Already planning your Halloween costume? If you're considering wearing a corset top or dressing as "The Lorax," you may receive snarky remarks.
Halloween is more than a month away, but the internet is already divided over women’s fashion choices for the holiday. In the age of fast fashion and micro trends, the pressure to be original — especially on Halloween — has never been more intense. And, Gen Z's obsession with not "being basic" has led to a hierarchy where niche costumes are held up as superior to traditional looks. Each year, tutorials for "rare cool girl Halloween costumes" flood TikTok. In recent years, corset-based costumes have skyrocketed in popularity, adding spice to Disney princesses, Fancy Nancy or a vampire look.
As an antidote to traditional sexy costumes, some users are promoting “weird girl” costumes, and it's sparking a heated debate. Viral videos show groups of girls dressed in head-to-toe neon orange Lorax fits, sporting Pitbull-style bald caps, or emanating Alexander Hamilton in a Founding Father outfit, complete with a powdered wig.
But not everyone’s on board.
Some commenters say the costumes are just a facet of "pretty girl humor" or "popular girl humor." The term went viral on TikTok to describe conventionally attractive women who attempt to seem quirky or relatable by subverting typically feminine behavior.
