Old School Halloween
By Caitlin Evanson
IV Leader Staff Columnist, Oct. 16, 2008
“In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”
This is a direct quote from the 2004 movie “Mean Girls.” I’m not quite sure if anyone recalls seeing this movie, but if you do, you’ll remember the exact part this line is from.
Cady Heron, the movie’s main character, is invited to a costume party and shows up totally “over” dressed. She shows up in a dead bride outfit, totally covered up by the dress—with almost no skin showing—and blood everywhere. But every other girl at the party is literally dressed in lingerie, with way too much skin showing.
What’s the point of remembering this memorable movie moment?
With Oct. 31 almost here, Halloween is approaching and I cannot stand when girls take it as an opportunity to dress promiscuously. I hate showing up at a Halloween party and everyone there is so under-dressed that it actually disgusts me.
I can remember last year, my friend and I went to work dressed as a pirate and Batman. I wore a completely conservative outfit and my friend’s Batman suit covered almost ever inch of her body. And the funniest part about it? Everyone loved our costumes.
After work, we went to a Halloween party and the same thing happened there; everyone adored our costumes. Girls, who were dressed as bumblebees with skirts way above the knees and fairies with almost no clothes on, loved our costumes. I really didn’t know how to react to their outfits though. I mean, I didn’t want to lie to them, but I really didn’t like the way they dressed. The one question I kept asking myself was: Did their parents see them walk out the door looking like that?
So, why take the one holiday designed perfectly for children to have fun and enjoy themselves and turn it completely around? I still love getting dressed up for Halloween, but as something fun or something just plain funny. I planned on dressing up as a complete nerd this year or maybe even a witch, which I would have worn when I was younger.
I still enjoy watching little children have the time of their lives collecting candy from door to door and just knowing this one night is designed for them. Maybe this year I won’t have to laugh at the majority of girls who dress so under-clothed that they freeze their butts off at night. Although, hopefully, I see at least one so I can get a good laugh in.