Witches, Vampires and Pirates Most Popular Adult Costumes for 2009
The National Retail Federation has released its findings for the top Halloween costumes people are likely to wear this year. For adult costumes, witches topped the list as they do year after year. They had 18.1% of the vote. Vampires climbed to #2 but was still a distant second to witches with 4.2%. You can thank Twilight for the jump in vampire popularity. The NRF says the hardest hit categories this year were nurse costumes, which fell from number five to number 13, and political figures, which didn't even make the list. Political costumes were more popular last year because it was an election year. Here's the list.
Witch
Vampire
Pirate
Clown
Wench/Tart/Vixon
Cat
Devil
Scary Costume/Mask
Athlete
Police Officer
You can see the most popular adult costumes for previous years here: 2008, 2007 and 2006.
The National Retail Federation has released its findings for the top Halloween costumes people are likely to wear this year. For adult costumes, witches topped the list as they do year after year. They had 18.1% of the vote. Vampires climbed to #2 but was still a distant second to witches with 4.2%. You can thank Twilight for the jump in vampire popularity. The NRF says the hardest hit categories this year were nurse costumes, which fell from number five to number 13, and political figures, which didn't even make the list. Political costumes were more popular last year because it was an election year. Here's the list.
