Best Halloween Costumes for Curvy Women

1950s Blond Bombshell

(By which we mean a Marilyn costume, of course)

Marilyn Munro (7343564558) - by Eva Rinaldi from Sydney Australia (Uploaded by russavia) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Any curvy girl worth her Spanx has heard that Marilyn Monroe, perhaps the greatest American sex symbol ever to grace the big screen, was no Skinny Minnie. It turns out that chubby Marilyn is an urban myth - a bit of a disappointment for some of us, eh?

But still, our Norma Jean had padding in all the right places (unlike the hipless nymphets of today's Hollywood), and her super-feminine image is a wonderful costume for the more zaftig figure.

If you're lucky enough to have your curves arranged in an hourglass shape, then Marilyn and her pin-up girl sisters of WW2 and the post-war years are among the most sexy and flattering Halloween costumes you can choose.

Oh, yes, don't forget to practice your breathless delivery of "Happy Birthday, Mr President" - just in case.

1940s PinUp Girl Costume

The Sweethearts of World War Two

Rita Hayworth pinup - by Jinx! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/span112/3476919475/) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

These days, with the recent resurgence of fashion interest in the 1950 pinup icons like Bettie Paige, you'll find a fair amount of crossover between wartime and post-war honeys. For true-life inspiration, however, check out the WW2 era issues of Yank, The Army Weekly magazine, 1940s vintage calendar girls, and the fabulous aircraft nose art of the period.

1940s pinup costumes will generally favor the larger lady with an athletic build and great legs - this look is all about the just-so hair and the endless legs, with a sweetheart neckline and belted high waist in between.

Pin curls and Victory rolls, brave red lipstick, and a coy over-the-shoulder glance - that's the wartime pinup girl, the pretty morale-boosters for the boys "over there" and missing their sweethearts back home.

1930s Glamour Queen

"I'm in town... but not for good."

Ba-doomp! If you love the slinky sass of classic Mae West, that ultimate hourglass-figured femme with a razor-sharp business mind behind her extra-long lashes, you'll have a lot of fun stepping into her character for your Halloween costume.

Inspired by Mae West, of course, the Hollywood sex symbol's costume includes a long sequin gown, faux-fur stole, long gloves, and a faux award statuette to hold up for the cameras while you thank all the little people for such a wonderful honor...

Enormous eyelashes and bouffant blond wig (not included with this gown shown here) are de rigeur, if your Halloween persona will be the Mae West vamp.

There's no age limit on wearing a Mae West costume, by the way. The ultimate Hollywood vamp was still hip-swaying her way across the big screen well into her late 70s (ahem, Myra Breckenridge) and putting some pretty convincing moves on a handsome young Tom Selleck. As long as you can deliver her patented one-liners in style and sashay around in that fancy gown, you've got your Mae West impersonation down.

1920s Flapper

Channel Your Inner Zelda

Silent film star Norma Talmadge - by Bain News Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

(An ideal costume for those without a Mae West "hourglass" figure!)

For those of us who don't have a real waist we'd like to show off - for larger women with more of a straight up-and-down plus size figure - consider the 1920s Bright Young Thing in her sacque style flapper dress, all layers and sequins and fringe and "all that jazz"...

Accessorize with the longest leanest faux-cigarette holder you can find (jet black or mother-of-pearl if you can swing it) - you'll wave it for dramatic emphasis as you banter with the boys. Elbow-length gloves, a sumptuous feather boa or drift of silk chiffon scarf, and a long string of beads to dangle and twirl. Cropped hair or cloche and kiss curls, please. Big eyes!

Then roll those stocking tops, take to the dance floor and daringly show off your knees in a hot Charleston that will rock the Halloween party like it's 1924 - you Jazz Baby you!

Gypsies, Tramps and... Pirate Wenches

Lawless Ladies

Lusty wench giving someone the eye - Photograph taken at the Three Barons Renaissance Fair in Anchorage, Alaska, June 2012, by Alaskan Dude [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)] on Flickr.

Speaking of curves, keep reading for more colorful female characters you'd have a blast dressing up as for a Halloween party or any fancy dress affair.

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. It takes a bold and curvy girl to really pull off the look of any of these "lawless ladies" from the more colorful pages of history.

Halloween is all about throwing the rules out the window and donning a fun new character with the colorful costume, so why not make the most of your fabulous curves with the garb of a bodacious beauty just a bit on the wild side?

Off-the-shoulder outfits make the most of upper-body attractions, not the least of which is your decolletage and rounded shoulders, and you've got several centuries of inspiration to choose from for costume ideas there. Not to mention, there are a host of character roles where you can find an excuse to wear a figure-flattering corset to nip in the waist and emphasize those feminine charms!

Reveal as much or as little skin as your comfort level and best attributes allow, leaning toward the most opulent fabrics and interesting details, then let your imagination have free reign when it comes to the accessories.

Well-Bred Women of Fashion

Dragoncon 2012-Costumes 3 by Counse [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)] on Flickr

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