Five Last Minute Hurricane Sandy Halloween Costumes
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With Mayor Bloomberg canceling NYC’s annual Village Halloween Parade for the first time in its four decade history and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie considering an Executive Order to reschedule Halloween, it would seem that Hurricane Sandy nos jodió las fiestas. But here at Remezcla, we’re not ones to give up on la juerga so easily. Instead, we’ve chosen to look at the silver lining of the hurricane clouds: TOPICAL SANDY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.
If the lack of electricity/internet/dry conditions aren’t scary enough for you, or if your cabin fever is reaching homicidal slasher film levels, hit the streets in one of these Sandy-inspired costume ideas:
1. Windswept Sandy
Yeah, we know it’s a no brainer, but we had to include it. What you need: skintight black pants & shirt, black leather jacket, cigarette, red peep-toe shoes, and LAST BUT NOT LEAST: small hand-held fan to create crazy hurricane wind-swept hair all night.
2. Crazy Horse Head Jogger
If you were following the hurricane news on TV, chances are you saw some of the crazies who ignored the impending climate apocalypse in favor of photobombing news casters. PRIORITIES. Our favorite was the guy jogging around the streets of D.C. in nothing but swim trunks and a horse head mask. What you need: swim trunks, sneakers, horse-head mask. So simple. So beautiful.
3. Hurricane Sandy
As we have probably established by now, I love terrible puns and visual punnery opportunities are pretty much the entire reason why I love Halloween so much. Check it:
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GET IT?!?!?! Yes, I am suggesting that dressing as a candy cane covered in sand that rushes around the party in a hurried manner = Hurricane Sandy costume. What you need: candy cane outfit (preferably head-to-toe costume, but in a pinch red & white striped clothing will do), sand, sense of urgency. I am probably going to get fired for how bad this pun is. This was fun while it lasted.
3. El Bloombito
One of the only things that makes the now annual hurricanes enjoyable for New Yorkers is Rachel Levin-Figueroa’s El Bloombito twitter parody. What you need: the Mayor’s signature suit, offensive visual signifiers of “latino” (i.e. sombrero, “Mexican” mustache), Spanish-English dictionary.
5. Bloomberg Sign-Language Interpreter
If you watched any of Bloomberg’s press conferences over the course of the Sandy shitstorm, then you witnessed the birth of a star. We’re referring to Lydia Callis, Bloomberg’s incredibly animated official sign-language interpreter. Thanks to her expressive facial expressions and the panache with which she delivered her message, she became an instant internet sensation, even getting entire Tumblrs devoted to her. What you need: blue button-down shirt, black suit, FLAIR FOR DAYS.