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17 Halloween Costumes for Boys 8-10 That Won’t Get Ditched by 8 PM

Last October my nephew Mateo, who was nine, wore a store-bought dinosaur costume for exactly forty minutes. Then he handed me the tail, the foam head, and a very honest…

18 Halloween Costumes for Big Groups That Actually Work (5 to 15+ People)

Three years ago, my friend group spent most of September planning a “perfect” group costume. We had a group chat with 14 people, a Pinterest board, and a spreadsheet. By…

19 Halloween Costumes for Blondes That Actually Use Your Hair (Easy, Cheap & Photo-Ready)

The year I went as a redhead, I spent $34 on a wig, another $9 on wig caps, and about forty minutes wrestling my long blonde hair flat under all…

20 Halloween Costumes for Brunettes That Don’t Need a Wig (Easy, Cheap & Actually Flattering)

Three Halloweens ago I ordered a $28 blonde wig for a costume I’d been planning for a month. It arrived smelling like a new shower curtain, sat on my head…

21 Halloween Costumes for Boys That Are Actually Comfortable (and Won’t Get Ditched by 8 PM)

Two years ago I bought my nephew Theo a $38 store-bought costume with a plastic mask, a stiff polyester jumpsuit, and a very confident promise on the packaging. He wore…

22 Halloween Costume for A Mom Like You

Last October I spent forty minutes in a party store aisle holding a $54 polyester “sassy witch” costume that came with a hat, a belt, and zero pockets. I put…

20 Halloween Costumes for a Group of 4 That Are Easy, Funny, and Actually Wearable

Three years ago my friend group spent two weeks arguing in a group chat about Halloween. Someone wanted something scary, someone wanted something cute, someone said they refused to wear…

21 Halloween Costumes for a Family of 3 (Cute, Cozy & Toddler-Approved Ideas)

My cousin Priya spent three weeks sewing a spectacular set of matching costumes for her family of three. On Halloween night, her two-year-old took one look at the hat, screamed…

18 Halloween Costumes for Adult Women You’ll Actually Feel Good In (Easy, Chic & Budget-Friendly)

Three years ago I wore a beautiful, very structured mermaid costume to a Halloween party and spent four hours unable to sit down. I stood by the snack table like…

19 Halloween Costumes for a Group of Five That Actually Work (Easy, Cheap and Photo-Ready)

Every October, my friend group chat goes through the same ritual. Someone posts “group costume this year??”, four people react with a flame emoji, and then nothing happens until October…

21 Halloween Costumes for Cats That Even Grumpy Cats Will Tolerate

Last October I spent $24 on a very elaborate lobster costume for my sister’s cat, Biscuit. Biscuit lasted about eleven seconds before she flopped onto her side like a dropped…

22 Halloween Costume for Pregnant Women (Must Try!)

When my cousin Priya was seven months pregnant, she showed up to a Halloween party in a store-bought “sexy witch” costume with a zipper that lasted about eleven minutes. She…

21 Halloween Costume Ideas for Women Over 60 That Are Easy to Wear, Fun to Show Off, and Nothing Like a Party-Store Bag

My grandmother Ruth was 67 the year she agreed to dress up for my cousin’s Halloween party. The costume in the package had a zipper up the back, a stiff…

23 Halloween Costume Ideas for Women Over 50 That Are Actually Chic (and Comfortable Enough to Wear All Night)

My mom, Carol, turned 56 the October she wore a mesh-sleeved “sexy nurse” costume to a neighborhood party because it was the only adult option left at the drugstore. She…

21 Plus Size Halloween Costume Ideas for Black Women That Fit, Flatter, and Don’t Ride Up by 10 p.m.

Three Octobers ago I ordered a “one size fits most” witch dress for my cousin Renee, who wears a 2X. It arrived in a bag the size of a paperback,…

22 College Halloween Costume Ideas for Black Women That Actually Look Good in Photos (and Fit a Student Budget)

Last October, my roommate Dominique spent $64 on a “sexy witch” costume that arrived in a bag the size of a sandwich. The fabric was see-through under a phone flashlight,…

21 Duo Halloween Costume Ideas for Black Women That Will Steal the Whole Party

Two Octobers ago, my best friend Camille and I decided to go as “something cute” for a party and spent forty-five minutes texting each other screenshots of costumes we didn’t…

22 Halloween Costume Ideas for Black Women That Actually Photograph the Way You Pictured

I used to dread costume shopping because so many “one size fits most” costume-shop wigs and makeup shade ranges clearly weren’t designed with a lot of us in mind, and…

21 Disney Halloween Costumes That Don’t Look Like Everyone Else’s

Every single year at the same office party, at least two people show up as the same Disney princess in the exact same costume-shop dress, and by hour two it’s…

