Halloween 2009
This was my inspiration for my costume.
I could blame the recent upheavals in my life on the fact that this costume inspiration didn’t actually occur to me until about two weeks ago but I’ve always been last minute with Halloween. My Red Riding Hood costume a few years back was totally glommed together from existing items in my wardrobe.
There’s nothing crafty about this costume. I intended to make the hat but a good friend was able to lend me one. While I saw a few Red Cross costumes on ebay, they were priced pretty high in anticipation of Halloween–so I hit up Value Village and found this white shirt dress by the Gap. I really wanted back seam tights to make the look a bit more vintage–Sock Dreams was sold out so I got a pair from Amazon instead.
The live music, fire breathers, and open bar made this one of the best Halloween parties I’ve been to in a long time. I was one of two nurses but my outfit did not incorporate visible garters.
Your costume looks wonderful, and the shirtdress fits just perfectly. Fire-breathers? Wow. Your Halloween was much more dangerous than mine.
I love your costume! So much better than going out to buy one…the costume fabrics are always so cheapy.
Nice costume! It is a nice Idea, and i think is easy to achieve.
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Wonderful costume! The slutty nurse thing is so overdone – you look elegant and smart. That Gap dress is a great find. You should definitely keep it for the summer.
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Your costume is really great & I love the source of inspiration. I’m terrible at costumes and would never be able to come up with something this good.
Holy smokes! (hee, hee..! Couldn’t resist) That all looks much more adventurous than our Halloween… You, as always, looked impeccable in the sexiest of ways. Glad to hear you had a good time!
xo,
-maria
ah, you look wonderful! way to be the classy nurse!
Great costume! You look fantastic.
Your costume turned out great! And, it looks like you and the gang had a great time!
You look awesome! Very good idea for a costume. :)
Oh wow–I love your costume! :) Sometimes the sort of last minute ones are the most inventive…
I love seeing people’s inspiration for their costumes! And what a wild party that looks like :)
Cuteness! I love the vintage feel!! I was a dead nurse a few years ago…a costume I threw together in about 10 minutes, and ended up loving it!
love it! all hail ambika for fighting the tide of slutty halloween nurses!! :)
fire breathing!! awesome!
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