Yahoo Finance Fashion Nova Now Sells 'Sexy' Halloween Costumes
Online retailer Fashion Nova just dropped a line of "sexy" Halloween costumes, because who is shopping for anything else online in October? (JK JK, I know we're all buying pumpkin spice scented candles.) And everyone's invited to the site's Halloween costume party, with men's and women's costumes for, as well as All Hallows' Eve fashions or children's AND, wait for it, pets!! You can dress your cute doggy up as a baby shark, for example, or as "Daddy's Lil' Monster" Harley Quinn.
Beyond the to-be-expected sexy skeletons, cops, convicts, and bunnies, Fashion Nova's designers have gone down, well, quite the rabbit hole for pop culture inspiration. Peep some of their creations below, and see if you can guess what they are copying loosely basing the lewks on, i.e. just loosely enough to avoid any copyright claims clearly:
It's a sexy nun!
Note: Valak, the only nun (well, nun-possessing demon to be exact) you should be worried about this Halloween/FOREVER, is not likely to approve.
A sexy "Miss United," but not as in the airline FYI.
A sexy "heart of tin" costume, hmm.
This comes along with co-ordinating "scaredy lion," "where's my brain at?" and "no place like home" costumes, FYI, just in case your squad intends to blow the costume competition away (like a twister). Oh, but ALSO THE SEXY TIN MAN COSTUME IS SOLD OUT!! Can you even believe it?!
A sexy "vengeful fairy."
(It's Maleficent, but you already knew that.)
A, wait for it, sexy Michael Jackson.
You could sex-up Kourtney Kardashian's 2017 Halloween look with this costume. In related looks, the brand is also selling a sultry Selena Quintanilla-inspired "La Flor" costume-practically identical to the ones Kim K, Demi Lovato, and America Ferrera wore in Halloween 2017 to respectfully pay homage to the Latina diva.
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And, of course, a sexy clown.
It's not full-on Pennywise, but IDK, those blood red pom-poms are problematic.
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Still, the brand-much like popular lingerie and costume store Yandy and many other costume sites-has fallen into the pitfall that is problematic costume ideas. (Why is this still happening?!) Fashion Nova's collection includes a sexy "Geisha costume," which is not only a case of cultural appropriation, but also perpetuates the misunderstanding of the geishas' role in Japanese history. FYI: No, they are not sex workers.
There are also some questionable-at-best ninja costumes, and a "Señorita Muerte" costume, which does a poor job of honoring the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead.
Despite receiving criticism, Fashion Nova has yet to pull these costumes. They have also not yet commented after Teen Vogue reached out for a statement. A related petition, meanwhile, is asking sexy costume mainstay Yandy to pull all its costumes "inspired by" indigenous people from its site-and it's coming up on 10,000 signatures.
For more costumes you need to absolutely avoid, look here. Basically, if in doubt, dress up as a cupcake instead.
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