By Emily Farris
Have you been dreading the same question: ‘What am I going to be for Halloween this year?’ With so many choices and so little time, I have no idea where to start and I definitely don’t want to open up the old trunk and recycle something again. The problem is I’ve been everything before. Name it and I’ve probably been it: cheerleader, devil, angel, nurse, school girl, punk, princess. From Florence Nightingale to Raggedy-Ann, I’ve done it. This year I want something fresh, something outside the normal Halloween box.
So, having exhausted the normal, cookie-cutter routes, I began looking into burlesque Halloween costumes. A friend introduced me to the alluring world of burlesque this past year. The raw sexiness lured me in almost immediately. As I sat there with hands folded tight in my lap, the lights went down over the small intimate stage. A slow sexy groove rises from the speakers. Shadows themselves begin to dance. I dim red light comes to life above the darkened stage. This is the world of burlesque.
As I sat there holding my breath, my shy friend with a similar body type to mine (overweight with a peculiar resemblance to a pear) stepped up on the stage dressed in a sexy 1950’s striptease outfit. As she started to dance, I began to imagine myself up there letting go. It was so strange, almost as if I had transported myself into another world, another time. Mesmerized by the moment, I sat there and watched my shy friend transform herself into a sexy, confident woman proud to celebrate her body. I was so entranced by this onstage liberation that I, the shyest girl in the world, am considering joining her burlesque troupe this winter.
But I don’t want to wait. My introduction to the performing side will be this Halloween when I transform my shy self into an outgoing burlesque babe for the first time. As a matter of fact, I bought a great burlesque Halloween costume online and can’t wait for it to show up on my front porch so I can put it on and practice my dance before a mirror!
Bettie Page and Blaze Starr would be proud. So if you can’t decide on a costume this Halloween, look into burlesque Halloween costumes. You won’t be disappointed! There are outfits for every personality type and every body type. Your liberation awaits! Go burlesque this Halloween!
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