Last Minute Costume Ideas

Coming up with the perfect costume at Halloween can be time consuming and a bit hectic. The closer you get to Halloween the harder it is to find that perfect outfit. For a girl you think "sexy", for a guy you think, "What will the sexy girls like". In order to keep up the sprit and maybe even offer a little help to you last minute holiday slackers, here are some Last Minute Costume Ideas.

 

Retro Daisy Duke Vintage Daisy Duke is a great costume for girls because it hits on the most important thing to a girl for Halloween. You get to look sexy and show skin. Every girl at one time in there life dreams of being the hottest most wanted chick living a small town with a couple a couple of beefcake cousins to protect her. This costume is easy. Small cut-off Jean shorts and a small snap shirt tied in a bow above the belly. This will ensure that you get show as much skin as desired. Put on a pair of Vintage Cowboy Boots to complete the look.

Contemporary Daisy Duke 2005 Daisy Duke is similar to the Retro Daisy Duke with just a couple of subtle differences. Start with Low-rise cut off denim shorts. Lets face it you can't be stylish today with a high wasted denim, neither can a little sexy farm girl. Then put on old cut-up vintage t-shirt and top it off with a pair of vintage western boots.

Pregnant Britney Spears Halloween is the time of year to poke a little fun at those that do such much in the media to deserve a little fun poked at them. This year if you are a girl, or a chubby guy, that is lacking the desire of the norm, and you would rather not be sexy or slutty this season, go with repulsive. It use to be trendy to be scary instead of slutty. You know like the old days when the gnarlier or more gruesome the costume was the better off it was. If this is you then try the Pregnant Britney Spears Costume. It is easy to do. Start with a vintage Hippy Skirt, and a small baby doll top. Wear the skirt low so your the top of your panties show, this ads a little sexy to scary. Stick out you belly and moan allot. Oh yah don't forget the cigarette and bad hair. Extra:: if your date does not have a costume have them dress up as a bad back up dancer, you get the pict.

Retro Duke Boy's Since most girls are most likely going to go as Daisy Duke this season, one way to ensure that Halloween Hook-up is to have that costume that is a perfect fit with the ladies look. What better look to go with Daisy Duke than one of the Duke Boy's. The Vintage Bo & Luke Duke Costume is easy to put together. Since the southern looking white trash look has been in such demand the past couple of seasons most hipsters most likely already have what it takes to put this look together. Start with a classic Vintage western shirt. For your pants either use Boot Cut vintage Cords or worn in denim
blue jeans. Either Lee, Levi, or Wrangler will do. Don't forget to tuck in the ol shirt to perfect this look. It may of been white trash, but this was the 80's, they were at least classy.

 

2005 Duke Boy's Contemporary Bo & Luke Duke are similar to the Retro Duke Boy's with a few subtle changes. You can start out with a classic Vintage western shirt or soft Vintage T Shirt. For your pants either use Boot Cut vintage Cords or worn in denim blue jeans. Either Lee, Levi, or Wrangler will do. The big difference is how you wear your outfit. This is the contemporary dukes, lacking style and class. Look like a slob, let everything hang out. You know kind of act like that guy in the trailer park that they interview after a tornado. Let's face it you live with your hot cousin Daisy, who you shouldn't touch, and your other beefcake male cousin who scores the hot chicks before you. To let off a little steam you work on your car, and drive it fast for attention. Life aint easy in Hazard County.

Have fun this season

 

Vintage Clothing Books

Vintage Clothing Book Reviews
A look at some great books on vintage clothing and the culture it posseses.

My Freedamn by Rin Takan
The first runner from "Cycleman books" is a book about "freedom" It picks up on the greatest subcultures of California. Surfin' Skateboardin', Hot Roddin' and Motorcyclin'. but this is no textbook. It talks about the above through the eyes of a t-shirt. Told by the author, the T-shirt is a "Symbol of Freedom" but also a "rebellion to society". Chapter 1: Surfin T-shirts 1940-80s "OP" and more Chapter 2: Skateboardin' T-shirts Old Skool and New Skool Chapter 3: Motorcyclin T-shirts 50s - 70s Races & Shops 70s Outlaws Chapter 4: Hot Rod T-shirts 50s INDY 60s Hot Rod Airbrushing 320 page | Color | Hard cover | Translated in English and Japanese.

My Freedamn 2 by Rin Takan
"My Freedamn!2" features the American t-shirt culture again. The t-shirt is undoubtedly one of the most amazing fashions by Americans, and they have always been part of American daily lifestyle. Also there is nothing but t-shirts to make us free and comfortable. So I want you t-shirt crazys to think about something; what is "freedom", or what is "freedamn"? We still have
enough time to think about our future, don't we?

Secondhand Chic by Christa Weil
Secondhand Chic : Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops by Christa Weil "It seems you can't open a magazine or turn on the TV lately without getting word about the rise of secondhand clothes..."

Dressing up Vintage by Tracy TolkienWith vintage dresses like Marilyn Monroe's JFK birthday dress selling at auction for more than one million dollars, vintage is clearly "in". Dressing Up Vintage celebrates the best of old-school couture, offering tips on how to spot a valuable garment and how to distinguish one designer from another. an enormous "sources section" features over 600 stores around the world where devotees can purchase vintage clothing. If you love the look of a bygone era, this book is for you!

Retro Chic by Diana Eden, Gloria Lintermans
Retro Chic: A Guide to Fabulous Vintage and Designer Resale Shopping in North America and Online by Diana Eden, Gloria Lintermans "The years between the end of the Great War and the beginning of the Great Depression are famous for the styles and fads of the..."