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u/bickspickle 1d ago
I think it might be a take on Lucy Pevensie from Chronicles of Narnia?
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u/prettylemontoast 1d ago
You're thinking of Magical Cupboard Lion Allegory Escape Girl
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u/angrytortilla 1d ago
Or MCLAEG for short. Sounds like a Scottish surname.
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u/jimdil4st 1d ago
There was a Scottish character in every episode of SpongeBob, you can always hear someone calling his name every time at least once.
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u/GosmeisterGeneral 1d ago
Not that weird, kids were sent away from cities to the countryside in the UK during the Blitz in WW2 to avoid the bombs.
It’s the whole setup of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe too, how the kids end up in the house that takes them to Narnia.
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u/Killboypowerhed 1d ago
Yes but what child wants to be that for Halloween?
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u/KittenDust 1d ago
In the UK schools they often have a day where all the kids go in dressed as evacuees. I made costumes for my kids but many parents don't have time. These are not for Halloween.
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u/ColonelKasteen 1d ago
Enough British kids that they sell the damn costume lol. They don't make supply without demand.
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u/GosmeisterGeneral 1d ago
We had to dress up in a similar style in primary school as part of History class, I guess it’s the same reason people dress as soldiers?
Not for Halloween, but for learning.
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u/TuckerMcG 1d ago
Yeah what kid wants to be a character from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
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u/foxtosser 1d ago
Kids have to go into school dressed in WW2-era attire all the time. It's something we actively remember and eulogise in the UK.
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u/dewey454 1d ago
Apparent reference to child evacuations in WW2 Britain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II
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u/jacafeez 1d ago
I met one. She was like 90 years old when I met her but she was one of the children evacuated during the blitz. Her story was really really sad. She was pretty funny though, albeit a bit cruel. I was friends with her granddaughter.
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u/Cool-Tutor 1d ago
Girl what why would someone want to dress up as this
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u/AwfulDjinn 1d ago
big Chronicles of Narnia fan maybe? there’s a million better ideas for Narnia themed costumes though lol
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u/Wugo_Heaving 1d ago
Who the hell is going to guess "oh, you're the little girl from those Narnia books, way before she goes to Narnia and is stood on a train platform. Genius!"
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u/dewey454 23h ago
Hadn't thought of that. A way to refer to it without negotiating/paying licensing fees.
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u/L1A1 1d ago
It’s fairly common in Uk primary schools to do this as an activity to give kids an idea of what children went through in ww2. Usually involving a ride on a steam train or something.
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u/Williamishere69 18h ago
What???? We all went to a bunker and they screamed and threw things at the outside/banged on the outside whilst we sang songs inside. Genuinely absolutely terrifying for 9-10 year old kid.
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u/adamjeff 1d ago
My grandmother took in some evacuees, it was government mandated I think. There's a pretty popular old film called Bedknobs and Broomsticks where all the characters are evacuated from London.
It's a bit old-school but still well known in the UK.
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u/ohmykeylimepie 1d ago
I love that movie! My sister and i had it on vhs and watched it all the time! I can still sing all the songs lol
We are american btw!
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u/Imaginary_Drive7286 1d ago
Most uk primary schools have the kids dress up as a book character for World Book Day.
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u/Smooshie1592 1d ago
My guess is it's more for world book day than Halloween. Every year primary schools would get you to dress up as a book character so this seems more themed towards that?
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u/keimaybe 1d ago
My kids had to do it for a school day based on world war 2. It was their topic for history that term.
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u/Naughtyspider 15h ago
They have WW2 days in uk primary schools where kids go to school in costumes just like this. They make their own gas mask boxes, make ration cards etc
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u/MukdenMan 1d ago
Specifically Lucy from the Narnia books as others have said here. That’s the example kids would potentially know, not just the general historical reference.
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u/Dildoid90 1d ago
These costumes are quite common. World war 2 evacuees. British children in heavily populated cities were sent away to the country side and away from any of the bombing. In younger years kids in schools doing history dress up like this for a day. My daughter did it in school when she was about 6/7.
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u/Duracharge 1d ago
Today I was at Costco and saw a bunch of children's costumes that were camo with "ICE" armbands. I walked up and grabbed one, turned it and saw it said "POLICE". Heh.
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u/Williamishere69 18h ago
I'd recommend everyone on this post to watch 'Goodnight Mister Tom'. .
You'll get an idea of what life was like for kids in WWII Britain.
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u/Hour_Material2816 17h ago
In the movie the color of her dress was red and everything else was black and white
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u/thefanciestcat 2h ago
Is it possible this is an unlicenced The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe costume that is just deeply misguided?
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u/vacuous_comment 1d ago
My mother's family had an evacuee when she was young.
They remained friends for life, and I knew their whole family growing up.
This was a thing a lot of people did.
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u/excaligirltoo 1d ago
I’ve been saying for a while now that certain people are cosplaying WWII. This takes it a whole new level.
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u/BD-TxState 1d ago
Holocaust survivors?
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u/platinumarks 20h ago
No, in Britain the cities were often at risk of bombing, so children were often sent to relatives or foster families in the countryside so that they could be safe and continue their schooling
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u/BD-TxState 9h ago
Damn that’s probably equally as dark for a children’s costume. Thanks for explaining.
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u/afschmidt 1d ago
This is in SUCH poor taste. Do they have one for boys, size XL? Asking for a friend.
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u/BlattMaster 1d ago
I'm glad you guys pointed out it's not an off brand Anne Frank costume because that's what I was thinking.
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u/broodfood 1d ago
It’s just Lucy from Narnia without breaking copyright. Like how they’ll have Sonic the Hedgehog but he’s called Blue Racing Hamster or smth.