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player ready...Halloween parties have become, shall we say, salacious. This weekend, events such as “Shame, Sex and Shackles,” “Pimp ‘N’ Ho Halloween Ball” and “Dead/Sexy Halloween” and parties hosted by Dennis Rodman are happening across the city. We called Courtland Hickey, manager of Chicago Costume in Lincoln Park (1120 W. Fullerton Ave., 773-528-1264), for last-minute fashion advice on the right kind of costume to wear to such an event.
At Play: I want to go to a sexy Halloween party and look ghet … uh, make that, pre-gentrified-fabulous.
Hickey: You want to pimp it out, then?
At Play: Yes. What would it take to look pimp-a-licious?
Hickey: I would set you up with some wonderful jewel-encrusted grillz for your teeth. Like Flavor Flav.
At Play: Aren’t those gaudy designer braces permanent?
Hickey: They are plastic. You put them in boiling water to soften them, then bite down and they fit your teeth. One set is $40 and comes in gold, silver and various levels of encrusted jewels.
At Play: What can I carry my Kool-Aid and vodka in?
Hickey: You have to have a pimp cup ($20-$30). It’s very much like a chalice. Very deep burgundy glass. It’s encrusted with jewels and the word “pimp” is on the side.
At Play: A pimp needs to enter in style. Cane me.
Hickey: We have an excellent selection of canes. Gold tops with money signs on them, or the word pimp, or ones in animal print with a disco ball on top. They’re $9.
At Play: What would make the ladies swoon?
Hickey: A fedora with a large white plume. Purple is a very regal color. Those run around $14. Then you have to get a necklace–the new ones look like a car with spinning hubcaps. There’s also a necklace with a giant “#1,” and another with a big placard that just says, “Pimp.” That’s about $16.
At Play: Shoes?
Hickey: I have vinyl platform shoes in black or white that have fish or dice in the heels. They’re $90, but worth every penny.
At Play: Can you articulate your viewpoints on the social ramifications of an increasingly pimp-tolerant culture?
Hickey: Pimps are so ubiquitous in American culture now. Ten years ago, people thought there was something wrong with it. Nowadays, you can even dress a girl as a pimp. The rules have changed.
At Play: So if I followed your fashion advice, what would be the reaction when I stroll in?
Hickey: You’d look ghetto-fabulous.
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