It’s that time of year again. Pumpkins sitting on every stoop, horror movies flooding the airwaves, little kiddies rotting their teeth with too much candy, and everyone disguised as someone (or something) else. But on a college girl’s budget, can you really afford to head out and buy a $60 costume if you’re only going to wear it for one night? If you can rationalize it to yourself, go ahead and go for it! If you’d rather have groceries for the week, then lets take a look at another alternative that can have you strutting your stuff on Halloween just like everyone else but for much less.
Let’s head to South Street: home to tons of restaurants, bars, boutiques, and thrift shops. Here you can get anything from a tattoo, to a renowned cheesesteak, to that’s right, a Halloween costume. There are still those shops that will charge you an arm and a leg for a piece of fabric barely bigger than a dishtowel, but if you make your way to 536 South Street you’ll find a little gem called Retrospect.
More high-end than a Salvation Army but cheaper than your average department store, Retrospect offers vintage clothes at bargain prices. They’re self-described as, “a magnet for the fashion-forward, budget minded folk who like to shop outside the box”. Sounds like us, right? Retrospect stocks everything. Furs, dresses, shoes, books, men’s clothes, and the best collection of sunglasses I’ve ever seen. If you need to find something for that amazing costume idea you’ve come up with, Retrospect will have it. Trying to be a Golden Girl? You bet you can find some sick sequenced tunics there. Trying to be an Olsen twin? Just go in and throw on everything from one rack and voila! You’ll walk out of there with your own unique and original costume for less than the three girls next to you wearing the identical slutty nurse outfits each paid.
So throw on your costume thinking caps and head straight to Retrospect’s on South Street. You’ll save some cash AND look great on Halloween. What more could you ask for?
