Popular retro character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Halloween is the perfect time to embrace your inner child and dress up as your favorite character from childhood. Whether you want to relive your youth or simply enjoy some harmless fun, these retro character costume ideas are sure to please. From classic cartoons to iconic video game characters, there's something for everyone on this list. So break out the face paint and get ready to have a blast!
Beth Harmon's (The Queen's Gambit) Costume
Beth's costume features a green dress with ribbon details. She also has a short auburn hair and a pair of black slingback shoes.
Disco Divas Costume
Dress up in a 70s-inspired outfit or matching top and bell-bottom pants. Complete the look with a pair of boots, too!
Go-Go Dancer Costume
Go-go dancer costume features a printed dress with white boots. Style it with a blonde wig and headband, too. Complete the costume with colored sunglasses.
Roxie Hart (Chicago) Costume
Roxie Hart costume is a shiny short dress and pair it with a red boa scarf. You can also wear sheer gloves and silver shoes, to match. You may also get a short blonde wig.
Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me) Costume
Balthazar Bratt's costume is made of a purple suit and pants. He also wears a pair of fingerless gloves and white shoes. Complete his costume with a mullet wig as well as a fake mustache.
Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York) Costume
Bill the Butcher's costume features a quarter-sleeve top under a brown vest. He has dark pants and wears a pair of boots. Complete his outfit by wearing a top hat and carrying a toy butcher knife, too!
Lucy & Ricky Ricardo Costume
Ricky Ricardo costume is a white dress shirt, black blazer, black pants, a black bowtie, and a simple straw hat. Lucy`s costume features a cute vintage polka-dot dress with gloves and a pair of pumps.
Coco Chanel Costume
Coco Chanel’s costume is a simple long-sleeved black shirt tucked into a long blacks skirt with layers and layers of pearls around her neck. Coco Chanel is one of the most famous fashion icons in history.
Bo Peep (Toy Story) Costume
Bo Peep costume a vintage corset-style gown with pink polka dots on the skirt. She Pairs this with blue leg warmers, white socks, and black shoes. She has blonde hair and a pink bonnet hat. Complete her look with a blue shepherd's cane.
Sock Hop Costume
Think of the musical Grease when you’re going to a sock hop costume. Ladies, wear a retro top, a flared skirt, and a chiffon scarf. Gentlemen, don on your white shirts and leather jackets.
Scarlett O’Hara Costume
Scarlett O’Hara most known outfit is very ‘Southern belle.’ It is composed of a white layered dress with a green sash on the waist and a white floppy hat on her head.
Pin Up Girls Costume
A pin up girl wears an under garment corset to make her waist slim, a blue polka-dotted dress, a red ribbon belt, red earrings and a red necklace, stockings, and red high heels.
Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony) Costume
Pinkie Pie’s outfit is a white tank top, a blue bolero, a pink mini skirt, blue high-tops, and a purple ribbon belt. She also has long, pink hair.
Dolly Parton Costume
Dolly Parton costume is a plaid country styled shirt, bootcut jeans, a cowboy hat and belt, button earrings, and cowboy boots.
Bob Ross Costume
Bob Ross costume style is eclectic yet retro with his huge afro, light denim long-sleeved shirt, and denim pants.
Alice Angel Costume
Alice Angel costume can be described as creepy-cute, all of her clothing besides her horns are pretty cute items, but her makeup is definitely what brings out the horror in her look.
The Hippie Costume
Hippies mainly dress themselves in a comfortable, colorful outfit. Women often wear a loose shirt and skirt or pants, accessories made from wood and rhinestone, and sandals. Likewise, men also wear a comfortable cotton shirt with jeans, some accessories like necklace or headscarf.
Elvis Presley Costume
Elvis Presley costume is an all-white ensemble, with pops of red and glittering details. He sports on his famous sideburns and iconic hairstyle.
Lucy & Ethel Costume
Lucy and Ethel's most iconic outfits is their chocolate factory worker uniform which is seen in season two's episode called 'Job Switching'. Both of them wear a milky pink uniform with a cook hat.
Silk Spectre Costume
Silk Spectre costume is a tight yellow dress with a corset belt to reveal her shape, black leather choker and long gloves, and laced up leather boots with sheer black stockings.
Fred Jones (Scooby Doo) Costume
Fred Jones cosutme is composed of white and blue with striking spots of orange and yellow just to shake things up. His fashion has preppy elements to it with a dash of retro funk.
Shaggy Rogers (Scooby Doo) Costume
Shaggy Roger’s costume is very laid-back yet retro, and he wears a very loose light green shirt, a pair of maroon bell bottom pants, and black loafers.