Halloween or Williamsburg Tumblr Asks the Tough Questions

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As the Tumblr's subtitle reads, sometimes it is hard to tell what's a Halloween costume and what's a regular ol' outfit in Williamsburg. The caption to the above photo reads: "Where. Is. The. OAK. Sample sale." Check out the gallery after the jump for some other questionables, and see if you can figure it out.

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• "Hey."
  "Hey."
  "What are you supposed to be?"
  "Oh, I’m a Rubik’s cube grandma. You?"
  "This isn't a costume. I just sell antique trash."
• "I don’t care if they aren’t prescription. I like how they look."
• "This isn't a panda costume, I just spend all my time repurposing Etsy pillows."
• For Halloween this year, he decided to go as a gay lumberjack with a shoebox for a hat, or as he liked to call it, "Tuesday."
• "Nah, I'm just in a band."
• "The only difference between this and what I normally wear is that today I'm wearing pants."

· Halloween or Williamsburg [Tumblr]