29.03.2024

Sexy Stranger Things Eleven costume causes outrage

However, the latest offering of this kind has provoked outrage among shoppers for appearing to sexualise a 12-year-old character from the Netflix hit series Stranger Things.

Eagle-eyed fans of the show spotted that the Upside Down Honey costume, available from various websites, is based on the character Eleven played by 13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown.

In recent years a trend has emerged for dressing up as sexy versions of figures from popular culture rather than ghosts, witches and vampires at Halloween.

Eleven’s signature pink dress has been given a lower neckline and shorter hemline at the front, teamed with over the knee socks and towering platform heels.

And shoppers have taken to Twitter to voice their disgust over the £42.99 costume, with one describing it as ‘too wrong’.

Although the costume is meant for adults, customers were upset to see an outfit worn by a young girl being given a ‘sexy’ makeover.

Various online retailers are selling the sexy Upside Down Honey costume, which appears to be based on Eleven from Stranger Things – a 12-year-old girl

Actress Millie Bobby Brown who plays the character in the hit Netflix show is just 13-years-old

Although none of the branding refers to Eleven, the model is wearing a blonde wig, which the character dons to cover her blonde crop.

She also has blood coming from her nose – an issue experienced by Eleven – and is carrying a waffle bag that makes reference to the character’s favourite snacks.

It’s not the first time there’s been controversy over sexualised Halloween costumes.

Last year, Amazon was forced to pull a range of ‘sexy’ Halloween costumes for children as young as four modelled by small girls after a backlash from child safety campaigners.

Children’s charities said young girls were being ‘sexualised’ by the bizarre costumes, which include French Maid, tiny schoolgirl and sexy leopard’ from Hong Kong company Silvia’s Wandsed the UK site as a marketplace for the outfits.

People were not impressed by the outfit, which they deemed to be a ‘sexy’ version of the child character Eleven from Stranger things

The costume also features a blonde wig and blood coming from the nose, which are features Eleven is seen with in the show

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