Just like every year, come September, the question on my mind is what will I be this year for Halloween? Just like every year the headache last probably until October 15th. I hate last minute decisions on costumes.

A good costume, in my opinion, should reflect something personal; have a story beyond the disguise. I have had some good costumes over my years in the U.S.

I was a cowgirl (American archetype) when my American friend, A., was a French girl (with stripe t-shirt, beret, baguette, the whole 9-yards).

I was “Frenchy”, the Grease character.

I was the Little Red Riding Hood, with my 6’4 student as the Big Bad Wolf.

I was Magenta, as a tribute to one of my favorite movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show; and as another play around the French theme (French maid outfit).

This year, my first idea was to be Colette, the French flight attendant on the new ABC series Pan Am. I love the 1960ies style. That was not thinking as original as I thought… Before I could figure something out, all the flight attendants were gone. And when I say “costume”, I really mean minimal piece of clothing that shows more flesh than fabric. I would have really loved to dig up a vintage blue suit but that didn’t happen.

After spending a Sunday afternoon researching possible Halloween costumes and spending time at Masquerade, I could not bring myself to wear any of those pre-packaged slutty outfits. Just couldn’t.

So I raid the little girl aisle for a tiara, picked up a couple sets of white beads, long black gloves and a cigarette holder from the 1920ies aisle and grab a paper cup from my favorite coffee shop… And there we go! A tribute from Audrey to Audrey. Not too bad, right?