Infamous Halloween costume maker Yandy says that it won’t make a ‘sexy COVID’ costume
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t dulling sexy costume maker Yandy’s Halloween spirit.
But, even Yandy — which has sparked controversy in past years with racy costumes inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale and Fake News — realizes some things are impossible to glamorize.
Pilar Quintana-Williams, Yandy’s vice president of merchandising, told Business Insider that the company will not be selling “sexy COVID” costumes in 2020.
“I don’t think there’s anything sexy about it,” Quintana-Williams said in a recent interview.
Still, Quintana-Williams said, Yandy would not be Yandy if it wasn’t planning some topical costumes for 2020, emphasizing less depressing aspects of the news-cycle. The company has already debuted the sexy “Banned App” costume — a crop top that looks curiously like a TikTok logo — and racy costumes inspired by Netflix’s Tiger King.
“I think that it has been a difficult year for everybody with quarantine, with all the changes,” Quintana-Williams said. “So the stakes are high. But again, we want to bring humor and we want to bring light heartedness to the holiday.”
