The Appeal of Costumes
Everyone knows that Halloween is a great excuse to dress up as someone else for a day. From childhood, Americans are encouraged to put on a costume and hunt for candy and other sweet treats while trick or treating. By the time they are adults, the variety of costumes increases and people can dress up for work, to hand out candy at their door or to attend Halloween parties in private homes or public clubs.
One of the great reasons to dress up is to try on a different identity for a little while. This is why career-related costumes remain popular well into adulthood. Of course, it’s usually glamorous careers like sports stars, astronauts, and firefighters or something sexy like nurses. Other people choose to emulate their favorite starts, dressing up like Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, or even donning Kiss Costumes . Still others go for the scary with favorites like zombies, vampires, and ghosts.
The best reason to dress up as an adult is to recapture a bit of that childhood wonder. This why adults continue to dress up as cowboys, pirates, and super heroes. The same heroes and role models that appealed to them as children can be revisited — whether they have kids of their own or not.