Caitlyn Jenner Halloween costume stirs outrage
Social media users heavily criticized the offering, though a few stores still carry the product and Spirit Halloween’s senior director of marketing defended the choice.
A number of those companies have seen negative backlash for offering Caitlyn Jenner costumes. One $75 getup includes a bodysuit with a padded top like the one Jenner wore on the cover of Vanity Fair, along with a “Call Me Caitlyn” sash.
The websites wholesalehalloweencostumes.com and anytimecostumes.com are currently carrying it.
Here’s the full description for the costume:
Included are a white padded top and matching shorts as well as a brunette wig so that you can dress as the softer side of the popular Olympian…You probably won’t break any Twitter records when you wear this outfit like Caitlyn did when she first made her account, but you’ll be sure to get a few laughs out of your friends and the other guests at the get together.
The Twitter furor was pretty harsh:
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