- Shopping for plus-sizes (beep) sucks.
- (Laughs) Feather duster, yep that'll do.
- Oh my gosh.
- (squealing)
(spooky rock music)
- Today we're trying on
cheap vs. expensive Halloween costumes.
(ghostly noises)
- You guys sounds like ghosts for real.
- What do you guys think about Halloween?
- I'm scared of Halloween, I don't like being scared.
That's not my favorite.
- I enjoy Halloween because I love like the spooky season.
I'm like medium into Halloween.
- Oh, I love Halloween.
- You do. - You do.
- Every year I try and be
a kind of like complicated costume.
I'm going through all the Disney characters right now,
so last year I did dead Elsa from Frozen.
- [Nina] I was a mime two years in a row,
then I was a character
from Ari Aster's "Hereditary" last year.
- That was really good.
- But it was a really simple costume.
That's what I like.
- What do you dress up as?
- I mean, normally when I do
I'll be in like, couples costumes.
One year, me and Lindsey were the girls from "Clueless,"
Cher and Dionne.
So, I'm either doing a couples thing,
or I am wearing a shirt that says,
"This is my costume".
(laughing)
- So we're gonna be finding the cheapest
Halloween costumes we can on the web,
but that are wearable
and that we would wear as a costume.
So we haven't got a price limit,
we're just trying to keep it as cheap as we can.
- And then, we are going to have a stylist come in
and create some custom costumes for us,
based on the cheap versions,
but these will be like the fancy pinkies up version.
- Yes.
With Halloween costumes, it's kind of just like
as long as it's done and people get it,
it's good right?
So, I'm interested to see like will the designer ones
be like oh, "We really want those,"
or will the cheap ones be just like,
"Yeah, that's what you are."
- Halloween for most people is a one and done holiday,
and it's like you don't want to be
emptying your bank accounts for a costume.
So like what should we be?
- What should we be?
What should we be?
- Who are we?
- I think classic costumes are a good idea for this.
I just wanna be something super simple like, a witch.
So it would be fun to see what a super high end witch
would look like compared to a $40 witch.
- I am being a flapper.
I think it's definitely something
that when you think of a plus size girl,
we've all kind of thought about being a flapper,
'cause you can put together that costume pretty easily.
I'm most excited for the cheaper one,
just because I wanna see how a dress will fit
that's bought from a costume place.
It's just gonna be interesting.
- I want to be something that I've never been before
and I think I want to be something a little, period,
like of a particular era.
- Oh, Minstrel.
- I thought that too, I was like what?
- A tampon.
(laughing)
- I was feeling Pirate.
- [Chloe] I love that for you.
Pirate stuff can get sexy.
- I wanna be like a powerful sexy.
- Yeah.
- These are good choices.
- All right, well I think it's time
to go on the World Wide Web
- High five?
(hands slapping)
(playful haunting music)
- Things we know, shopping for plus sizes (bleep) sucks.
I'm going to try and get an actual color, color
to emphasize more that this a costume
and not just a dress that I made into a costume.
- So I'm pretty much just gonna Google
Halloween Costumes cheap.
I don't know why I'm being drawn to this, lets try this.
- My first instinct is to go to Amazon.
Women's pirate...
Oops, I can't spell.
- [Jazzmyne] So I got this website, and these are cute,
but they're all black right here.
I thought about getting this one,
no shade, but it's so typical,
and it's so covering.
- [Chloe] Look they have an entire area.
Let's sort by price ascending, so the cheapest ones first.
Then, they have so many.
- [Nina] So many for so cheap, this ones $17 .
I kinda like this one.
(giggles)
It's more expensive,
but I'm more of a buccaneer than a wench.
- [Jazzmyne] We got some cool color. Blue, green...
- [Chloe] That doesn't look very witchy to me.
This one is fine.
This is only ten dollars, the fact that you get a hat too
is pretty awesome.
- [Nina] This black and gold one, very me.
I kind of like it, and it was really simple to find.
This took me all of like 5 minutes.
- [Jazzmyne] I found this little purple number.
Lets look at the size chart.
It's so hard picking sizes.
- [Chloe] This one, I just... it's not witchy enough for me,
like it's too brightly colored.
This one's kinda cute, it's only $20.
I do like the fact that it like, flairs out.
- [Nina] All right, so we've got
the buckle belt thing for sure, the hat,
presumably this dress thing and the shirt,
so maybe the sword doesn't come with it.
