Dope/Not Dope: Halloween Edition

Pictured right: Me, (at The Asylum)

I’m not about to talk about The Asylum again, but I’m about to talk about The Asylum again. Obvi all who were there can agree that it was the illest art installation event Baton Rouge has seen in a while, but I just want to focus on the outfits sported throughout the night. Being that the event was held less than a week away from All Hallow’s Eve, many asylum attendees decided to dress the part in their own versions of Halloween costumes. This brings me to my most recent thoughts on what’s dope and what’s absolutely anti-dope regarding attire this holiday season.

Not Dope: Using Halloween as an excuse to display your butt cheeks. Especially on a chilly night.

Pictured left: Annie the sleazy orphan tehe.

“If I see another girl wearing a wannabe slutty nurse costume, I’m just gonna ask her to go ahead and euthanize me right then and there,” one asylum-goer commented. “My friends and I were standing at the bottom of the stairs outside by the entrance in jackets and pants, and a woman in a lingerie version of the Little Orphan Annie costume walked by us up the stairs, stood at the top of the stairs for a good seven minutes, literally displaying her ba-chunka-chunk in real time. She was more like the Little Orphan Anti-christ.” So that’s Gucci, a$$ cheeks and an orange afro. Dope readers, nothing is festive about dressing (or undressing) as a half-naked version of an uncreative costume.

What’s Dope this season: Dynamic Duos. Not like Batman and Robin or Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus, but more along the lines of the sticky bandits from Home Alone or Forest Gump and Lieutenant Dan.

Pictured right: LOL.

You’re doing it right and making it happen if your costume is original and really well done to the point of no questions asked like, “what you are you supposed to be?” Creative, well thought out costumes are always a hit, but it’s 2013 peeps, and yolo, so like, make your mark on this planet and display your personality on your sleeve this Halloween. If you can’t think of anything dope for a costume and you’re really just not a cool person whatsoever, remember that you can always just be as terrifying as possible. If you can’t make the trick-or-treaters’ parents laugh with your costume choice, why not aim for making their children cry, right?

But yeah, I’m holding a Dope reader contest for Dopest Halloween Costume of 2013, so email your photo submissions to [email protected], or post your costumes on Instagram with the hashtag #twdopest and tag @theweeklydope225.

Happy Halloween My Peeps!