Suggestions for Halloween Costumes
Important note: All costumes are 100% unisex. They look best, however, if youâre LGBT+
Gretchen (Goetheâs Faust): white dress, soft hair, bare feet if possible, one single red ribbon wrapped around your throat, a look of desolation in tearful eyes, a hint of Daisy by Marc Jacobs, optional: a piece of jewellery clutched in your hand OR a piece of baby clothing, splattered in blood
Hannibal Lecter (classy): wine-stained mouth, a suit thatâs just a TAD too much, carefully combed hair, woody-warm fragrance, make sure to make at least 2 puns and 5 references to a pretentious topic of your choosing (suggestions: 18th century french literature, the horror elements in German romanticism, decay and decadence in fin de siĂšcle Great Britain) in every conversation
Hannibal Lecter (hot): pinstripe shirt, collar messed OR ripped, blood smeared on your mouth or dripping from your nose, messy hair (get the look by bending over and running both hands through your hair), out of breath, ready to fuck a bitch up
Baudelaireâs Muse: YSL Paris, a black outfit that hides and shows your body in equal measures - think a billowy, see through black blouse or short/rolled up sleeves combined with long gloves or a floor-length cape/long coat combined with something revealing underneath that now and then shows in passing, dark eye make up (NO cut crease etc - think ink blotches/dark circles), glossy-red mouth. Talk less, smile faintly, act like men amuse you, but not in a good way.
Dorian Gray (Wildeâs The Picture of Dorian Gray): too-loud laughter, silk (shirt, scarf, whatever you can do), a pocket mirror to look into at random intervals while having conversations (additionally to this: look at your own reflection in every reflecting surface), carefully shined nails, blond hair if possible, be ready to recite french poetry
Medea: wild hair, a gaze filled with fury and grief, the scent of smoke and herbs clinging to a linen dress, gold dusted hair/cheeks OR gold braided into hair, blood-sticky hands
Neil Perry (Dead Poetâs Society): green turtleneck, laurel crown OR crown made out of twigs, battered copy of poetry books filled with annotations, a gun. Be ready to recite poetry or Shakespeare at any given moment
Franz Kafka Protagonist: grey suit, carefully combed hair, the scent of fresh newspaper ink and coffee, dark circles around the eyes, shaking hands, the knowledge that you have no worth and nowhere to hide
Carmilla (Le Fanuâs Carmilla): red mouth, languid but graceful movements, pale, stay close to pretty girls and be extremely romantic and sweet towards them, a soft-flowing dress that shows off your chest and throat, Magnolia Sensuel by BVLGARI or Red Roses by Jo Malone, hint that you saw the person youâre talking to in a dream long ago (only talk to girls. Be very brash towards men)
Tom Ripley (Highsmithâs The Talented Mr Ripley): a sharp eau de cologne of the old fashioned kind thatâs only bearable in warmer climates, a golden tan (bonus if itâs fake), soft linen shirt, blazer, suit trousers or jeans (both works), loafers or espadrilles, sunglasses, a watch with broken glass or splattered in blood
Ophelia (Shakespeareâs Hamlet): messy white dress (DIY it by soaking it, crumbling it with leaves and dried flower petals so they stick on/stain the fabric), tousled hair, dark circles, pale lips, glassy eyes
Patrick Batemanâs Halloween Costume (Ellisâ American Psycho): stylishly gelled hair, severed head in hand, paper sign saying âIâm a serial killerâ, suit splattered in blood (some of it fake). Please note: for this to really work, consider the Patrick Bateman look essentials such as well-moisturised skin, a golden tan, a bright, nervous, empty smile, a nicely tailored suit with broad shoulders, a faint tremor in your hands
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