Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 18:01     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:I work for the Fed Govt. We had a CFC costume event scheduled. My office is usually not too hip on participation but it turned out that three of us showed up wearing mostly grey. Someone said - you guys should be the 3 blind mice. A quick lunch time trip to target yeilded grey socks for tails, headbands for ears made from file folders. We all had sunglasses. We won the costume contest.


The sunglasses sound kind of microaggression-y and not appropriate for a govt workplace. Sounds like it wasn't controversial, though.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 17:03     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:46     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Someone already said it but I was going to say wear all black and your point-iest-toe shoes and wear a witch hat (which you can take off and feel normal again if you look like a jack ass). If it works, you'll still look like a kick ass witch. Perhaps wear darker lipstick than normal.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:35     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume


And then don't speak in your meetings.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:33     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:You could go as a bobcat poacher.


This made me laugh. Now I am going to look for a stuffed bobcat for Saturday night.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:31     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:Be the green fairy!

This dress from Target:



Wings, a wand, and sparkle shoes.


Unrelatedly, I bought this dress on a whim the other day, and it's awesome. <$30 for heavy fabric that is cut in a flattering way.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:31     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Wear black pants, blazer, cravat-type neckwear (could pass for a lady's scarf, could be a cravat), and in the pocket of your blazer carry a magnifying glass and a little notepad and pencil. BAM: you are Sherlock Holmes. That's one of my two easy go-to costumes.

Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:30     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
just throw on a witch hat with your chic sheath!
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:17     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Black dress, some pearls and a cig holder, audrey hepburn.

All black and brooding with a paint palette- starving artist
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:13     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How fun! I wish my coworkers dressed up.

Here are some ideas that might work for you:



I'm sorry, but who in their right mind would actually consider a zombie costume with blood on the shirt to be anywhere close to appropriate office attire?

This one is so completely wrong except for an office where there is an official Halloween party and management encourages employees to dress for the occasion. But it doesn't even remotely fit OP's original request.


I assume PP was making a joke with that one.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 16:11     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Don't do it. It's not professional. Everyone will remember that you are the person who wore a costume.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 15:56     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
You could go as a bobcat poacher.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 12:00     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:How fun! I wish my coworkers dressed up.

Here are some ideas that might work for you:



I'm sorry, but who in their right mind would actually consider a zombie costume with blood on the shirt to be anywhere close to appropriate office attire?

This one is so completely wrong except for an office where there is an official Halloween party and management encourages employees to dress for the occasion. But it doesn't even remotely fit OP's original request.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 11:37     Subject: Re:Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Our team is all dressing up as Jake from State Farm. Kahki pants, red polo shirt name tag that says Jake.

One year we did Men in Black (that year our team was all women) Black suits, white shirts, black ties and sunglasses.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2015 11:37     Subject: Office-Appropriate Halloween Costume
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't want to bum you out, but if you want people to take you seriously the other 364 days a year, don't wear a costume to work on Halloween. Seriously. Act like a grown-up.


Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you.


An office is not a party. But go ahead and make a fool of yourself in front of your peers if that's your thing.