22 Hot College Halloween Costumes That Still Feel Like You (Not a Costume-Shop Bag)

My freshman year Halloween, I bought a costume-shop set the week before because I panicked, and I spent the entire party tugging the hem down and readjusting a strap that…

21 Barbie Halloween Costumes That Still Feel Fresh (Not Just Pink and a Wig)

The year the Barbie movie came out, I watched three different women show up to the same party in the exact same hot-pink cowgirl outfit, and by the end of…

22 Women’s Halloween Costume Ideas That Don’t Look Thrown Together at 11pm

Two Halloweens ago I was standing in my closet at 9pm the night before a party with literally nothing planned, and I ended up safety-pinning a thrifted slip dress into…

25 Group Halloween Costumes That Actually Work When Everyone Has Different Budgets and Body Types

Every year my friend group tries to plan a group costume in the same group chat, and every year it falls apart at the same point: someone doesn’t want to…

24 Halloween Costume Ideas for When You’ve Genuinely Run Out of Ideas

I hit a wall every single year around the second week of October where I’ve scrolled through so many costume roundups that everything starts blurring into the same five ideas…

23 Best Friend Halloween Costumes That Actually Make Sense Together (Not Just Two Random Things)

My friend Priya and I once tried to do a “duo” costume where she was a taco and I was a margarita, and while it sounded good in the group…

22 Halloween Costumes for Teenage Girls That Don’t Look Like a Kids’ Costume or a Costume-Store Cliché

My cousin is sixteen and told me last October that shopping for her own costume basically meant choosing between the little-kid aisle, which felt embarrassing, or the “sexy” aisle, which…

21 Kids Halloween Costumes That Survive an Actual Night of Trick-or-Treating

My nephew wore a full plastic superhero costume two years ago that looked incredible in the driveway photo and was completely unwearable by the second house — the mask fogged…

24 Fun Family Halloween Costumes (The Ones That Actually Get Laughs, Not Just “Aww”)

There’s a difference between a cute family costume and a genuinely fun one, and I didn’t fully clock that distinction until my neighbor Renata’s family showed up to our block…

23 Family Halloween Costumes Everyone Will Actually Agree On

Getting my family into matching costumes used to feel like a small negotiation every single year — my husband hates anything that involves face paint, my daughter changes her mind…

21 Hottest College Halloween Costumes for This Year (The Ones Everyone’s Actually Wearing)

My freshman year, I spent forty dollars on a costume I saw exactly zero other people wearing that night, and I remember standing in the middle of a packed apartment…

22 Trio Halloween Costumes That Actually Work for Three People

Trio costumes are genuinely harder to plan than couples or full group costumes, and I don’t think enough posts admit that. With two people, you just need one clean concept.…

25 Halloween Costumes That Actually Deliver (Not Just Look Good in the Product Photo)

I have a running list on my phone called “costumes that were a mistake,” and it has entries going back six years. The inflatable T-Rex that made it impossible to…

24 Trendy Halloween Costumes That Actually Feel Current This Year

I made the mistake two years ago of committing to a costume idea in early September, only to watch three different friends show up to the same party with a…

24 Halloween Costumes for College Girls That Survive a Night of Walking Between Parties

My freshman year Halloween, I wore a costume I’d bought online that looked amazing in the product photo and turned into an actual safety issue by the time I was…

24 Halloween Couple Costumes That Don’t Look Cheesy in the Group Photo

My husband and I did matching red-and-blue superhero costumes our first Halloween together, and looking back at the photos now, we mostly just look like two people who bought whatever…

23 Duo Halloween Costumes That Don’t Require You to Match Exactly

My friend Nadia and I spent an entire group chat thread three years ago debating “salt and pepper” versus “peanut butter and jelly” for our duo costume, and we landed…

24 Short Fall Nails That Don’t Require a Salon Appointment (Or Acrylics)

I spent most of my twenties assuming fall nail inspo wasn’t for me because every single Pinterest board was almond-shaped coffin nails that were clearly two inches longer than anything…

25 Couples Halloween Costumes That Actually Work for Every Kind of Party

Every year my husband and I have the same conversation around the first week of October — one of us wants something clever and a little obscure, the other wants…

24 Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Couples You Can Pull Together Tonight

My husband and I once realized at 7pm on Halloween that we had exactly zero plans and a party starting in ninety minutes. We ended up going as “before and…

21 Halloween Costumes for Women That Look Put-Together Without Taking All Weekend

I used to buy a new “sexy [insert profession]” costume every single October, spend $45 on something made of the thinnest polyester known to man, wear it once in a…

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