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Okay kids, time to breakout the French Maid costumes!
October 21st, 2008, 7:44 am · 10 Comments · posted by Suzanne Broughton, Contributing Writer
My husband Larry and I were over at the Costume Castle in Tustin letting the kids run wild through the hook hands and clown shoes when we caught this dialog between a young customer and the women behind the counter–who is known as “The Queen of Halloween” because of her immense knowledge of all things halloween.
Costume Castle in Tustin
The young girl was trying to purchase one of the less-than-modest costumes. Hint: Fishnets were involved.
Queen of Halloween: How old are you, honey?
Girl: I’m fifteen.
Queen of Halloween: I can’t sell this to you. It’s inappropriate for your age.
Girl: **Blink**Trying to compute new concept** What do you mean?
Queen of Halloween: You are too young to be wearing this, do you have a parent here? I can’t sell it to you.
Girl: Dad!
Queen of Halloween: Is your dad here? I’ll talk to him.
Frantic, breathless explanation from girl to dad about mean lady not letting her buy something she wanted.
Girl’s dad: What’s wrong with this costume? It’s fine.
Plops down credit card in a no-one-tells-me-my-daughter-can’t-wear-something way.
I guess he showed her.
When I was telling my friend Andy this story he said jokingly, “Hey, how can he be her best friend if he doesn’t give her everything she wants?”
Good call, Andy.
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My guess is that dad might be paying for some other little clothes in the not too distant future.
Just wait until her father actually sees her in the costume. He just may change his mind - I hope.
We are Costume Castle regulars this time of year and I love the Queen of Halloween. Good for her for at least trying to knock some sense into that clueless dad.
We are attending a kids’ Halloween party Sunday and the parents are dressing up too. It has been years since I shopped for a costume and I was astounded by the fact that fully 90% of the adult female costumes were slutty. It’s like it isn’t Halloween unless you’re showing cleavage and wearing fishnets.
I too am at least glad to hear that teh Queen of Halloween was not going to sell the costume to a minor. Her dad should be slapped. I am never popular at Halloween parties because I usually show up as Lizzie Borden or a midieval plague victim.
The Halloween costumes for girls have really become inappropriate. Why do we need to sexualize these girls at such a young age??
Ok…I have a confession…I too dressed up as a french maid ( a hand-sewn costume back then!) when I was 13. I really had no clue, and neither did my recently immigrated parents from Japan, that french maids had another “job” besides cleaning! Only later as an adult did I realize why so many weirdos slowed down their cars as I walked to school that day…
GXmom– LOL. I remember girls dressing up as French maids when I was in middle school. I had NO CLUE what the subtext was, and I don’t think those girls did either.
Makes you wonder why and when the French maid became such a popular Americna costume…do you think they dress up like American maids in France?
Theresa–Ha, good point. So true.
Jenny–We can only hope.
Martha–I am growing to like you more and more with each comment *)
GX Mom- Thanks for your confession. So funny.
Erika–I have often wondered about the popularity of “The French maid” at halloween. In Jr. High all my girlfriends dressed-up as French maids and my mom wouldn’t let me–Thanks, mom! Let’s just hope when the mom of this girl saw the outfit, she “marched her back” to the store to return it.
Aw, thanks Suzanne!
That Dad needs to be slapped!!
I love this one Suzanne. We Irvine Mom’s know this “Queen” lady. God love her for trying to keep all these kids and their parents in line. I agree with Theresa, love her comment. We Hortons were just there and nothing this exciting happened while we were there, you get all the blog luck.