Halloween: my personal favorite holiday. For young children, you get to dress up like your favorite character and get lots of candy. For college kids, you get to make a funny pun or dress like a slut and party all weekend without anyone saying anything.
While sure, you can be whatever you want, some costumes were just overdone this year. Here're the 11 most overdone outfits of 2016.
1. The Purge
This is actually my least favorite costume because I hate masks. I want people to see my face and be able to find my friends easily without them having a mask on. So basically, to dress like someone from the movie The Purge, you can take one of two approaches. If you're a girl, you're most likely going to wear some lingerie and a robe, throw some blood on yourself, grab a mask, and maybe a knife or some other sort of weapon. Guys or girls can take the second approach: dress in a white button up or blazer or something that makes you look successful and just like the first approach, grab a mask, maybe some blood, and a weapon.
2. Alien/Martian
I actually like this costume, and even did it this year, because there're so many different approaches. But I definitely saw way too many aliens this weekend. For the alien/Martian costume, most people either get some clothing with the galaxy print or some sort of metallic clothing and some neon. Fun touches also include antennas, glitter and other crazy face makeup, glowsticks, hair-dying, and/or two buns on each side of your head (but higher up that the Princess Leia buns, of course). Some people may choose to look like a real alien, which I personally would never do because most girls actually wanna look cute.
3. Cat/Bunny/Other Random Animal
No surprise! There's always a million cats, bunnies, and other cute little animals we know and love that are turned into costumes each year. It's pretty basic; maybe some animal print or solid outfit option, some ears, and possibly a tail. There's not much to it.
4. Lilo and Stitch
I saw a surprising amount of Lilo and Stitch costumes this year... a Disney classic that I'd never even thought about doing. Fairly simple: one person wears a red crop top and grass/green skirt/shorts and the other wears blue and maybe throws on some blue eyes. Still basic.
6. Tourists
Soooo many tourists. And I get it. All you need is a Hawaiian shirt, essentially. To be more realistic, throw on some khaki shorts and tennis shoes, hopefully a bucket hat, some binoculars, or a fanny pack is included in the ensemble.
7. Pooh and Tigger
It takes us back to our childhood days, but more than likely, it's "slutified." Another pretty basic costume consisting as dressing up as a yellow bear with a red shirt and a tiger who are best friends.
8. Police Officer/SWAT/Firefighter/Army
Possible the most basic of all basic, every year time and time again we see dozens of girls dressed up as those who protect us. Most of these costumes are probably just ordered online...basic.
9. Fruit
This year I saw more fruit than ever before! Mainly strawberries and pineapples. I admit, it's pretty cute and it doesn't have to be slutty unless you want it to be.
10. Athlete
The 110% simplest Halloween costume is definitely an athlete. Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, or another other sport that wears jerseys. Literally, all you have to do is wear a jersey. Tall socks and under-eye lines also help. Basic.
And finally.... the most basic costume of them all.
11. Harley Quinn
With the release of the new movie Suicide Squad, tons of blondes, and wrongfully a few brunettes, took the chance to dress up like the Joker's psychcotic girlfriend, Harley Quinn. Tattoos, pink and blue hair, fishnets, and the infamous "Daddy's Little Monster" shirts filled parties. You can do what you want, sure. But this was seriously really overdone.
Shoutout to everyone who dressed up for Halloween this year. Don't get all upset just because your costume is on the list. It just means you weren't original this year and that's okay. Happens to the best of us.
