I’m not going to lie.  I’m not even going to pretend.  I think the Halloween costumes that they have for little girls this day and age are appalling.  I went shopping at a Halloween store in our area, hoping to find something cute and fuzzy for my 2-1/2 year old daughter.  She said she wanted to be a bumble bee.  I had expected to see shelf upon shelf and wall upon wall of choices (from bunny suits to witch costumes and everything in between).  What I found, were skirts that were too short, sleeveless tops, and belly-baring midriffs.

Does your little girl want to be a superhero?  Awesome… have her try on the superwoman costume with the super-short skirt.

What about a maid?  Oh… well… I suppose you can choose from any number of “Naughty French Maid” outfits:

What about a kitty cat?  That should be innocent enough, right?  Sure.  If you are Britney Spears and 17.

How about an army-girl?  Certainly they would dress army-girls in appropriate attire, right?

Sure.  If you an army-girl stripper.

Every costume I found had a skirt that was too short or material that was too thin or a costume containing not enough material.  Whatever happened to the days of full costumes and being covered from head to toe?  Especially for little kids.  I can say that my sons had a plethora of different costumes to choose from and they did not have the same wardrobe malfunctions as most of the girl-costumes.

To the manufacturers of these so-called costumes:

Make no mistake about it.  These costumes with their short skirts and midriff baring tops, that you have made available for little girls (including pre-teens)  are appalling and disgusting!  These costumes paint a picture that all girls are meant to be either princesses or sex symbols.

I want my daughter to have a costume that covers her from head to toe!  If she’s supposed to be an army girl, then make a costume with PANTS!  A construction worker…with PANTS!  Any costume that contains fishnet stockings for a little girl (unless she is going to be the Gorton Fisherman and the fishnet is for FISH), is just plain wrong and disgusting.

In the end, I have a feeling I wasn’t the only parent who felt that way.  Because all of the respectable costumes were picked over and the belly-baring ones with the short skirts seemed to be all that was left.

Next year, I think i’ll make the costumes.