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DIY Halloween: Five Costume Ideas for 2012

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5. 90s Gloria Trevi

90s roquera Gloria Trevi was one of Mexico’s most popular pop stars when she became embroiled in one of the more sordid and bizarre sex scandals of the Latino entertainment world. For those of you who don’t remember: at the height of her fame, Trevi and her Svengali manager, Sergio Andrade, were accused of running a sex cult; brainwashing, seducing and then sexually abusing teenage girls as young as 13 who came to them to be stars. The investigation resulted in Trevi’s imprisonment in Brazil on charges of kidnapping, rape, and corruption. THEN In a telenovela style plot twist, she became pregnant while incarcerated, even though she was supposedly being kept with a female cellmate and allowed no conjugal visits. DNA tests proved the father was Andrade, who was being held in a different part of the prison, causing rumors of insemination plots, extradition schemes, and other wild theories to ran rampant. Creepy. Needless to say a train-wreck, scandal-ridden rock star makes for an excellent Halloween costume.  To make this one work, you can hit your local thrift store to find the standard elements of 90s grunge-y fashion: leather vest & belt, choker necklaces, a patchwork print skirt, and leather boots to tie it all together. Last but not least, you must tease your hair to Peg Bundy-esque proportions, so you can run around singing Gloria’s signature song “Pelo Suelto.”

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