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Halloween has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, but is largely a secular celebration today. Common Halloween activities include trick or treating and wearing costumes or Halloween-related attire. Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils, and are often designed to imitate supernatural and scary beings. Over time the selection has extended to popular characters from fiction, celebrities, science-fiction characters such as aliens and superheroes, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.
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Halloween has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhaim and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is largely a secular celebration today. Common Halloween activities include trick or treating and, of course, wearing costumes or Halloween-related attire. According to the National Retail Federation, in the United States 53.3 percent of consumers planned to buy a costume for Halloween 2005, spending $38.11 on average (up $10 from the year before). They were also expected to spend $4.96 billion in 2006, up significantly from just $3.3 billion the previous year. The troubled economy has caused many Americans to cut back on Halloween spending. In 2009, the National Retail Federation anticipated that American households would decrease Halloween spending by as much as 15% to $56.31.
According to Wikipedia, Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled
after monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over
time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters
from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and
princesses.
What sets Halloween costumes apart from costumes for other
celebrations or days of dressing up is that they are often designed to
imitate supernatural and scary beings. Costumes are traditionally
those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and
devils, or in more recent years, science-fiction inspired characters
such as aliens or superheroes. There are also costumes of pop culture
figures, which include presidents, athletes,
celebrities, or film, television, and cartoon characters. Another
popular trend is for women (and in some cases, men) to use Halloween
as an excuse to wear sexy or revealing costumes, showing off more skin
than would be socially acceptable otherwise.
Even for those who don't dress up, Apparel Search recognizes that some consumers still show their holiday spirit by donning Halloween-related accessories such as skull themed jewelry, funky pumpkin printed socks or tights, or festive orange and brown hair bows. Others who don't wear costumes may opt to dress a bit funkier than usual, sporting a fun accessory such as a boa or a pair of torn and tattered tights or leggings. Do you want to make your own Halloween costumes? DIY projects are certainly trendy. Learn about DIY Halloween costumes. Learn more about children's Halloween costumes, women's Halloween costumes and men's Halloween costumes. If you actually are looking to purchase Halloween costumes, you may want to try the costume stores directory. Written for Apparel Search by Regina Cooper September 2010 Learn more about Halloween Inspired Clothing. Fashion Terms: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Common QuestionsWhere does Halloween come from?Halloween has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, although today it is largely a secular celebration built around activities such as trick or treating and wearing costumes. What do Halloween costumes traditionally depict?Monsters and supernatural, scary beings — vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils. In more recent years the range has widened to science-fiction characters such as aliens and superheroes, pop culture figures, fiction characters and archetypes such as ninjas and princesses. How much did Americans spend on Halloween in the mid-2000s?In the United States, 53.3 percent of consumers planned to buy a costume for Halloween 2005, spending $38.11 on average, and spending was expected to reach $4.96 billion in 2006, up significantly from $3.3 billion the previous year. In 2009, spending was expected to fall by as much as 15 percent, to $56.31, as households cut back. More to ExploreMore from Apparel Search: Fashion Terms | Fashion Terms Directory | Fashion Terms by Category | Fashion Terms H | Apparel Search Home
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