's awareness of sci-fi media :P

I don't remember many of my childhood costumes, though my mom told me once that I started planning them in the summer :P A few stand out, if only because I've seen pictures of them:

an Indian (Native American) costume my mom made out of tan sueded polyester (possibly not originally for Halloween, but got repurposed). Thinking back on how tiny the beads were and the hand-cut fringe, she must have worked hard on it.
A Cowardly Lion costume made with the same tan material, plus dark brown for the mane and paws (strange that I still remember how the fabric felt more than anything else). I have long since surpassed my mom's sewing skills, but she was and is fantastic at getting the most out of her yardage :)
doG help me, a cheerleader (I don't remember it, but I've seen the pictures) Green and white, complete with [shudder] pom poms....at least I can truly say it was Come As You Aren't :P
I think my first one was Little Red Riding Hood. I've seen pictures of me in it when I was very small, a simple red hooded cape. I think my sister "inherited" it for her first Halloween.
my last childhood trick or treating (age 13? 14?) I was a goth. Because, at the time I was... a goth/punk/indie kid. It was the costume of least effort :P
A "rave toy" one year (as an adult) when I deliberately wore all white with sparkly makeup, just to not be wearing black :P
I wore my fencing gear a couple of years back (again, a costume of least resistance). I thought about using the mask as a candy bowl but considering how much I sweat in the thing... ewww :P

What about y'all? Anyone dressing up this year? What were your favorite childhood costumes (or, at least, the ones you remember most)?