We know you love to judge other people’s costume ideas. Admit it, you rolled your eyes at the twelve Michael Jacksons last year and the seven Sarah Palins the year before. There’s just something about having the most unique costume that makes Halloween more fun.
So we decided to make some predictions for the most predictable costumes of 2010 in an attempt to tell you how you can do one better.
TV/Movie Icons
We know how tempting it can be to throw on a 60s style dress or adopt a Jersey accent and call it a day. While a Na’vi or Wonderland themed costume might be more work to create, it’s no less cliché. If you’re really tied to going as a character from the silver screen, we recommend you stick to a movie that didn’t gross nearly $3,000,000,000. The praise you get on October 31st is worth the extra thought, we promise you.
Predictable:
- Joan Harris/Don Draper from Mad Men
- Snooki/The Situation from Jersey Shore
- Neytiri/Jake Sully from Avatar
- Alice/Mad Hatter from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Better ideas:
- The puppy suit from Adult Swim’s Delocated
- Tron suit in preparation for December’s Tron Legacy
- A recreated classic Hitchcock scene.
Celebrities/Real People
A perk of going as a real person is that the costumes are pretty easy to create. Pick a celebrity who has done something stupid that year and exploit them by repeating their catch phrase or convincing a gaggle of girls to follow you around. We’ve noticed that ladies are often drawn to Lady Gaga’s crazy outfits or the ever easy-to-find sexy nurse, or sexy police officer, or sexy sailor or, well, you get my point. Whatever you can think of for this category, we’ve probably seen something exactly like it before and will be yet again less-than-impressed this October. So why don’t you dig deeper into those Internet memes you saw this past year or choose a celebrity who didn’t have a scandal in 2010? Your friends will thank you for it.
- Sexy Anything
- Lady Gaga
- Tiger Woods
- Mel Gibson (or any other face that’s been in the tabloids lately)
Better ideas:
- Antoine Dodson of the Bed Intruder Song fame.
- Old-school Madonna from her cone bra days or her Human Nature video.
- Joaquin Phoenix, just in time for I’m Still Here.
Want to share your idea for something even better or more predictable than our choices? Tell us in the comments.
