Halloween vamping for girls wears thin - The Boston Globe
source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/31/halloween_vamping_for_girls_wears_thin/
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NATICK - Hold off on the come-hither "divine devil" outfits with high-cut, ragged velveteen skirts and "sassy vampiress" costumes with pink and black corset-style low-cut bodices. Suggestive Halloween costumes are not making the sale with 13-year-old trick-or-treaters Maggie Ryan and Meredith Sullivan.
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"Not our thing," Ryan said drily.
"I wouldn't wear it," added Sullivan.
The friends instead chose Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone costumes, the decidedly unsexy, body-covering garb of a prehistoric cartoon character to collect candy around their Natick neighborhoods tonight.
An era when Halloween costume shopping for girls could be confused with exploring a Victoria's Secret lingerie trunk may be fading. Girls between the ages of 6 and 14 and their parents seem to be gravitating away from revealing costumes this year.
Consumers are expected to spend nearly $5.8 billion this year on the holiday, up a half-billion dollars from 2007, according to the National Retail Federation, but for the first time in years, they seem to be demanding more fabric for their cash.
Bumblebees, ladybugs, and superheroes like Wonder Woman and Batgirl are the hot garb this year, said Pam Harding, manager of the state's largest iParty store, on Route 9 in Natick, where Ryan and Sullivan shopped last week.
"Athena" Greek goddess outfits and 1950s "Pink Lady" getups are selling briskly, too, she said. Revealing costumes do sell well to older teens who are able to buy without parental oversight, she said, although last year, some of the most suggestive costumes were left unsold by season's end.
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"Not our thing," Ryan said drily.
"I wouldn't wear it," added Sullivan.
The friends instead chose Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone costumes, the decidedly unsexy, body-covering garb of a prehistoric cartoon character to collect candy around their Natick neighborhoods tonight.
An era when Halloween costume shopping for girls could be confused with exploring a Victoria's Secret lingerie trunk may be fading. Girls between the ages of 6 and 14 and their parents seem to be gravitating away from revealing costumes this year.
Consumers are expected to spend nearly $5.8 billion this year on the holiday, up a half-billion dollars from 2007, according to the National Retail Federation, but for the first time in years, they seem to be demanding more fabric for their cash.
Bumblebees, ladybugs, and superheroes like Wonder Woman and Batgirl are the hot garb this year, said Pam Harding, manager of the state's largest iParty store, on Route 9 in Natick, where Ryan and Sullivan shopped last week.
"Athena" Greek goddess outfits and 1950s "Pink Lady" getups are selling briskly, too, she said. Revealing costumes do sell well to older teens who are able to buy without parental oversight, she said, although last year, some of the most suggestive costumes were left unsold by season's end.
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