Avoiding the Rack

I think it's safe to say that child beauty pageants as well as child obesity are both commonly considered odd, cruel, and very modern American forms of child abuse. However the combination of those two things feels so right when Honey Boo Boo is involved! There are many beauty queens on television and probably even more child beauty queens at that. However, none of them are as famous or as big and brassy as Honey Boo Boo. But what I love most about Honey Boo Boo, especially for a costume, is that she always has a specific look to her. You can't think of a little girl in that frilly mess of a pink dress without thinking of none other than Honey Boo Boo and, as her mother has demonstrated, the look works just as well for adults! She's become so iconic that even the thought of child obesity or child beauty queens will just bring her image up in my head. The look is overall so powerful that I don't doubt that the image of this costume will stick with people even...

I'm not saying you've been living in a hole if you've never heard of Gangnam style but it has been in  Time ,  ABC ,  CBC  , The Atlantic  and pretty much all of the internetz (don't ask why this is news). While this parody video may be the flavor of the week in terms of viral music videos, who doesn't want to be a prissy Korean horse rider for a day and show some real swag? Thus Gangnam style is joining my list of halloween costumes for 2012, to which is there is only one so far (gosh I really need to get moving on these).    It's almost humanly impossible to sit down and not watch this video more than once. T-Pain was the one to say it best when he tweeted "Words cannot even describe how amazing this video is." While I love this video to death, I think it's surprising to everyone that the only Korean song to make a mark outside of Korea is actually a song that makes fun of Korea. Gangnam is a small neighborhood in Seoul that is reno...

Pregnant ladies around the world can rejoice because this year there is a classy, easy, and enjoyable costume for all the baby mamas: Pregnant Beyonce. What better way to announce it than on NATIONAL TELEVISION. The full outfit. Everyone is more than excited for the pop diva and her husband to have their first child but no one is more excited than the pregnant women who are sick of being Kim Jong Il for Halloween again. See the resemblance? Or even a pregnant Britney Spears... Classy as always. While we're happy for the star studded couple we're really just happy that pregnant women everywhere have an excuse to dress up as a classy lady this Halloween and be a star themselves. How often does that happen really? Most importantly, remember that your costume end up affecting your children later when they see the pregnant pictures. Baby Kim Jong Il approves of the Beyonce costume. What you'll need: A baby bump from any trimester A hand...

Lady Gaga has been especially colorful this year and it reminds of none other than the Power Rangers . So if you have enough fabulous friends to dance the night away with then I would love to see some Gaga Rangers this year. Here are some samples of what I mean: Pink Gaga Ranger Purple Gaga Ranger Green Gaga Ranger Blue Gaga Ranger Red Gaga Ranger Yellow Gaga Ranger   Black Leather Gaga Ranger Evil Three Headed Villain Gaga  With Gaga's repertoire of looks from just this year alone, the possibilities for Gaga Ranger outfits are pretty much endless. Lady Gaga knows this herself and has even capitalized on the idea by selling mass produced Halloween costumes on her website . However Mother Monster herself hasn't produced any 2011 looks for anyone to adorn so stay relevant and rock the most current looks to shy away from the Gaga Halloween crowd this year.   If Lady Gaga isn't enough, there's always the option of going as ...