What Rich People's Children Will Be For Halloween This Year
LatestSeptember’s here, which means Halloween is right around the corner. And the Wishcraft kiddie costume catalog turned up in my mailbox, with an elegantly undead family on the cover and some interesting costumes inside. Vampires, ghosts and cultural appropriation, oh my! And just when you thought it was safe to take a look, you find that the prices are the scariest part.
This catalog has the usual suspects — Alice, Dorothy, Cinderella, Batman, cop, doctor, and a shitload of fairies. But the other stuff is way more interesting. And pricey.
The “Indian Maharani Princess” costume is $78 for the top and sari. $28 for the headpiece, $8 for the bindi, $28 for the necklace, $18 for the earrings, $10 for the bangles and $26 for the jeweled bracelets. The mom’s ensemble starts at $108. That’s a lot of rupees.
The “Dream Genie” ensemble actually covers the belly, unlike the blue I Dream Of Jeannie get ups I remember girls wearing when I was a kid. ($48)
Just three words for the child bride: Do not want. ($98 for the dress; $25 for the tiara; $14 for the veil; $12 for the “big diamond ring.”)
The Marie Antoinette costume is awesome, no lie. But it would be so much better if it came with a wee guillotine.
(Dress, $88; wig, $30; choker, $14; fan, $12; petticoat, $28)
The Empress Josephine gown and coat come together for $98. Jailed husband and bad teeth not included.
Nope! Sorry. Robin Hood will always be a fox, and Maid Marian will always be a vixen. No humans allowed. Not in Nottingham.