The Scariest Outfits to Wear for Halloween

The Scariest Outfits to Wear for Halloween

Halloween is the perfect time to embrace your dark side and terrify your friends with a spine-chilling costume. While fun and playful outfits have their charm, nothing beats the thrill of a truly scary Halloween look. From classic horror icons to disturbing original concepts, here are some of the scariest outfits to consider for a hauntingly memorable night.

1. Classic Horror Icons
Few costumes are as instantly frightening as the horror movie villains that haunt our nightmares. Think Freddy Krueger with his bladed glove and burned face, Jason Voorhees with his hockey mask and blood-stained clothes, or Michael Myers with his expressionless mask...

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50s Costumes – Tips and Ideas to Replicate American 50s Fashion for Women

50s Costumes – Tips and Ideas to Replicate American 50s Fashion for Women

Post World War II ushered in major change in the fashion arena. Unlike the 40s that were characterized by silhouette, the 50s were typically hourglass in shape, in terms of fashion. Typical examples include a full skirt, a fitted body alongside small shoulders, as well as small waistline. These are the basics for 50s costumes.

From the start to the finish of the decade, styles changed quite drastically, but a couple of staples didn’t change at all. Keep reading to find tips and ideas to dress like women
in the 50s.

Go For a Fitted Blouse

The American fashion arena for women in the 50’s was largely characterized by fitted blouses...

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70s Costumes

70s Costumes

The 1970s has been described as the decade that style forgot, but there were plenty of different looks and more than enough inspiration when it comes to a fancy dress costume. Punk was at its highest popularity so there will be plenty of ideas to take from this genre. A cheap and easy costume to make will be a punk costume, as a lot of it can be made out of old clothes. A few rips here and there, spiky hair and an abundance of safety pins, and you have the ideal example of 70’s costumes.

Keeping to the theme of music, there are other musical influences to imitate.  Abba won the Eurovision song contest and was one of the most popular groups of the decade...

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