Halloween on a budget: Antonio & Mirthala
Current events (and scandals!) are always ripe sources for Halloween costumes. As a native of LA, I’m much more interested in what the mayor is doing to improve this city rather than who he’s sleeping with. Still, if you want a risqué couples costume with limited effort (and cost), why not be Antonio Villaraigosa and his girlfriend, former Telemundo political reporter, Mirthala Salinas?
Here’s how to do it:
For Villaraigosa:
- A dark suit with a red or blue tie
- Spiffy shoes, make sure to get them boleados (shined)
- Shave off the goatee and/or mustache (sorry for all those Chicanos attached to their goatees)
- Short hair, it’ll make your ears look bigger
- A cheesy smile (emphasis on cheesy)
- NO wedding ring
For Salinas:
- Spiffy suit in either a dark or light shade
- Spiffy shoes
- Long black hair
- Simple jewelry
- Telemundo 52 logo printed 4 times in color. Form a box with some cardstock so that it looks like a television reporter’s microphone (for the mic, I suggest borrowing one from a friend who has a karaoke set).
That’s it.
Other things you might want to think about: add a nametag since two people in suits isn’t much of a costume. You can make this a threesome by having a friend dress up Corina Villaraigosa, the mayor’s ex-wife.
Bonus: hide from immigrants’ rights activists at the party or carry around plans for reforming LAUSD in your pocket.
Next up in the low-budget costume series: Cantinflas
This is a pretty creative one! I like it.
A couple years ago me and my (white) roommate were thinking of dressing up as Pedro and Napoleon Dynamite….I bet you can guess who was going to play Pedro.
omigod, cindy, this made my day. it’s both clever and hilarious.
And a Chicano with a lot lighter complexion can dress up in a gray suit, be clean shaven, and be Fabian Nunez.
That’s too funny.
Don’t forget that Antonio needs to be no taller than 5ft. 6 in.
And I think Fabian is even shorter.
I am on the same boat as you (as in, not caring who the mayor is sleeping with etc.) But…
Hands down this is my favorite Holloween costume suggestion that you have mentioned so far.
I love this!
You forget to include that the Mayor’s fly needs to be unzipped and that Mirthala must leave the party with the next best thing that catches her eye, preferrably a Latino looking politician. Is Vicente Fox still inthe country?
Chicanos always out of the loop. the relationship is so Sept.
Oh my gosh, this was damn funny ~ I love it ~ clever and as au courant as local scandals can be!