Popular black character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Wild Grinders Costume
Learn how to dress up as Lil’ Rob, Jay Jay, Spitball, and Emo Crys. Don’t worry, it’s super easy to turn into this skateboard-obsessed gang!
Dr Facilier (Shadow Man) Costume
Dr Facilier's costume includes a purple shirt with maroon coat and pants. He wears white dress shoes and a red belt. He also has a tooth necklace, a top hat, and a cane.
The Village People Costume
It’s super easy to look like the Village People so you’re group of guy friends can totally copy them. Just look for a cowboy, a cop, an Native American chief, a biker, a construction worker, and a GI. Put them altogether and you’re good to go!
African Queen Costume
The African Costume consists of a layered colorful dress, multiple bracelets and necklaces. She also sports a shawl and a crown.
Aunt Jemima Costume
Aunt Jemima wears a red plaid dress, a yellow plaid head scarf, a tied white neck scarf, a white apron, white socks, and black shoes.
Clovers & RCH Cheerleader (Bring it on) Costume
Clovers cheerleader (Bring it on) wear a green crop top with the word 'Clovers' printed on it, a short green with red and yellow stripes, white socks, and white sport shoes.
Static Shock Costume
Static Shock’s costume is all blue, white, black, and yellow. He doesn’t like form-fitting clothes like Superman and Batman, and prefers a robe rather than the classic cape.
Miles Morales Costume
Miles costume is a black and red Spider-Man suit, a green and red zip-up hoodie, black basketball shorts, and Red Air Jordan 1 sneakers.
Numbuh 5 Costume
Numbuh 5’s outfit is a simple blue t-shirt dress, white slip-on shoes, a red beret, and gold hoop earrings.
Tina Turner Costume
Tina Turner's costume includes a gold or nude tassel dress, gold heels, and a soul-inspired wig
Catty Noir Costume
Catty Noir costume is a shiny silver top, a pink tutu, a pink scarf, and white boots. She even has long, pink hair.
Jimi Hendrix Costume
Jimi Hendrix costume is a colorful loose top, dark colored pants with belt. He also dons a equally colorful headband and metallic or gold-toned accessories.
Derrick Rose (NBA) Costume
MVP-era Derrick Rose wore a red Chicago Bulls jersey and matching shorts. Black or white long socks, knee pads, arm support, and basketball shoes. Carry a basketball for the full look.
Apollo Creed (Rocky) Costume
Creed is most notable for his American boxing costume during Rocky IV. He wore an American Flag-inspired top hat, American flag-inspired boxers, and red boxing gloves.
Gerald (Hey Arnold) Costume
Gerald costume is a white turtleneck underneath a red sweater with the number 33 written on it, blue pants, and a pair of red sneakers.
Jake & Izzy (Neverland Pirates) Costume
Jake costume is a casual rendition of a pirate captain’s uniform while Izzy prefers a more comfortable and modern look.
Dionne Davenport (Clueless) Costume
Dionne Davenport costume is a white shirt topped with a red sweater and crop black plaid jacket, a tall hat, a plaid skirt, long black socks and black shoes.
Domino (Deadpool) Costume
Domino’s appearance in the movie is drastically different from the comics. In the movie, she has beautiful, crazy brunette hair. She wears a sleeveless, black leather top, a pair of black leather pants, and a pair of knee-high boots.
Kiss Me Candy Girl (The Purge) Costume
Candy Girl wears a pink dress with tutu skirt, black leather thigh high boots, a devil mask with 'Kiss Me' written on it in red, and pink underpants.
Men in Black Costume
Agent J and Agent K wear identical outfits as this is the standard uniform of the Men in Black, the organization they belong in. They both wear a white dress shirt, a plain black tie, and a black suit while carrying weapons such as futuristic guns and etcetera.
Uma (Descendants) Costume
Uma costume is a blue pirate jacket, a blue dress, black finger-less gloves, black boots. Her accessories include a pirate hat, a gold necklace, a pirate belt, and blue bracelets.
Drake Costume
Drake costume is a plain black sweater topped with a leather jacket with fur hood, tan pants, a belt, a fashionable pair of sneakers, and a gold necklace.
Fat Albert Costume
Fat Albert costume is a white collared undershirt, a red sweater, denim pants held in place with a black belt, and red sneakers.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Costume
The Fresh Prince aka. Will Smith’s style throughout the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air show is very a funky, colorful, and almost exaggerated take on hip 90s fashion.
Falcon (Avengers) Costume
Falcon costume is a black top armor, black tactical pants, black boots with knee pads and finger-less gloves, a utility belt, and a pair of red goggles.
T'Challa / Black Panther Costume
T'Challa's Black Panther suit includes black leather full-body suit, claw gloves, Black Panther helmet, and black boots.
Steve Urkel Costume
Steve Urkel costume is a thick pair of eyeglasses, 'high-water' or 'flood' pants held up by beight suspenders, multi-colored T-shirts or shirts, and a pair of saddle shoes.
Deadshot from Suicide Squad Costume
Deadshot costume has a white full-head mask on to hide his identity. He also wears a red long-sleeved spandex shirt with black armor on top, black pants, and boots.
Eazy-E Costume
Eazy-E costume is black baseball cap with matching sunglasses, jacket and fingerless gloves. Throw in an oversized t-shirt, relaxed pants for comfort and some sneakers for style.
Run DMC Costume
For this outfit, Run DMC are wearing trademark black Adidas tracksuits and sneakers, their gold blings, and bucket hats.
Prince Rogers Nelson (Purple Rain) Costume
In line with his theme, Prince costume is a dominantly purple outfit with a white medieval ruffle shirt, black pants, and a bright purple long coat.
Sindel (Mortal Kombat) Costume
Sindel doesn’t look like any normal queen. Her sexy purple and black one piece and thigh-high boots ensemble is a new take on being regal.
Jax (Mortal Kombat) Costume
Jax is vicious and unforgiving when it comes to fighting. You don’t want to get on this hardened super soldier’s bad side. Like a regal lion, Jax is all aggression and strength. The fact that he’s fit and has awesome bionic arms will make anyone tremble in fear.
Frozone (The Incredibles) Costume
For a Frozone costume all you need is a blue and white fully covering bodysuit and a pair of super cool futuristic glasses that have one lens covering both of your eyes.
Nick Fury Costume
What you will need for you Nick Fury based costume is first of all a long black leather duster, an iconic black eye patch, and a couple gun holsters as well as a costume pistol.
Louis Armstrong Costume
Louis Armstrong wore many fancy and unique suits, and also had the trait of wearing a special red bowtie that stood out from his solid colored suits.
Roaring 20s Josephine Baker Costume
For the perfect Josephine Baker costume, you will have to have lots of jewels, fur, feathers, as well as a beautiful and form fitting dress.
Mortal Kombat's Jade Costume
Jade looks stunningly dangerous in her emerald green one-piece suit. Her thigh-high boots just add to her fashionable toughness. But her bojustu is what ultimately makes her look deadly.
Lando Calrissian Costume
Compared to the most of Star Wars characters, Lando Calrissian costume looks pretty much ordinary. Lando pretty common pieces of clothes.
Susie Carmichael (Rugrats) Costume
Susie Carmichael is known for her fancy hairstyle decorated with red flowers. Her color palette is red, yellow, and purple.