Halloween Costumes of the Past

I personally think that the Halloween costumes of the past were better looking and creepier than what they are today. Today you basically have the men wearing anything, but most of the women costumes are pretty much sort of sluttyish. Also the kids are wearing what ever popular movie was on that year or what ever looks cute on them.


For example, here are some picture of the evolution of costumes for girls.

But maybe the costumes of the past were scarier because they were mostly home made , and therefore they were more creative?

Also were Halloween costumes meant to be scary to ward off evil spirits and other monsters? I shall look that up some other time, in the mean time. Here are some vintage Halloween costume pictures.