5 Sexy Halloween Costumes For Less Than $20 In South Florida
Betty Boop
Crazy For Costumes
1343 S.W. 8th St.
Miami, FL 33135
(305) 858-5029
www.crazyforcostumes.com
Sobe Thrifty
1435 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 672-7251
www.careresource.org/sobe-thrifty
The ever-sexy iconic Betty Boop is a great costume for Halloween. The first step is to find a short and sexy red dress for a great deal (around $10 or even less) at one of the thrift shops in the city known for having fabulous merchandise like South Beach's Sobe Thrifty. Hair can be parted down the center and clipped under at the ends if it's longer than an actual bob to give the impression of one. The accessories can be found at Crazy For Costumes for all under $10 - Betty Boop earrings, bangles and the signature white garter with the red heart.
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Eve of Eden
i.d. art
1470 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
(305) 375-0787
www.idartcatalog.com
Get crafty and make a one-of-a-kind costume from the Garden of Eden. Using a basic bikini (be comfortable with the coverage for going around on Halloween), pin or sew on homemade "foliage." The foliage can be constructed from a number of creative materials from i.d. art and can be further personalized through the use of colors, embellishments and other fun elements. At these prices, go ahead and style your Adam for the evening, too.
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Belly Dancer
Goddess Store & Studio
2017 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 929-2369
www.goddessstore.com
Belly dancers are some of the sexiest costumes around and very easy to recreate. The look can be done wearing black leggings with a matching black tank top or tube top (or try an all-gold monochromatic color scheme) with dancer shoes or medium-height heels. Accessories are very important so find silver or gold (or do silver and gold) bracelets, anklets and rings at home and layer them with style. Jewelry with hanging charms or components that make noise with movement work best. Finally, finish the look with a fabulous traditional coin hip scarf from Hollywood's Goddess Store & Studio. Prices start at just $19.99.
Flapper
Ricky's NYC
643 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 674-8511
Ricky's NYC has all of the goodies needed to emulate a flapper this Halloween. Any fringed-bottom short dress with a drop waist can be worn with low- to medium-height heels. The accessories to top it off are flapper beads, a short black flapper wig and a sequined feather headpiece. All three accessories total to less than $20.
Anne Hathaway's Catwoman
Dixon Costumes
2400 N.W. 72nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33122
(305) 444-5332
www.dixoncostumes.com
"The Dark Knight Rises" was one of the best films of the summer and of the year. Channel Anne Hathaway's sexy new Catwoman with a figure-flattering black slender jumpsuit and black stilettos. Put the "cat" in Catwoman with black cat ears for under $10 from Dixon Costumes and add a black masquerade eye mask, similar to the one in the film, for only $3. The topper is bright red, shiny lipstick.
