Popular goth character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Halloween and cosplay are two great occasions to dress up as your favorite goth character. Whether you're looking for a classic character like Wednesday Addams or want to be a little more creative with your costume, here are some great goth character costume ideas for you to try.
Delia Deetz Costume from Beetlejuice
Delia Deetz' costume features a long black dress, one glove on her arm, and a ginger-colored wig styled with a headband.
Saki Hanajima Costume
Saki Hanajima’s costume is a blue Kaibara Municipal High School uniform, knee-high black socks, flat non-slip black Mary Jane shoes, and black nail polish.
My Melody and Kuromi Costume
My Melody and Kuromi’s costume is a short pink summer dress, white and pink knee high socks, pink sandals with straps and glitter, and a My Melody hooded capelet for My Melody; and a black mini dress, black and pink long socks, black ankle-high boots, a Kuromi hooded capelet, and black rhinestone fingerless fishnet gloves for Kuromi.
The Sandman Costume
The Sandman costume features an all-black outfit with a shirt, pants, and trench coat combination.
Goth Cheerleader Costume
Add a goth spin to the cheerleader look with a black cheer shirt, skirt, socks, and sneaker heels. Wear a colored wig and goth makeup, too.
Maleficent Costume
Maleficent’s costume is a black long-sleeved long dress, a black cathedral-length bridal cape, a black neck choker, and long black horns.
Nikki Sixx Costume
Nikki Sixx outfit is a heavy metal outfit of a tank top, pants, rockstar shoulders, gloves, and boots. He has spiked hair and heavy makeup.
Marilyn Manson Costume
Marilyn Manson's costume features layers of white shirt, tie, vest, and trench coat.
Emily The Strange Costume
Emily's costume features an almost all-black outfit starting off with a dress, tights, and a pair of white sneakers. She also has full bangs and long dark hair.
Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter) Costume
Bellatrix Lestrange’s costume is a black gothic dress with a black corset, mid-calf boots, black fingerless gloves, and she brings along her wand.
Lady Dimitrescu's (Resident Evil ) Costume
Lady Dimitrescu's outfit is composed of a long white dress, black gloves, a black hat, and a pair of gloves.
Gwen (Total Drama) Costume
Gwen outfit is an olive green ensemble featuring a green top, skirt, tights, and boots. Complete her look with a blue-green sleeve and teal highlights on her hair!
Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) Costume
Klaus Hargreeves’ costume is a black fishnet crop top, a black leather blazer, a black leather pant, black combat boots, a pink boa, and brings along a clear bubble umbrella.
French Kiss Costume
French Kiss’s costume is a black and white-striped top, black pants, black shoes, black beret, black and white face paint, and a red neck scarf.
Risty Wilde (X-Men) Costume
Risty Wilde’s costume is a red polo under a red strapless dress or a layered tight sweaters and boots. Risty is also known for her edgy hair cut with streaks of purple.
Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful) Costume
Vanessa Ives’ costume includes an all-black ensembles featuring a long dress with lace sleeves. She styles it with a belt as well as a pair of dangling earrings.
Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb) Costume
Vanessa Doofenshmirtz costume an all-black ensemble that consists of a shirt, tight pants, and boots. She has mid-length brown hair, too.
Madison Montgomery (American Horror Story) Costume
Madison Montgomery costume is her dark ensembled featuring a black halter top or dress and boots. She also styled her look with a pair of black sunnies and high boots.
Vampira Costume
Vampira costume is a skin tight black dress with a plunging neckline and billowing bat-like sleeves. She also wears a nice black waist belt.
Stefon (SNL) Costume
Stefon’s costume is Ed Hardy shirts, multiple rings on his finger, and his iconic asymmetrical haircut.
Nancy Downs (The Craft) Costume
Nancy Downs’ costume is a white long-sleeved cardigan, a green plaid skirt, black combat boots, a rosary and other necklaces, a nose ring, and vampy dark lipstick. Nancy Downs is one powerful and scary modern witch.
Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Costume
Violet’s costume is her gothic attire from the 2004 film and the casual, colorful outfit from the Netflix TV series. Violet is the eldest Baudelaire child.
Roxy Richter (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) Costume
Roxy Richter’s costume is a black top, black skirt, a cropped black jacket, black floral tights, and black Uggs. Roxy Richter is one of Ramona’s Evil Exes.
Misa Amane (Death Note) Costume
Misa Amane’s costume is a gothic black sleeveless dress, black high-knee boots, black fingerless gloves to cover up your arms. Don’t forget the black notebook, cross pendant neckless, and it wouldn’t be complete if without a blonde wig.
Paul Stanley / Starchild (Kiss) Costume
Paul Stanley’s costume is full of black leather and metal details. He also uses black and white face paint for his iconic look. Paul Stanley is the co-lead vocalist for the hard rock band, KISS.
Abby Sciuto (NCIS) Costume
Abby Sciuto’s costume is a black top, black skirt, black boots, black lipstick, and a white doctor’s coat. Abby Sciuto is probably the happiest goth you’ll ever meet.
Veronica Sawyer & Jason Dean (Heathers) Costume
Veronica Sawyer’s costume is a blue blazer, a light grey skirt, blue knee-high socks, and black and white Oxfords. Jason Dean’s costume is a black shirt, black pants, a black trench coat, and black boots.
Ichabod Crane & Katrina van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow) Costume
Ichabod Crane costume is a black coat with black vest. He has dark pants, too. Meanwhile, Katrina van Tassel costume is a pink dress with black shoes on.
Yennefer (The Witcher) Costume
Yennefer’s costume is a black gothic dress, a black feather epaulet, black knee-high boots, and a black wavy wig.
Lydia Deetz - Musical Costume
Lydia Deetz musical costume typical goth girl costume. Lydia likes her black dress, black lace gloves, black knee-high socks, and black shoes.
Coven Girls (American Horror Story) Costume
Coven girls costume a white buttoned down blouse, a black skirt, a black bow tie, a black belt, short black socks, black shoes, and a black hat.
Sugar Skulls Costume
For sugar skull costume, aside from drawing a skull on their face, women wear slightly gothic-themed dresses and beautiful floral headbands. Men, on the other hand, wear much simple clothing of black suits.
Magenta, Riff Raff, Columbia (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) Costume
Magenta cosutme is a maid’s costume and Columbia resembles a show girl. Both Magenta and Riff Raff have the gothic look going for them.
Twyla (Monster High) Costume
Twyla’s costume is a purple blouse, purple and black layered skirt, purple ankle boots, and black lace gloves. She also has turquoise hair.
Gene Simmons (KISS) Costume
Gene Simmons' KISS costume includes a armor-like top, metallic pants, and embellished boots. He also has bony caps sticking out of the shoulders, midlength hair, and white face paint. Gene Simmons also has a metallic arm guard and holds an electric guitar.
Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) Costume
Mrs. Lovett costume is a long gothic dress full of lace and ribbons. Her hair is also in disarray.
Mistress Death Costume
Mistress Death’s most popular costume is her all-black, gothic look. She wears a black leather long dress, a black hooded cape, and a skeletal face.
Persephone Costume
For Persephone costume, you can wear a black and red Greek gown, black and red flowers, black heels, and a black lipstick.
Steampunk Costume
Steampunk costume is a brown corset, a long sleeved shrug, a steampunk skirt, stockings, a mini top hat, finger-less gloves, and leather boots. Men wear a white buttoned down shirt, a brown vest, striped pants, a top hat with goggles, a shoulder armor, a sweat band, a tactical belt, and brown leather boots.
Rumpelstiltskin Costume
Rumpelstiltskin costume is a red Gothic vest topped with a reddish jacket, brown pirate pants, brown gauntlets, and brown leather boots.