6 Spooky Sexy Plus Size Corsets- Costume Ideas

Halloween is just around the corner. Are you ready?
Finding the perfect Halloween costume idea is always a challenge. If you are heading off to a “grown up” party here are a few thoughts.

Why not put a sexy twist on Halloween? How often do you get the excuse to wear an amazing garment like the corset?
 
Take advantage by adding a corset to “old standard” costume ideas. A corset makes any garment outstanding, whether hidden underneath or worn on top as a focal point.

The added bonus to this costume choice is the slimming and shaping power of the corset. If you are going to dress up, why not look awesome at the same time? Step back in time and enjoy…..

Here are a few corsets and ideas that may take your costume from fun to FANTASTIC.

Pirate Wench – A waist corset gives the pirate silhouette. Add a peasant blouse and full skirt.  Don’t forget a pair of black boots and hook your skirt into your waist band so part of your leg shows.
                                                                  
Sports Woman – Now here is a surprising twist on the typical guys fishing/hunting garb. Don a baseball cap, flashlight and tin coffee cup.
 
PVC Fish Skin Corset – PVC puts a sexy twist to a corset. It adds a bit of Goth to the style. This corset could be used for many wild costumes.  Add black to become a Vampire, a matrix style warrior or a mermaid.  Be creative…                                                                                        
                                                                              
Here comes the Bride – Another PVC corset that comes with the veil. Add white boxer shorts or mini skirt and a fur coat or cape.

Be a Sexy Devil – This is my favorite corset for a costume. It is inexpensive, easy to wear and REALLY makes a statement. Add red pants and high heels or be very risqué and wear red fish net stockings with the garter.  (the garters are always detachable ) Red Wig or red hair spray? Go all out…. 


Remember it takes a couple of days to receive a corset so act fast, the witching hour is fast approaching.

Psycho turns 50 - Lingerie in film

This month the famous horror film, Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock turned 50. It is hard to believe that Psycho hit the silver screen so long ago. Whether you saw it in a cinema or on TV most people remember how frightening it was. I stumbled upon a clip the other day and found it just as frightening today.

It is a film that was a ground breaker in so many ways including it’s use of lingerie as costumes. The second memory I have of this film, after the shower scene, of course, is the bold use of a bra and slip for the leading lady. Hitchcock deliberately chose to dress his leading lady, Janet Leigh, in a white bra and white half slip during the opening scenes of the film. He is reported to have said he wanted her to appear “angelic”. She is being portrayed as a good women stepping into a bad situation. The fact that she is having a daytime affair, on her lunch break, is shocking in itself for 1960.

Once she has taken the steps to stealing the money so easily placed before her, Hitchcock changes her lingerie costume to a black bra and black half slip symbolizing evil. She has made the shift from good girl to bad girl. Only wild women wore black bras. If you watch carefully you will also notice that she uses a white purse in the beginning and switches to a black one as she runs away with the stolen money.

It is difficult to look back at the old fashioned bras and imagine them as sexy. Today they look like your everyday, working bra whether in black or white with slightly different style lines.

Some of the other unconventional methods used by Hitchcock include:

• the use of black and white film stock although color technology was already fully in use.
• the first American film to show a toilet flush. It was against the ratings rules so Hitchcock had the leading lady put a note in the toilet and flush it. As it was an important part of the plot it was allowed.
• the first film to kill off the leading lady in the first act.
• the first film to use a human as the “monster” (Norman Bates)
• Hitchcock insisted that Janet’s wardrobe be purchased, not custom made for her as was and is the norm in film. He wanted clothing that a real secretary could have afforded. He wanted it to look real.
• the famous shower scene took 7 days to shoot and 70 camera set ups then extensive editing.
• the screeching violin music to frighten the audience

Even after 50 years this is still an American film masterpiece. Well worth another watch.

Do you think there are still such stereotype restrictions on today’s woman?

 

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