It used to mean a few kids throwing bedsheets over their heads in exchange for sweets. Nowadays, any gathering between September and Christmas is an excuse for fancy dress, writes Zoe Williams
It used to mean a few kids throwing bedsheets over their heads in exchange for sweets. Nowadays, any gathering between September and Christmas is an excuse for fancy dresshen a fella of 17 arrived at the house in a corset, some pointy ears, a lot of makeup and an alice band with a cat on it, it was only polite to ask what he was dressed as. He said he had come to theparty as a sexy cat. Ah yes, that famous character from fiction, or maybe myth.
My sister insists that young men have always liked cross-dressing, drawing on extensive experience – OK, her husband, who was so committed that he once shaved his legs. I think of it as very gen Z, a sign of their liberation from the constraints of sex and gender. What I can’t explain, though, is the many Ali Gs. Sacha Baron Cohen’s character was very topical in the late 90s – a lot of current-affairs jokes at the expense of unwitting interviewees you would struggle to recognise even if you were there at the time . What in God’s name would a modern teenager make of Ali G interviewingThe dominant theme was Mexico – a bottle of tequila, a lot of sombreros, ponchos everywhere – and there was heated discussion about cultural appropriation.
. Britain came to Halloween relatively late and we have the zealotry of converts. If I’m invited anywhere, I’m going as a grumpy old dude in a golf club. I’ll wear my ordinary clothes and walk around saying: “Halloween is an invasive festival – and don’t me get started on tricks or treats.
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