Of the 12 costumes pimped out as "Hot For Halloween" this year, three are variations on Lady Gaga and at least two are based on Jersey Shore cast members. Lady Gaga is understandable as a costume. She's popular, instantly recognizable and aesthetically unique. I guess Jersey Shore is too, just because it's cheap and probably a lot more comfortable than gluing fake zippers to your face and pretending like you're in a music video a la Gaga.
It's the Jersey Shore thing that's really getting out of hand. You know how on Halloween women - -god bless them -- can adopt any profession as long as it's prefaced by the word "slutty"? Like, "I'm a slutty police officer." Or, "I'm a slutty Otolaryngologist." Apparently this year "slutty" had been replaced with "Jersey." As in, "I'm a New Jersey cop check out my cervix." It's not just the professions either. Take the slide show's example of a vampire, which, for some reason, is also wearing what appear to be jeans and using a lot of hair product.
I guess some people would argue "slutty" and "Jersey" now mean the same thing, but the Jersey vibe carries a very specific flavor about going home with someone from Mosaic just to feel something if only for a few hours, so I'm going to say Jersey is less fun.
Remember all you wannabe Pauly-Ds out there, you've been warned. Don't act surprised if you get to the club and everyone's hair is blown-out.
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