- [Jazzmyne] Something that is cool about this website
is that is has plus size gloves.
You would think, like why is that a thing?
Aren't all gloves like what fits people?
No, because apparently, my arms are just so much
fatter than everybody else's,
that they aren't inclusive actually.
- [Chloe] I think I'm actually maybe
going to go for this one...
Just because it looks like it's made a little bit better,
and although I do wanna go for a really really cheap option
the other one looked pretty cheap.
- [Nina] Ooh I like that curvy one
this one's nice too, oh but it says it's for men,
guess I can't get it.
- [Jazzmyne] I'm also getting these flapper pearls,
and since the gloves are black, I'm getting this black boa.
- [Chloe] Broom!
(laughs)
Feather duster, yup that'll do.
Looks like the only real option is this one,
which is only 6.59.
- [Nina] Yeah, this one will do.
I figure I should have something for my legs.
I searched for women's pirate pants.
These red ones, not really my vibe.
These one though, I'm kind of into.
I think I'm just gonna get these
and we'll see how it goes.
- [Chloe] Oh yes, I found a coupon code,
I've got $3.99 off.
My total for both things is only $22.59.
(eerie music)
(wooo)
- They're here.
- They're here look.
- Oops, they came!
- I'm actually surprised it doesn't look at as cheap
as I thought it was gonna look.
But, I will say, the back is completely plain.
(laughs)
- It is looking a little wenchy.
- Yes.
- You look like a lady that cheers beer.
- I see that.
- Mmmhmm.
- Soon as I get the hat on hopefully it'll look more witchy.
- I think it will.
- Witch Wench.
- Which Wench.
- How about you?
- Yes I got my little flapper dress in.
- This is a nice dress.
- I know it's a good dress, I went up like four sizes
then what I would normally,
just because when your shopping online
You don't know.
- And I feel like online always runs smaller.
- Exactly.
- Halloween costumes, their sizes are so messed up.
- They're so weird.
- So I have my pirate dress.
- Yes.
- Love it, I love the gold.
- It's so Nina.
_It really is very me.
I went for the most me pirate that I could find.
I wasn't sure how long this was gonna be,
so I added pants. The costume itself could suffice.
It's a very thin fabric, but I prefer a thin fabric
- Yeah.
- Especially cause here it's still pretty warm on Halloween.
- It's the try on time, who wants to go.
- Chloe, you go.
- Okay, I'll go first.
Done!
- Okay, how do we summon a witch?
- I don't know (laughing)
- Chloe, come out. (laughing)
(wooo)
- Okay
- Woop, I keep hitting my hat.
- So cute.
- I mean, there are some flaws here and there.
It's so short.
- Can you bend over?
- I don't think I can. I'd have to like do.
- Do that...the crouch.
- I definitely like how it puffs out.
- It's a cute silhouette.
I like that your hat matches like the bodice.
- I know.
- I think the hat really like does it,
otherwise it's like what am I?
- If you take the hat off,
you really are a wench with a broom.
(laughs)
- You're just like doing work.
- It's interesting 'cause it's such
a combination of fabrics too,
it's like this like, kind of woven stuff here,
with the rose embroidery stuff, then shiny, then lace.
- Yeah I feel like this witch needed her moment.
I feel like she could put on some like cat eye sunglasses
and be like a supreme.
- Glam Witch.
- You know, be a glam witch, yeah.
- Ooo, I like that.
I'm not displeased with this.
For like a bargain costume, I think this is not bad.
- I think it's cute.
- Wench, Witch.
- Who wants to go next?
- Neen's
- Okay, it's pirate time. Y'all ready to swashbuckle?
(Chloe Laughs)
- Ahoy mi'lady, come on out.
(pirate theme music plays)
(scream)
- This is cute.
- I feel like a lady boss pirate.
The costume itself was the hat, the dress, these arm pieces
and this like belt's thing.
And then I added the sword and the pants.
- But, the pants do something.
- Right?
- And the arm pieces are so cute.
- Yeah.
_It's funny how they're separate, like you just pull 'em on.
- All put together it's $66.
Which is like a little more expensive,
than what I would actually spend on a Halloween costume.
But... you don't need, need the pants,
so those could go away.
You do need the sword though.
So all total it's like not that expensive,
to get just like the basic look.
- I mean, I do want to see you fight someone
with that sword.
- Okay, lets go.
(starting bell rings)
- Now walk the plank.
- Where is it?
(laughter)
- I don't know.
