If you’re reading this, it must be Halloween already. Now, if you need a costume but don’t have one yet, don’t just go to the store and find the last ill-fitting Dracula outfit. There’s always some time to put together a dumb looking costume that looks like you found things in your closet and threw them all together! Well, this is what this list is all about!
#1 SAG-AFTRA Striker
Did you know that, because of the SAG-AFTRA strike that’s currently happening, the members cannot dress up as popular characters from movies and television shows. But that shouldn’t stop non-SAG-AFTRA members from dressing up as them, right?
This costume is probably the easiest one to put together as all you would need is a large sign that says you’re on strike. Heck, you can go the extra mile and buy one of the shirts they’ve been wearing during the strike and, in a way, you’d be supporting them, if you want. Yes, it’s topical and I would not suggest you go to any parties where you might run across Disney or Netflix executives while dressed up as a SAG-AFTRA striker as you might be taken out by security. Still, this is a easy-peasy costume to put together if you’re in a pinch.
#2 Carmy from The Bear
Move over, Gordon Ramsey! There’s a new chef in town: Carmy from the FX show, The Bear! Sure, he’s fictional but he’s already got an iconic look just ripe for costuming!
Putting together the Carmy look from The Bear is, once again, pretty simple as the only piece of clothing you might now have with you on hand would be a plain blue apron. I guess you can run to the store and buy one. The problem is a lot of aprons would probably have some kind of design or say something on them like the obnoxious “kiss the chef” and the like. If you’re really into DIY, then just find yourself a large blue tablecloth or curtain and just cut out an apron-shape out of it, voila! An apron! Then, just find a white T-shirt, jeans and some Crocs and you’re virtually done!
To complete the look, however, you would need to also get some arm tattoos. That’s easily remedied by just doodling on your arms with a washable marker. Oh, and you gotta have messy hair. To get that, just take a nap before to head out to the party to get the perfect Carmy bed hair.
#3 Daria from Daria
I haven’t really found that many quick and easy costumes that females can put together as, for some reason, most of the ones I can think of come off as pretty elaborate. The simplest one I can think of that’s pretty distinctive and still easy to relatively easy to cobble together would be Daria.
Admittedly, a lot of the things needed to make one look like the sardonic animated character aren’t probably going to be found lying around your closet… unless you know someone who’s in the army. If you do, ask if you can borrow their green military jacket and their combat boots and their pleated skirt. Okay, the last thing they might not have but you might.
If you wear glasses, great. You’re pretty much done. If you don’t, well, just make some out of cardboard and color them black if you really want to cheap out on the costume. Besides, the Daria look is mostly more on the attitude. So, just be snarky and dour as possible and that should do it.
#4 John Cena from the WWE
If the Miz can do it, so can you!
Honestly, if you’re a John Cena fan and you’ve been gobbling up his merchandise from the WWE for years, you have all the things you’ll need to put this together. If you are not a John Cena fan but you know someone who is, well, you can ask if you can raid their closet instead. But, if you’re neither, you can still put together a simple John Cena costume together by wearing the brightest T-shirt you have, the brightest cap you have, sweat bands, cargo shorts, knee pads and sneakers. That’s essentially what a John Cena costume is.
Or, if you’re really retro, you can go as “Word Life” John Cena. All that entails is a basketball jersey, oversized jean shorts, sneakers and a backwards baseball cap. To complete the look, don’t forget to find yourself an old chain and connect the two ends with a lock. This might take some explaining to non-wrestling fans, however, as most of them probably don’t remember this version of John Cena anymore.
#5 Luffy from One Piece
Well, thank god the Netflix version of One Piece was a hit. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be recommending this outfit!
Luffy’s look in both the anime and the live-action Netflix show is pretty simple. All you need is a red vest, oversized jean shorts, some kind of yellow sash for a belt accent, flip flops and a straw hat. The yellow sash, oversized jean shorts and flip flops you might already have. The only real issue with this costume is the red vest and the straw hat as they might be hard to find because I’m assuming a lot of people might be dressing up as Luffy this Halloween.
In a pinch, you can take a red shirt and cut off the sleeves and split open the front. The straw hat is going to be much harder as I do feel it’s an integral part of pulling off the Luffy look. So, the only solution for this would be to get either a real straw hat or just find a sun hat with a similar color and sash.
BONUS: Any of Jim’s costumes from The Office
If you’re really lazy, just copy what Jim from The Office does and call it a day.
Heck, if you’re really lazy, just go out with a tie and just say you’re Jim from The Office. That works, too, right?
What other quick costume ideas do you have? Let me know in the comments section below!
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