Little Bo Peep Child Costume

Parents Talk: Why Are So Many Girls Halloween Costumes Inappropiate?

18.05.12

The girls costume aisle looks more and more like a lingerie store with an increasing array of halter tops, midriff-baring shirts and miniskirts, while costume catalogs and websites teem with images of pouty preteens in suggestive poses. Six- and 7-year-old girls are now featured in catalogs wearing child-sized versions of the skimpy costumes that used to be reserved for boudoir photo shoots. Female firefighters also wear stockings now, and even Little Bo Peep comes with a corset, short skirt and lacy petticoat. At least, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to after several years of combing through little girl costumes for Halloween. On Amazon, you can even buy an outfit called a “Child’s Chamber Maid Costume. Complaints about suggestive girls costumes are nothing new. But its seems like the industry is ramping up towards younger and younger groups of girls.

Source: Patch.com