Another year, another list of last-minute costume ideas for the time-strapped Halloween enthusiasts! Are you angling to flex your costuming muscles but your nearby Halloween store is just too far or expensive? Fear not! Sylvie Soul has your solution to quick and easy Halloween costume ideas for 2023. Which Halloween costumes grace my list this year? Let’s jump right in…
Barbie
BARBIE-fever has swept the globe with the uber-successful Mattel/Margot Robbie vehicle pulling in some serious bank at the box office.
What better way to show off your Barbie Girl spirit than to dress in pink, like many moviegoers did in July?
Bonus points if you can get your special someone to channel their inner Cillian Murphy and don their best OPPENHEIMER finery of suit and fedora?
Even better if you can be like this super-ambitious BARBENHEIMER stan? (Courtesy goes to h0ttoiletwater of TikTok)
Disappointed Taylor Swift Fan
There were many a disappointed 13-year-old (see what I did there?) who tried unsuccessfully for the tickets to the most coveted concert tour arguably of this decade.
Not much is needed to embody this last-minute Halloween outfit idea: whip out your best Taylor Swift merch and complete it with a makeup look of running mascara and a printout of an email from Ticketmaster declaring you were relegated to the waiting list. Now you are truly Disapointment: Taylor’s Version!
RXF Slap Fighter
Thank Youtber penguinz0 for my visibility on this one.
If you have an excess of putty or Halloween makeup from the previous year, just apply ALL of it to one side of your face, don a black t-shirt and shorts, and VOILA! You are the masochistic winner of one of the most painful, insane sports known to existence (ESPN The Ocho could NEVER).
Magic Coffee
Move over, pumpkin spice latte – this foamy caffeinated drink is 1 part milk, 2 parts ristretto, and all parts aesthetically pleasing to behold.
There’s not much to recreating the look – find your most beige sweater and eschew all colours that aren’t neutral. You could also take inspiration from this music video where Dorian Electra embodies their best Christian Girl Autumn life:
Mudwizard
Thank you, Ozzy Man Reviews, for bringing my attention to this bizarre eco-friendly viral video from the early part of 2023.
Context: In Germany, a group of anti-coal protestors stand off against riot police, but nature is not on the latter’s side. A thick layer of mud envelopes the area and due to the police’s poor choice of footwear, they are at the mercy of the protestors and their relentless barrage of mud. But the greatest antagonist is this mad lad, this mudmancer, who has the unmitigated cajones to accost the police with cardboard and brazenly even push them back into the mud!
This costume is fairly easy to recreate with any sort of brown robe. Or hell – if you’re feeling particularly frugal, a brown hoodie and a large towel or blanket would achieve the same event. Bonus points if you can convince a partner to dress up as a mud-covered cop, sexy or otherwise.
Dall-e generations (again)
AI does not disappoint, coming back with a vengeance with creations so vivid and lifelike you’d swear they were real (and in many cases, I did!)
Case in point: The Pope in a Puffer Jacket made the rounds in the Spring of 2023, and while many were quick to share the spiritual leader’s sartorial statement, it was quickly debunked as a fabrication, not from Dall-e this time but the AI software Midjourney.
Fortunately, you don’t have to raid the racks of Balenciaga to pull off this looks. As with the mudwizard, simply find a large white piece of fabric to cover your legs and top it off with white puffer jacket from Old Navy or H&M.
Hollywood in 2023 (Writers’ Strike and Actors’ Strike)
While the Writers Guild finally reached an agreement after 148 days on the picket line, at the time of this posting, the actors of SAG-AFTRA are still pounding the pavement, so you’ll have to wait a little longer for your DAREDEVIL 3 or STRANGER THINGS 5. (At least late-night talk shows are back…yay?)
The beauty of this costume is you don’t have to dress up at all – just don your most comfy clothing, grab a broom handle, slap some white cardboard on top and write the wittiest battle cry you can think of. You’ll have those greedy execs rueing the day they thought they could sustain themselves off Love is Blind episodes.
Justin Trudeau: Canada’s Most Eligible Bachelor
Finally, if you want to be playful AND political with your costume choice this year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has provided easy fodder following his separation from Sophie Grégoire.
Obviously, this looks best if you resemble a Disney Prince who became a high school science teacher all the girls moon over, but all you need to complete the look is your best business casual attire – slacks and a collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up – and a single red rose for the lucky lady to win Mr. Trudeau’s heart.
(Bonus points: if an obnoxious trucker denigrates your choice of costume with a “F*ck Trudeau!” you can respond cheekily with a “Yes, please!”)
That’s it for this year’s batch of last-minute Halloween costume ideas. Have any other quick and easy Halloween costume ideas for 2023? Leave them in the comments below!