August 30, 2004

I know it's a little early to be thinking about Halloween costumes for the young 'uns, but if you're at a loss for ideas, these folks have come up with Child Pimp and Child Ho ensembles. Stuff like this usually sets off my Punk'd radar, but they take credit cards so I guess it's legit, if legit is the proper word.
posted by pyrrthon1 20 years ago
  • Evidently the child ho is circa 1930?
  • Good grief! I would never let my kids wear something like this. But it is pretty funny!
  • I'm pretty sure that "Child Ho" costume is just a flapper-style costume. I don't see too many prostitutes around town with feather boas and headbands.
  • Or, what middleclasstool said.
  • This reminds me of the last karaoke party I went to. An 11 year-old got up and sang "Superfreak" while her parents sat around grinning. Truly disturbing.
  • Oh, and while we're on the subject of halloween costumes, I have a home-made Princess Mononoke costume that I probably can't wear a third time in a row. Anybody in the San Francisco area interested? my email is in my profile.
  • Someone in the mefi discussion a bit back found out that the ho' costume is just the flapper dress relabelled. yentruoc - that sounds like an amazing costume. I hope you find someone who will love it (I would email, but I'm on the east coast). It sets me wondering if I could pull off something Miyasaki related this year.
  • jb - last year I met up with some coal carriers (from "Spirited Away"). That costume seemed pretty easy to carry off - make a felt balloon with appendage holes, and fill it with stuffing. Then wear lots of black under it. If you're really keen on the Sen costume, I can send it to you, but I'd want a reimbursement for shipping.
  • yentruoc, you think that was disturbing? My former neighbors have a four year old daughter who, out of the blue, started performing the 'Milkshake' song for her little friends. Now that was disturbing. I was going to link to the song lyrics, but when I got to the site, I got tons of warning bells going off for trojan attacks! You'll just have to find the lyrics on your own. Suffice to say their sexual in content. Duh.
  • A month or so ago, a friend and I went to the new Hustler Hollywood store here in Fort Lauderdale. The way the store is set us is that they have the clothes, funny stuff, Kama Sutra oils and copies of Larry Flynt's book in front where anyone can walk around, and all the vibrators and porn in the back. Anyway, when we walk in we see a man and a woman... in goddamned Hustler Hollywood!... with a five or six year old kid in the front part of the store. When we entered, the tyke was unsupervisedly playing with a box of "Peppermint Penises" while his parents laughed over risque t-shirts a few feet away. I was pretty irate.
  • Shouldn't a store like that be 18 and over? /just sayin'
  • The Child Ho costumes do not surprise me. Just another sign of the times. Another example of social decay.