7 Fashion-Inspired Halloween Costumes That a Million Girls Would Kill For

We’re busy people. Halloween always sneaks up on us and we’re left to select from the overplayed sexy maid or creepy Teletubby group costumes. Negative. This year, we conjured up some scary-fierce getups that are easy to assemble and don’t cost more than a Gucci knockoff at Zara.

October 27, 2017

Stacey Makiya, Brie Thalmann,

Coco. Anna. Yayoi. Even if you’re not in the fashion world, you probably know, and respect, them. And, since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we pay tribute to them and other icons that inspire us to put our best fashion foot forward. Of course, they’re not true depictions—we created some punny twists for our stylin’ treats. That’s all.

Gucci Mane

PHOTOS: AARON K. YOSHINO

Materials

Gucci logo T-shirt (Blank Canvas can create a faux one for less than $10)
Low-hanging pants
Lion mane (we used a gold boa)
Baller chains

Instructions

Throw on T-shirt, pants and chains. Add lion mane. Walk with swag.

Man Repeller

Materials

Leandra Medine-inspired outfit
T-shirt
Aerosol can
Flyswatter
Toy men figurines
Anti-man logos

Instructions

Glue figurines onto fly swatter. Print out anti-man logos and glue them on aerosol can and T-shirt. Put on outfit. Accessorize with man-swatting swatter and back-off-boys repellent.

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin

Materials

Colored T-shirt
Black vinyl sticker sheets
Circle cutters, various sizes
Hole puncher

Instructions

Cut/punch out vinyl holes of various sizes. Place them in patterned, Kusama-esque rows on T-shirt. Pre-game by eating tons and tons of Halloween candy so your body becomes a pumpkin.

Fashion Roadkill

Materials

White T-shirt
Stiletto
Fake wound adhesives
Black paint
Fake blood
Shredded jeans

Instructions

Stamp stiletto print on shirt. Create slashes on shirt. Place blood on shirt. Apply fake wounds on face and arms. Act as if you’ve been trampled on the runway by a thousand long-stemmed models who are very hangry.

Coco Chanel

Materials

Black dress
Pearl necklaces
Cocoa packets
Used cocoa tin
Ribbon
Mini marshmallows
Thread
Needle
Hot glue gun

Instructions

Thread marshmallows to make faux pearl necklaces in varying lengths. Recycle a cocoa tin (which shouldn’t be a problem during the holidays) and glue ribbon to the sides of the can to create purse straps. Put on black dress. Pin cocoa packets to dress. Layer on real pearl and marshmallow necklaces. Take one accessory off before leaving the house, as Coco would say.