(erupt in laughter)
- Go that way.
- No, It's Jazzmyne's turn to go that way,
because she's going to put on her outfit.
(yell in excitement)
- Ready?
- Yes.
- Off with you.
- See you in the Great Depression.
- Okay Jazz, Charleston out to us.
- All right, I'm not gonna to do that, but here I am.
(cheering in approval)
- Oh you look so good.
- Yeah.
- The dress I think it fits well.
I like the color, a lot.
- That looks so good on you.
- It really pops.
- The only thing that I kind of wish
is that this part was covered, as well.
So what came with this dress,
was the dress and this headband.
And then I added, a boa, these gloves, and these pearls.
This boa.
- What is this?
- It's not feathers.
- It said it was.
- But it looks like they tried
to make feathers out of fabric.
Like if you really look at it,
it's like something like hair, like cut up.
- It's like a string, that's just like balled together.
- Yeah.
- I think what's difficult is that it's so thick.
- Yeah, I want it to be like puffy.
- But in general it's a very cute outfit.
How do you like the gloves?
- I love the gloves, I think that I probably could have
gone to like just an XL, but I'm okay with them,
like I would rather them fit and be loose,
than me try to like fit them in to a small tiny sock arm.
This is a decent look,
it's not like I feel like the sexiest,
which is what I love to feel like,
but it's a look.
- Do you think it's a good price for what it is.
- I don't know, I feel like for this dress being $30.
- I think it could be cheaper.
- I don't even spend that on regular dresses, to be honest.
- All right, well I think it's time to take these off
and it's time to, it's not time to take these off.
she's keeping it on.
Well were gonna meet at the stylist and try on
the high end versions.
- Yeah, I'm interested.
(upbeat Halloween music)
- Hello.
- Welcome back!
- Hi!
- Good to see you!
- Yeah.
- Okay, so what do you have for us?
- Oh my gosh, I love Halloween,
so I'm super excited for this today.
- We are also very excited.
- I'm interested. I'm always interested.
(laughing)
- All right, the next dress.
- Ooh.
- I'm interested in this.
- So Nina for you, you are dressing as a what?
- A pirate.
(high pitch oohs)
- Errrr
- She was doing a little swashbuckling earlier.
- Oh swashbuckling, yes.
- I don't, what, why do y'all know what that means?
- I'm going to put a definition on screen.
- You're going to have to.
(adventurous exciting music)
- Nina's a pirate, so here's her look.
(oohs and ahhs)
- I'm like a fancy pirate.
- This is gonna be a look.
- I am excited about this.
- It's gonna have accessories with it as well,
so there's gonna be a whole 'nother aspect
to this look as well.
- This feels like fashion pirate.
- I was literally going to say, this is fashion.
- And, I'm here for it.
- So Nina, your look is about $1500.
- I know pretty pricey for a pirate, so.
- Yes!
- You found the a lot of gold.
- Exactly.
- Okay, so I think we should get you in this.
- Okay, I'm gonna get dressed.
- Bye.
All right, come on out. Let's see it.
(rousing swashbuckling music)
- Oh my God!
- Oh My God!
- Look at you!
- Oh my god this is so much.
- Double belt?
- I know.
- This belt is sick.
- How much is this belt?
- [Taylor] About $650.
- Yeah, it looks like it.
- I feel like with the inexpensive version,
I was like the young rapscallion pirate,
like just making my way through the seas.
Now, this is like me at the end of my journey,
where I'm like commanding my fleet of pirate ships.
- This is like retired, bougie bitch.
This is like you know you're going to like
a good Halloween party.
- Yeah, This is like a Halloween party
where I'm trying to like impress people.
- Every little piece looks so well thought out.
- It's so easy just to like put something on
and just feel like I'm all covered up, or I'm too sexy.
Or whatever it is right?
- This is a nice balance,
and everything just feels like intentional,
I really like it.
- Okay Chloe you're a witch.
- I am.
- I think your costume's gonna be super fun and elevated
and witch is gonna be obviously more dark.
With that being said, lets get you yours.
(ooh)
- This is already gonna be good.
- So much black.
- Oh my God yes!
- This is like my closet.
(laughing)
- I was going to say this is just Nina.
- And wearing black its really important
to work with a lot of texture
and kinda mix things together.
- For sure.
- So that your not just in one solid piece.
You know what I mean?
Then you're gonna feel like, oh I'm not so boring.
