By Regan Heinrichs
Staff Writer
Steam punk is the most popular costume of choice this year according to Lindsey, one of the store clerks at Halloween Boutique in Ames. Halloween Boutique is located at 2300 Lincoln Way, Ames.
Steam punk has a victorian-like fashion sense and is fantasy of the 19th century. It’s supposed to be like “another world.” A good website to find this style is www.etsy.com.
The gypsy costume has also been one of their top sellers, Lindsey said.
“Super hero’s are big this year and cop costumes are always popular,” she said.
Prices in Halloween Boutique ranged from $20 to $70
For those who can’t afford the prices of a costume shop, the answer is DIY Halloween costumes, which means do it yourself.
Ideas for women include life size bath loofahs, duct tape skittle dresses, or rock-paper-scissors outfits. Some ideas for men would be the Old Spice man, Edward Cullen look-a-like, or Jack-in-the-box. These are all simple do it yourself projects that can also save you money.
Other places to go if one would want to save money are places such as the Dollar Tree, Goodwill, and Walmart. All of these places have costume pieces such as masks, face paints, or wigs that one could use to better their costume.
Jacob Elser, a DMACC student, said “He has high hopes to be the DMACC bear mascot for Halloween this year. “
Cara Jamison said she was trying to save her money, so she is going to make her own costume. “I don’t know what I want to be yet.”
Melissa Otis said she wants to be a fire fighter.
Staff Writer
Steam punk is the most popular costume of choice this year according to Lindsey, one of the store clerks at Halloween Boutique in Ames. Halloween Boutique is located at 2300 Lincoln Way, Ames.
Steam punk has a victorian-like fashion sense and is fantasy of the 19th century. It’s supposed to be like “another world.” A good website to find this style is www.etsy.com.
The gypsy costume has also been one of their top sellers, Lindsey said.
“Super hero’s are big this year and cop costumes are always popular,” she said.
Prices in Halloween Boutique ranged from $20 to $70
For those who can’t afford the prices of a costume shop, the answer is DIY Halloween costumes, which means do it yourself.
Ideas for women include life size bath loofahs, duct tape skittle dresses, or rock-paper-scissors outfits. Some ideas for men would be the Old Spice man, Edward Cullen look-a-like, or Jack-in-the-box. These are all simple do it yourself projects that can also save you money.
Other places to go if one would want to save money are places such as the Dollar Tree, Goodwill, and Walmart. All of these places have costume pieces such as masks, face paints, or wigs that one could use to better their costume.
Jacob Elser, a DMACC student, said “He has high hopes to be the DMACC bear mascot for Halloween this year. “
Cara Jamison said she was trying to save her money, so she is going to make her own costume. “I don’t know what I want to be yet.”
Melissa Otis said she wants to be a fire fighter.