do it yourself BOO who? Why are you crying? You've got plenty of time to make a great, last-minute Halloween costume. BY MAGGIE KOERTH
BEFORE
Tonight and tomorrow, desperate would-be Halloween celebrants will flood the aisles of local stores, looking for a last-minute disguise. A thousand hands will flip through sparse racks of costumes. People will curse. Hearts will be broken. "It's an absolute frenzy," says Sarah Fayman, owner of Sarah's Costumes, 927 Massachusetts St. "There's definitely a need for crowd control."
If fighting with a high-school girl over the last Wonder Woman costume on the rack doesn't sound like a nice way to spend your evening, never fear. It isn't too late to make a unique, creative costume that will knock the pumpkins off your friends.
Kate Regan knows what it takes to
make a costume on a short timeline. She runs The Costume Idea Zone, a Webbased clearinghouse for the costumeimpaired. Regan says you don't have to be an artsy, creative type to get an enviable outfit. All it takes is some research and a little bit of brainstorming.
First, she says, you need to know what impression you're trying to give. If your Halloween goal is to get laid, this might be the year to go as a "sexy witch." If you're looking forward to frightening small children, you might need to invest in a gruesome monster mask. A bit of planning will give you a better idea of where you need to go and what you're looking for.
USEFUL RESOURCES
www.costumeideazone.com
www.costumeideazone.com
www.stretcher.com (this site has lots of budget-saving ideas, search their site for Halloween)
Take a tour of your closet. Winter
http://www.retrocrush.com/costumes/ (the worst Halloween costumes of all time)
Halloween: A Grown-Up's Guide to Creative Costumes, Devilish Décor and Fabulous Festivities by Joanne O'Sullivan
The Halloween Encyclopedia by Lisa Morton
Why dress up as a ghost when you could be your favorite professor, an invisible person or your favorite movie couple. See "Three to get Ready" on page 9 for details.
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thursday, october 30, 2003