Halloween is Saturday, and the entire city of Austin is preparing to impersonate their favorite characters.
Last year, everywhere one looked on Halloween night, the Joker from “The Dark Knight” lurked. This year, the tides are turning. Fernie Renteria, a sales associate at Lucy in Disguise, the costume emporium located on South Congress Street, knows what the people are buying. With great resolve, he said Michael Jackson will be the number one costume of 2009.
Expect to see a lot of red “Thriller”-style leather jackets and single rhinestone-embedded gloves as you walk down Sixth Street, he said.
With the recent release of the highly-anticipated “Where the Wild Things Are,” it appears that the film’s protagonist, Max, a young boy dressed in a wolf costume, will also be popular this year.
Particular genres continue to be chosen by Halloween-goers year after year, Renteria noted. He cited an ever-present popularity in certain costumes, like female superheroes, 1920s flappers and gangsters, Native Americans and hippies.
But how does one remain unique in the redundant array of costumes that takes to the street on Oct. 31?
“The sky really is the limit,” Renteria said, but suggested that when it comes to sporting the most distinct costume out there, nothing surpasses the unparalleled look that is “steam punk,” or “a mix between renaissance and the industrial periods ... think vests, top hats, monocles and gears.”
Business sophomore Vianey Hernandez says she will be dressing up as a mobster’s wife this year.
“I hope to see people that you wouldn’t expect to be a Halloween costume,” she said. “A lot of people are wanting to be someone famous or someone that is expected, but I want to see something unique like an iPod or something really out there, someone that you can take a picture with.”
There are many options for sticking to a college budget and still putting together one-of-a-kind look. Perusing the racks at the giant Goodwill store on North Lamar is a must.
Finding complete looks may prove difficult, but one can definitely expect to stumble upon some inexpensive bits and pieces that will help any costume come together.
The Spirit Halloween store located on Interstate Highway 35 may not be the best place to search for an unrepeatable look, but for last-minute shoppers, the store offers quite a collection. Costumes are generally sold in an “everything included” style bag, so the search for accessories and other little tidbits is unnecessary. However, prices tend to be rather steep, and customers leave with the presumption that their look will be repeated throughout the night.
For the true procrastinator, Lucy in Disguise is the place to go.
“I am confident that you can come into the store on Halloween day, and we can put something together for you,” Renteria said.
Costumes at the store can be pretty expensive, but with some guidance from the helpful sales associates, an outfit can be created on even the smallest of budgets.
Halloween costume ideas prove to have common trends
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009
1 comments
GB Pinehurst Texas
Enough of what the students are wearing. What will BEVO be wearing!!!
