Saturday, October 3

halloween retrospective


from flickr

growing up, halloween was my absolute favorite holiday, rivaled only by my birthday and chanukah. free candy, dressing up, carving pumpkins, crisp fall air, what's not to love? since i turned 14 and my neighbors stopped approving of me trick or treating(read: condescending comments when i tried to take their candy), the holiday has fallen in my favor, but i'll never skip out on an  opportunity to get dressed up. we still have a month to go and my halloween ideas are still in the brainstorming arena. so i thought i might do a retrospective of my costumes over the years. 

only a few pictures surfaced, all from most recent years (thnx facebook); i know i have more funny pictures at home somewhere.

'08: native american, last year i was in tokyo and went to the best halloween party ever

'07: 'party', got a little abstract here, and my friend's bjork totally kicked ass. she made that thing by hand! that year i locked my bike up outside a bar and lost the key, had to walk home..

'06: barbie (with my freshman suitmate)

'05: pirates, that year we drove around looking for a party we never found..


'04: harajuku girls, i was super into japanese street fashion, ha kinda dorky, we wore this to school

earlier: in 5th grade i didn't know what to be, so i just used spray on green hair dye and sprayed the back of my head, kinda weird.. in 4th grade i was a cat and wore all black with a fancy tail my mom made and had face painted whiskers and nose, wore it to school and got embarrassed cause no one else dressed up. 
before that i was a witch and a princess, and before that i was peter pan for 5 or 6 years, my mom made the costume out of felt and i even had little green booties and a cap.
 i have always loved dressing up.

so, what are you guys going to be this year? 
by hannah, heart city
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33 comments:

  1. I too love Halloween. I spend weeks, sometimes months, planning in advance if I know I have somewhere to show it off. This year I'm going to two parties and I'm excited! My brother is going as Artie and I'm going as Little Pete to one of them, still not sure about the second.

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  2. Love the halloween flashback photos. That flickr pic is so awesome.

    lululetty.blogspot.com

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  3. halloween is so much fun! My favorite past costume was Luna Lovegood (with fresh radish earrings) this year I want to be Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus. I like your Barbie costume, such a funny idea!
    -indigo

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  4. IF my friend goes out with me, i'll dress up as lil debbie and she's dressing up as the morton salt girl!

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  5. That kid with the rabbit mask is the best. I'm going as a ghost jellyfish :(

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  6. You have had some great costumes.. I have no idea what to be this year! I didn't dress up last year :( :(

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  7. i get back from tokyo on halloween this year :(
    one of my best friends wore a panda suit last year it was the cutest thing ever. like little kids ran up and hugged him and everything.

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  8. oo fun costumes! i have no idea what I want to be, last year I went as grey poupon mustard haha!! but this year I'm still in the dark, we talked about my friend and I going as F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda!

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  9. I used to love Hallowe'en so much - I always had the best costume because my mom is a seamstress and made awesome ones for me every year. However, I haven't actually dressed up since I was about 13. Ouch.

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  10. your dresses are so funny =)
    I'll be in Brighton in Halloween! So I'll sure go out and party but don't know if we'll dress up.

    xxx

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  11. I still have no idea what to be this year. I might go as a Hogwarts student, even though it is done to death. I have all the pieces for it though, including a graduation gown that can double as a cloak.
    I love the Barbie idea. I've wanted to do that too.
    The real question is, what are YOU going to be? Or are you leaving us in suspense until the outfit post?

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  12. aw cute outfits :)
    i wanna be david bowie this year!!! or dye my hair blue- just for fun :) hahah we'll see!

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  13. This is great! I loved seeing the flashback photos! I didn't think my husband and I would do much this halloween, but we have been invited to a party, so I am thinking maybe Yoko Ono and Johm lennon.....we shall see!

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  14. Love love those past halloween outfits !! and I really love lasy year's outfit !!

    I don't really celebrate Halloween from where i'm from because its not that big here:(
    But I might stil dress up <3 <3

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  15. I feel like being a bumblebee :D

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  16. Fantastic costumes! I love the Bjork swan costume especially...!! :)

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  18. barbie is adorable haha. gosh i have no idea what to do this year... last year was teenage mutant ninja turtles.. awesome :)

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  19. Love these old photos!! I need to figure out a costume for this year!

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  20. gah! these are great! and you are making me want to dress up this year. i don't think i have dressed up for halloween since i was about 13.

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  21. I want to be a Star Trek girl from the original series - complete with the boots, cat-eyes and beehive hair!

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  22. Halloween in Tokyo? Woww..... I want to be Tank Girl this year :)

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  23. oooo i want to be wednesday addams,mmmmm
    love your native american costume!! and how was halloween in japan?

    http://blair-waldork.blogspot.com

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  24. Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog! :) I love how you have a picture for each year! So adorable.

    -xtina
    www.thisisxtina.blogspot.com

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  25. Lol love that first photo ;)
    And love that pirate idea!
    I might steal that and go as a Keira Knightley esque pirate this year!
    xx

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  26. I LOOVEE halloween too. Is really the best holiday ever :D
    I loved your photos ahah nice costumes ;)

    xxx

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  28. I have never dressed up for halloween. But I think I would love to dress as Sandy from Greese. Not very halloweenish I guess.

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  29. Fantastic photos! Love the kids all dressed up.

    Halloween is such a big holiday in the US and it's sort of ignored here. Last year I was in LA and went to the parade on Santa Monica Blvd it was mental! I've never seen so many costumes! I went as a sailor

    Polly x

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  30. i wish we celebrated halloween in portugal =/ instead we only dress up in mid february, for something called carnaval... and everyone over 15 doesnt do it anymore cause they're "too grown up for it" =/

    i wish i had an excuse to dress up in silly clothes!

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  31. Looks like fun! I wish I had something better to do other than trick-or-treat, so I get lazy when it comes to Halloween. I wanted to be Mary Poppins though, so I'll see if I ever get finished with that costume.

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  33. i'm going to be a flapper! and i will never understand why people will turn down the chance to dress up as someone else... ;)

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