Adult Sesame Street Halloween Costumes – And I Mean Adult
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Hey ladies! Feel like wearing matching Mommy and Me costumes out trick-or-treating with the kids this Halloween? Try this “Sesame Street – Cookie Monster Sassy Female Adult Costume!” All the Dads are sure to scream “ME WANT COOOOOKIIIIIEEES!”
Ah yes, it was only a matter of time I suppose before the epidemic of sexy female Halloween costumes corrupted the muppet family. With options like trampy Elmo and this flapper-inspired Big Bird get-up, you’re sure to be the talk of the town. Which I’m not so sure is a good thing…
If you’ve been reading my posts, you must have some idea about how much I love Sesame Street, and while I do think these costumes could be cute, I hate that they’re being sold as the furry equivalent of the french maid outfit. Women’s Halloween costumes have been sexualized for well over a decade now, but dressing as a beer maid is one thing – cavorting around as a trampy Abby Cadabby is another. For more Halloween nightmares, check out Paula’s list of the Top 5 Worst Kids Costumes (including mini french maid), and my fellow comedian and pal Brooke Van Poppelen‘s original post on Tru TV’s Dumb as a Blog.
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I can’t imagine this was sanctioned by Children’s Television Workshop… was it?
Good question – I don’t know. I would think it would have to be tho, right? Hmm… I’ll try to look into it tomorrow.
I don’t know if it’s a big deal. Even if women don’t wear sexualized costumes in the actual world, we make them that way in our heads regardless.
The Sesame Street costumes are way tame compared to others on that site, so I bet CTW ok’d them.
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Honestly, for me it’s not that they’re “sexy,” it’s that they’re DUMB. If I saw someone wearing one of these costumes, my first question would be “who are you supposed to be?” They’re not Muppet costumes, more like Muppet homages (and lame ones at that).
Right in the costume description, it says “This is an officially licensed Sesame Street product.” Ew.
I just don’t understand all the bedroom wear that passes for Halloween costumes. Might as well change the name of the day to “Dress Like a Hooker Day.”
Wow, I guess I’m the only one that thought these were cute. Compared to some of the other costumes out there, these are tame by comparison. Nothing trampy is screaming at me.
Ug. Ug. Ug. I feel like this is in such poor taste. And this sexualizing of female costume is driving me crazy. Did anyone else notice the Halloween costumes in the latest Target ad? Even the 8 year old girl costumes are “sexy.”
These aren’t being marketed to kids, and why can’t an adult woman look sexy if she chooses to? Maybe not completely appropriate to wear walking your kiddo around town treak-or-treating, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with these for a halloween party. I actually really like the design of the costumes, and that they’re an interpretation of the characters mixed with vintage fashion.
Adults dressing up for Halloween is silly, no matter what they wear.
While I’m surprised to find these officially licensed, TC is right. While the name says “sexy” they are pretty tame. Lame, even.
Diguise Costumes have been pushing those costumes this year. I beleived they look fine. Can be a surprised this year for best seller. We at Pure Costumes do carry them and dont’ want to miss out the opportunity of them being hot this year. For other 2010 costume trends, check out our list of 2010 costumes.
I don’t think they look all that sexy. I think they are kinda funny actually. But I love Halloween, love costumes, and have kinda a whimsical sense of humor. I’m more concerned with toddlers dressed as pimps than grown women wearing flapper dresses and a big bird hat.
The Super Grover costume is awesome!
It doesn’t look very warm. :/
I hate that you can’t just find regular adult sized costumes these days. Last spring my daughter played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and we went to several costume stores. All we could find was the costume we named “Slutty Dorothy.” I ended up having to order a more approriate one online.
To those of you who think dressing up is silly and wearing outfits that are sexy for Halloween you are just fat and jealous. It is the one day for ordinary business women like myself to dress up super sexy and get away with it!!!!
Honestly, I think that this is just sad. Most kid costumes I find very apppropriate but this, you know, some teenager could order it and look just plain weird.
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I don’t understand what the big deal is about this costume is, the dress is knee length, it’s not trampy at all, hey if your not wearing it don’t worry about it!!