Halloween is one of the world’s oldest festivals; it’s also a popular holiday enjoyed by people of all ages. People of all genders enjoy dressing up for Halloween, but female Halloween fans tend to go all out with their costumes. In addition to traditional costumes, many women choose to wear something sexy or revealing for Halloween. Other women shun anything sexy and instead dress in historically accurate or period-appropriate clothing. Although men and women enjoy dressing up for Halloween, the choices tend to be very different. Those choices are dictated by pop culture- society has embraced the current trends in female Halloween costume design and fused them with the mysticism and mythology prevalent in most females’ inner worlds.
For example, women often choose costumes based on mystical or esoteric themes. Some common choices include a witch, fairy, dragon lady, ghost or costume ideas borrowed from mythology. Other popular female Halloween costumes include those based on comic book characters like Wonder Woman or Princess Leia from the Star Wars series. Other popular choices are those based on movie characters like Princess Peach from the Super Mario Bros. series or Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games trilogy.
Other popular costumes for women include historical figures such as Queen Elizabeth I or Marie Antoinette or members of a favorite book, TV series or video game. In addition to these general themes, some women choose more specific character choices such as Cinderella for a traditional theme or Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show for a sci-tech/rock/horror theme.
The messages gleaned from Halloween costumes have permeated society and created lasting impressions on the minds of those who experience them. Social norms now dictate that children celebrate Halloween by dressing up as someone else or as something fantastical and mystical. Women have embraced this trend and have used it to their advantage by choosing interesting and thought-provoking Halloween outfits. This is why many people refer to Halloween as the ‘happiest day of the year’- not because they’re celebrating with joyous abandon but because they’re basking in an ocean of cool female Halloween costumes!
