Halloween 2013 at Lasell

Last night was Halloween and I had the pleasure of photographing the many costumes and creations of fellow Lasell students as they celebrated the spookiest night of the year. 

Some students went as groups, like these three who were the Three Blind Mice. They paired their own black dresses with mouse ears, sunglasses and canes. They had whiskers and pink noses on their faces, but differed with their different choices in shoe.

There were countless other animals crawling around campus similar to this Cheetah. She kept her costume simple and low-cost by pairing her own cheetah dress with black tights and shoes, and accessorized with black cat ears.

One of my favorite costumes of the night was this sleek Peacock ensemble. All homemade, she wore a black corset and black tulle skirt, then tucked peacock feathers into the belt. Her makeup was colorful, but simple, highlighting her eyes with matching peacock hues.

These two creative ladies made their black dresses into Magic 8 Balls. On the front of their dresses, was the white circle with an eight, but on the back they outlined a triangle with glowsticks and wrote either "YES" or "NO". Cute, creative and again, low cost!

With any collection of Halloween costumes, there was a plethora of fictional characters. This young man played up his red hair and dressed as a Leprachaun. His store bought ensemble matched black pants with a white collared shirt, yellow tie and bright green vest, covered in metallic gold shamrocks. He topped off the look with a velvet green top hat.

More from the collection of fictional characters were these two friends- a Cowgirl and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. The Cowgirl on the left found in her wardrobe a plaid cotton shirt and tied it over a red bandeau. She paired that with cut off denim shorts and black boots. Dorothy on the right wore a light blue checkered dress over a red sequin bra. She completed the look with red sequin flats and pigtails tied with a red bow.

Most groups went out just to have a good time, and did not correlate their costumes. Here is a group of Resident Assistants dressed as everything from a Secret Service man to the New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski. 

I didn't spend the whole night behind the camera, because I was too Egg-cited about my own costume! My homemade costume was simply a large t-shirt with a yellow "yolk" ironed onto the front. I paired the dress with white knee-highs and white keds. Down the middle of my face, I drew a crack, like that of on a real egg shell. Let's just say, I cracked myself up all night with some egg-ceptional yolks... I mean jokes!

Whether you celebrate Halloween to eat endless amounts of candy, or you just love to get dressed up; it's always a fun night shared with friends and family. The students of Lasell show us how easy it is to be creative and comfortable when dressing up for their big night out.