Ok, first of all for a heck of a lot of people one of the spookier things you can say to them is “Put on this gown after you undress. It goes on with the ties towards the back.” Talk about chills up your spine! Nuff said.

But more to the point I think an exam gown nicely illustrates the difference between sexy and “sexy” costumes. Now just to be clear there’s nothing wrong with the sort of “sexy” doctor/nurse costumes you see advertised (if not necessarily worn) all over. But while costumes centered around lucite heels for women, or Chippendale collars for men tend more to signify sexiness than embody it. They’re safe because the exaggerations make clear you’re just pretending sexiness.

Again that’s fine (if a bit dismissive of people who have to wear those clothes at work) but it seems like if you’re just going to pretend to be something why not avoid pretending you’re something else entirely. As the former blogger Olympia Monet put it why not just wear a nice black dress with a pointy hat and maybe a broom? Or a suit with a big red sash, pitchfork, and a little forked goatee? And then just be yourself, as sexy, or not sexy as you want to be.

And if you do want to be a little more erotic, maybe just for a private party for two? I think one could do worse than a hospital gown, lab coat, biker jeans and vest, a kilt and sash, or tutu… with underneath as much or as little else as you wish to wear underneath of course… could be sexy and stylin’

Happy HNT (or Half-nekkid Thursday!)

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