And then your look is going to be worth around $1500 or so.
Let's get it on.
- Let's see.
- Witchy Woman, lets go.
- Bye.
- Burn the witch, burn her at the stake.
- Does that mean come out?
- Yes.
(hip hop beat)
(whoa)
- Yes.
- Take a look, did you see yourself?
- No, oh my god this is so awesome.
- [Nina] This is really cool.
(hip hop beat)
(aahs)
- Also, the pointy shoes.
- I love these pointy shoes it's so witchy.
- They really make it.
- You look like a bride kind of.
- That is exactly what I thought.
I feel like my husband died 20 years ago,
and I've never got over it, yeah.
- You turned to the dark arts.
- I'm trying to get him back with magic.
I love this hat, I've never seen one with a veil before.
- Yeah that's cool.
- And it has little spiders. Spooky.
- I love the fact that you've done a double cape.
These are two separate capes.
And they're just like layered.
- Your last one looked a bit period
with the corset and everything,
but this one feels like more true
to whatever era you're from.
- I don't know you look like an extra in "Hocus Pocus".
(laughter)
- And it's also a very versatile costume
without the cape, at a party.
Again, kind of more of a sexy costume,
like if you just kind of like pull one of the cape shoulders
off right now and show of the bodysuit that you're wearing.
You know it is more sexy.
- The skirt is beautiful,
I've never had anything like this on me before.
- How much is the skirt? Kinda want it.
- The skirt is about $400.
(whimpers)
- You're the kind of person that's like,
if I really like it, I'll buy it.
- I think what's great
you don't look like a bar maid anymore.
- This is a witch for sure.
- This is definitely a change.
- You were serving beer, now you're serving potions.
- Last but not least, we have Jazzmyne.
And I also think that this costume
is very appropriate for you,
because a flapper, roaring 20s, Jazz age, Jazzmyne, hello.
Here's your look.
(oohs)
- The fur.
- This is not real fur by the way, this is faux fur,
but it still feels beautiful.
- It feels wonderful.
- Whoa, it's nice.
- Very soft, it's like a cloud.
- Let's see.
- All right.
- See Y'all later.
- Bye.
(excited screaming)
- Oh my God!
- Oh my gosh!
- This is amazing.
- It's beautiful.
- I really do see myself.
(laughter)
- I look so expensive.
(haunting horn music)
- [Taylor] Aren't those tights in insane?
- [Nina] The tights are amazing.
- [Jazzmyne] I love this.
- [Nina] This is amazing,
Also, it's great with your blond eyebrows.
- A lot of flapper dresses you're gonna find,
are very shift dress, they're gonna be long.
(giggling)
- Sorry we keep hitting each others hats.
- Knocking heads.
- We keep hitting hats.
(laughing)
- The shoes.
- You're in heels.
- Trust me I can (bleeped word) feel it.
- I mean it does add a lot to it.
Like it's the thing you need for the picture.
- It kinda completes it.
- You have to.
This is great.
- I Love it.
- Also, love your wig.
- Thank you.
- Individually you could wear all of these things.
- Oh, I agree.
- [Nina] How much is the dress?
- The dress is $300.
- That's not bad at all.
- No it's not.
- It's really pretty.
- You look amazing.
- Thank you. We all look so good.
- So you look amazing, and I'm super happy
with every single outfit.
But, I think it's time to decide
which we prefer, out of the cheap or the expensive.
- I think I'm going to go expensive for once.
I think I did well on my own, but the feeling that I have
with this outfit, doesn't match
to the feeling of the other outfit.
- I actually would agree with Jazzmyne.
I love this outfit so much, it's so beautiful.
It has so many different pieces to it.
It just blows my stupid little $20 thing out the water.
- Yeah it really does.
(laughter)
- I think I'm going to have to do a cop out
and say it's a tie.
(gasping)
- Because listen,
- Heartbroken about that man.
- You did amazing.
Obviously, as the expensive one, this is amazing.
But like also when you have money to spend,
you can look really amazing.
But I do honestly believe my cheap version
was pretty good for what it does.
- It was.
- All totaled I spent about $66.
For what it was, I think it did the job.
- Well thank you so much for joining us
and for making these incredible outfits.
- Thank you guys, you're so welcome.
- Let us know in the comments
which one of our outfits you preferred.
- We'll see you next time when we try something else.
Which is not going to be spooky, but still beautiful.
Okay, bye!
- I can't stand in these heels anymore.
(happy rock music)