Think skeleton + Halloween and, if you're anything like me, your mind immediately leaps to the Grim Reaper.
Shortly followed by a reference to DiscWorld and certain Blue Oyster Cult songs. (Oh brilliant! Someone actually did combine the two!) Therefore I thought it best to get this entity out of the way before hurtling into the bog standard skeletons.
The Grim Reaper has been part of Western mythology for centuries. There are medieval plague pits marked with his face. This is the skeletal being who will come for your soul at the moment of death. Creepy!
Zagone Studios, as usual, have come up with a fantastic costume for the Grim Reaper. However, they're no longer offering the complete ensemble in one handy set. Instead, you have to trawl through finding each of the components. I've added the gown and mask above, which are the main events.
Zagone have a deserved reputation for producing high-quality, enduring fancy dress items. Their Death costume is no exception. It's probably all worth the price for the skull mask alone!
There's a hidden hood, which renders it very comfortable to wear, but also elasticated straps that fit over your jaw. When you talk, the skull's mouth opens and closes very realistically. I love stuff like that!
Grim Reaper is all well and good, but personally I'd be telling everyone that I came as Death from Discworld. It's the same thing, but cooler!
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Get the leggings too. Leave them on for work, then take them off for the party afterwards. :)
I want to find a costume for work...and play afterwards too! But, I haven't found one I like yet, so maybe that dress could work for that. DECISIONS.
LOL I did wonder how a biologist would view these costumes. Not for use in class then, I take it?
Have a look at the comments on the first dress. There are women wearing it in ordinary circumstances, not just as a Halloween costume. So go for it!
I wanted to complain how anatomically awkward most of the women's skeleton costumes are, but what is Halloween without tiny skirts and sex appeal? XD LOL
I like the first women's one though, but actually kind of as an actual dress more than a costume...maybe that's one of the reasons I technically have zero fashion sense.