Top Halloween Costumes
It’s that time of year again! Time to dress up like witches, monsters, goblins and minions! Seeing what everyone will dress up for Halloween costumes is one of the best parts of this holiday.
We’ve got the inside scoop on what Halloween costumes will be popular this year with children, adults and even pets. For your Halloween costume, you can be inspired by anything for pop culture to literature.
So first off, let’s talk about the kiddos. Halloween is extra special for kids because of trick-or-treating. To make sure you get the most candy, you have to make sure you have the best costume. In the boy’s section of costumes, there are many costumes having to deal with movies or TV shows. The biggest costume for all ages is the Minions. After a summer full of them, why wouldn’t you want to be one for Halloween? Also popular with the boys are properties such as The Avengers, Power Rangers and Big Hero 6.
Most years little girls are into this Ever After High craze. Ever After High is a line of dolls based off fairly-tale characters in modern day. Other crazes for girls include Disney properties such as Princesses, Descendants, Frozen and Inside Out. It seems like Disney has the perfect costume for every girl.
As for men, some popular costumes include Morph suits, Minions, American Horror Story outfits and one-piece pajamas. There is also a big craze of buying a suit with unique printing on it such Skulls or Pumpkins on it. Those suits go for $60 each and are very popular at college campuses. For Women, there are costumes such as sexy minion, ninja turtles, dolls and policewomen. There is a stereotype with women costumes and just dressing up as a slut. I feel like labeling costumes such as sexy minion or sexy policewomen are just proving that statement to be true.
In the world of pop culture and social media, some popular costumes are Donald Trump, Left Shark and Emojis. Some other crazes include Orange is the New Black, Pizza Rat and #TheDress and Kim Kardasian’s Break the Internet.
The folks at Influenster surveyed over 42,000 people across the country, collecting the details on their costume choice for 2015. According to their report, 84 percent of the U.S. population will be dressing up for Halloween.
Some of the most popular costumes across all of the states were Frozen’s Elsa and the Minions. Frozen is still a very popular property even two years after its release.
Illinois’ most popular costume was none other than the Minions. The most popular costumes in all states from A to Z are: Alice in Wonderland, an angel, Batman, a cat, Cat Woman, Cinderella, a cop, a fairy, a flapper girl, Harley Quinn, a mermaid, Minnie Mouse, a nurse, a pirate, a princess, a pumpkin, Pocahontas, Snow White, Skull, Sugar Skull, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, a vampire, a witch, Wonder Woman and a zombie.
Halloween is a time for anyone to dress up, including your pets. This Halloween some great costumes for your dog are Elsa, Minion, a hot dog and Yoda. In seems like you could dress the whole family as minions this Halloween season!
There are many options to choice from this Halloween, so make sure your option is the best fit for you as an individual. Think of what you would want to be if you were giving a choice to be someone else for the day. Whatever you are this Halloween, have a great time dressing up, getting candy and enjoying Halloween.