WHEN DID HALLOWEEN FANCY DRESS GET SO COMPETITIVE?
Is it just me or did Halloween start really early this year? People have been talking about their costumes for weeks. Or maybe I’ve just noticed the costume dramas more than usual because I’m not dressing up this year? As traditional as pumpkin carving or trick or treating, my enduring memory of Halloween celebrations, particularly through uni, is the last minute scramble for a costume in the few days before the big spooktacular. It’s always been a massive production in America, but what’s happened over here to make everyone suddenly start taking their costumes quite so seriously?
Thanks to social media and the pressure of the double tap, more thought may be required before you rummage for the last pair of two pound fangs in the fancy dress shop and call it a good’un. What if you upload a picture and it doesn’t even break 11 likes threshold? THIS IS THE REAL HORROR STORY.