I was dressed in a suit, and also wore a face mask. I can remember standing in the driveway with my sister, waving our hands in the air, while my father took still pictures and made home movies using the film-based movie camera we had at the time.
Remembering the house we lived in at the time, I put my age at six or seven years old, making the year 1979-1980.
But what makes this the Costume of Ultimate Embarrassment? Well, at the time, nothing. I seem to remember knowing that I was dressed as a man, but I think that was all I knew my costume was. Until a few years ago.
We were sitting in my parents' house, looking through old photo albums. And then I saw it. The old-fashioned, rounded-corner picture taken that Halloween when I was six or seven was staring back at me. In the picture, I am standing next to my sister in the driveway. With both hands, I am making the shape of a V'the peace sign. Who was the mask on my face? The face of Richard Nixon!
Not only had my parents dressed me in a Richard Nixon costume, they'd done it years after Nixon had been impeached and ousted from office. I can only imagine the hilarity I caused in the neighborhood that Halloween night. A six-year-old Canadian girl dressed as a former, impeached President of the United States.
In all honesty, for all I know, I might have thrown a tantrum in the costume shop insisting that my mom buy the "man mask" for me. But I think I prefer blaming it all on my parents.
The best Halloween costumes are those that have every detail down, from the wig and makeup to the outfit and the shoes. If you are planning on immersing yourself in a particular era for you will need to have the correct Halloween costume accessories to compliment your overall style and give the impression of an authentic look. Whether you're dressing up in an 18th century pirate costume or as a 1950s soda fountain waitress, accessories are a must.
Accessories complete your look when you're dressing for a particular era. If you are wearing a pirate costume you might want to include a funny pirate's hat or an authentic looking swashbuckler's sword, for example. Or when ladies are dressing as 1920s flappers they might want to include Halloween costume accessories such as feather boas, wigs, pearl necklaces and cigarette holders. And since Renaissance clothing tends not to have pockets, pouches are the perfect accessories to carry all your necessities.
There are so many different directions that you can take your costume these days. You can dress up as something funny, something sexy, something scary or something truly authentic to a particular time period. In the latter case, it is especially imperative to have the right Halloween costume accessories. Dressing up is fun, and there is no reason not to really get into it and go all out when October 31st rolls around, or for every costume party and masquerade ball that comes up throughout the year.
Fortunately, it's easy to get all the best accessories from costume wigs to hats to shoes to purses at leading online stores. There are also plenty of Halloween makeup kits that completely finish the look and give you that authentic appearance. With the right accessories and makeup your costume might look so authentic that your friends and family members won't even recognize you.
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