Popular old character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Dr. Nefario (Despicable Me) Costume
Dr. Nefario’s costume is a yellow shirt, a white lab coat, red plaid pants, black boots, black gloves, and safety goggles.
Steve Jobs Costume
Steve Jobs costume is a black long sleeved turtleneck, denim pants, as well as white sneakers.
Strega Nona Costume
Strega Nona’s costume is an orange long-sleeve shirt underneath a green vest, a long purple skirt under a white apron, and a white scarf above her head.
Mr Smee (Peter Pan) Costume
Mr Smee wears a striped shirt and blue shorts. Wear a fat suit or belly filler to recreate his tummy. He also has a dwarf hat, white side burns, and moon shaped glasses.
Warlock Costume
The warlock costume can be recreated with a coat to start it with then top it with a hooded cape. Make sure the coat and pants feature silver or metallic patches or appliques. Then finish with boots, gloves, and a staff.
Susan B. Anthony Costume
Susan B. Anthony’s costume involves a black dress styled with removable collar and cuff. Then finish it with your hair in a bun and with black shoes.
Rita Repulsa Costume
Rita Repulsa’s costume is quite unique. It is a mix of looking mystical and nature-based. She wears a long orange dress and has her magical staff with her at all times.
Magneto Costume
Magneto’s costume is an upgraded homage to his classic one. Rock red leather armor, purple and black pieces, and a billowing maroon cape while modeling Magneto’s iconic red helmet.
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.
The Devil's Rejects Costume
Captain Spaulding wears a plaid shirt, cargo pants, and working boots. Otis wears black bell jeans without a shirt, a belt, and black working boots. Baby wears a brown spaghetti dress and cowboy boots.
Pee Wee Herman Costume
Pee Wee Herman’s outfit is a crisp white dress shirt underneath a grey suit. He also has a red bow tie and a pair of white dress shoes.
Benjamin Franklin Costume
Benjamin Franklin wears a navy coat, yellow vest, a white undershirt, and a pair of navy cropped pants. To complete his costume, wear a wig with receding hairline, high socks, and dress shoes
Benjamin Franklin Costume
Benjamin Franklin wears a navy coat, yellow vest, a white undershirt, and a pair of navy cropped pants. To complete his costume, wear a wig with receding hairline, high socks, and dress shoes
Gnome Costume
Gnome costume involves solid-colored long sleeved shirt, pants, and boots. Wear a beard and elf hat, too!
Mr. Miyagi Costume
Mr. Miyagi wears a monochrome outfit. He has on a long-sleeved khaki button-down shirt, a pair of khaki pants, black shoes, and a Miyagi Dojo headband.
Thomas Edison Costume
Thomas Edison costume is composed of a black jacket, vest, white shirt, bow tie, and pants. He has white hair and carries a lightbulb.
Thomas Jefferson Costume
Thomas Jefferson costume is made of a long coat, inner vest and shirt, pants, and dress shoes. To complete his look, wear a colonial wig and carry a scroll for props.
Queen Elizabth Costume
Queen Elizabth costume is tailored coat dresses and is often seen wearing them in full color. She pairs these with sensible loafers, gloves, stockings, and a matching hat.
Uncle Larry Grandpa Costume
Uncle Grandpa’s costume is a cream button-down polo, grey shorts, white crew socks, brown shoes, rainbow suspenders, and a blue propeller hat. Also, he brings around a red fanny pack.
Jim Lahey Costume
Jim Lahey’s outfit wearing his supervisor uniform which are a beige button-down shirt and khaki pants. He also likes wearing a pair of brown Aviators.
Merlin and Madam Mim Costume
Merlin’s costume is long, light blue robes, a light blue conical hat, and blue shoes. Madam Mim costume a maroon long-sleeved shirt underneath a purple top, a hot pink skirt, and purple shoes.
Hulk Hogan (WWE) Costume
Hulk Hogan's iconic costume is wearing a yellow muscle tee, wrestling briefs, and boots. He also wears red knee protector and yellow bandana on the head.
Baba Yaga Costume
Baba Yaga costume is a black medieval tunic topped with a long maxi dress, a head scarf in Russian style, a skull necklace, and chicken feet shoes.
The Aquatic Life with Steve Zissou Costume
Steve is seen wearing his iconic bright red beanie and an all-blue ensemble. Here is everything you need to look like Steve Zissou
American Gothic Couple Costume
American Gothic costume is the man wears a white long-sleeved shirt, a denim overall, a dark jacket, clear glasses, and working boots. And the woman, she wears a dark Victorian maid outfit, a brown full body apron, and Mary Jane shoes.
Stan Lee Costume
Stan Lee costume is wearing a white polo shirt underneath a blue knit sweater, khaki pants, and white sneakers.
Albus Dumbledore Costume
Dumbledore wears a long tunic with long sleeves, a matching hat, shoes, and some rings as accessory. He also has a long white beard and hair, and carries a wand as prop.
Grandmama Addams Costume
Grandmama Addams costume is wearing a black dress, black and white tights, a black hat, and black boots.
George Washington Costume
George Washington costume is a beige vest underneath a blue colonial coat and matching beige pants
Captain Crunch Costume
Captain Crunch is a Caucasian sea captain with a white mustache and is wearing a blue sea captain’s vest, grey pants, black boots, and a blue captain’s hat with a yellow ‘C’ written on it.
Zeus the Greek God Costume
The Greek god Zeus costume is a Toga, a golden crown, golden gauntlets, a golden belt, and golden sandals.
Crazy Cat Lady Costume
The crazy cat lady costume is a white oversize T-shirt, pajama pants with cat prints, a bathrobe, indoor shoes, and big glasses
Doc Brown (Back to the Future) Costume
Doc Brown is your typical absent-minded mad scientist, always tinkering with this and that. He also dresses like your typical mad scientist, crazy white hair and lab coat included
Crypt Keeper (Tales from the Crypt) Costume
The Crypt Keeper costume is black suit with bowtie, scary mask, and gnarly hand gloves.
The Bride in Black & Red Demon (Insidious) Costume
Looking like the Bride in Black and the Lipstick face Red Demon, you’ll definitely make people cry in fright. What with their almost all-black outfits and their scary smiles.
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.
Donald Trump Jr. Costume
Donald Trump costume a formal white buttoned down shirt, neckties, a dark suit blazer, formal pants, a leather belt, formal shoes, and an American flag pin.
Hillary Clinton Costume
A basic Hillary Clinton costume would be a navy blue pantsuit and blazer with a light colored shirt underneath, short block-heeled pumps, a pearl necklace and earrings set, as well as her signature blonde bob.
Hugh Hefner Costume
Hugh Hefner might be a businessman, but his most iconic look definitely isn’t fit for the board room. Hefner wears luxurious deep red robes, black satin pajama pants, and a quirky sailor hat and pipe.
Rick Sanchez Costume
Rick Sanchez costume is like your typical mad scientist, complete with the shocked-up hair. He wears plain casual clothes underneath his white lab coat, and he has light blue hair.