Halloween isn’t just exclusively all about crazy spooky costumes, it’s also an opportunity to show off your own personal creativity and style. And some of that style can make up great outfits outside of Halloween too. So if you’re looking for outfits with perhaps a spooky edge, or something more subtle, read on for some creative outfit ideas for Halloween and beyond.
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Get A Wednesday Addams Gothic Inspired Look
It’s time to channel your inner goth with a Wednesday Addams inspired outfit. People have always found an affinity with Wednesday’s style and personality, and she became a style icon all over again thanks to Netflix’s recent spin off.
Known for her dark and mysterious style, to create a Wednesday-inspired ensemble, you’ll need a black dress with a white collar, as this is her most famous look. Long sleeves or ¾ length sleeves are ideal here, as are black tights or knee high white or black socks as an alternative.
Finish off with a pair of black boots, and don’t forget the braided long pigtails – you can dye and style your own hair or purchase a wig. Wednesday’s dress is subtle, and you can find many similar styles to wear on days when you aren’t in costume.
Don’t forget to take inspiration from the rest of the Addams Family as well, whether it’s a curve accentuating long black dress favoured by Morticia, a stripey top worn by Pugsley, or a pinstripe or velvet blazer made famous by Gomez. A goth look in general, whether subtle or hardcore, is always a winner.
Where to buy: Gothic clothing brand Hell Bunny has a number of tops and dresses similar to the ones you can find Wednesday wearing. You can also find a range of gothic, vintage, and band merch on Ro Rox Boutique’s online store.
Go Vintage Every Day
Vintage and spooky often go hand in hand, so a vintage inspired outfit could be perfect for your Halloween, or your everyday style.
There’s lots to choose from if you’re going for this look, with decades like the 1920’s Gatsby style. These beautiful sequin dresses are perfect for parties year round, featuring classy accessories such as fur shawl wraps, flapper headbands with feathers, fancy evening handbags, mesh gloves, and alluring hand fans too. Jewellery also goes great with this look.
The accessorising opportunities found here make the Gatsby style great for winter, as you can don a vintage faux fur coat but cool down later with a hand fan.
And the 1920’s are just the start, you also have the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond for classic and iconic looks.
The 50’s is a decade favoured by vintage lovers, with the Hollywood retro pin up Rockabilly style remaining popular today. The flowy free style of a wing dress makes it a perfect style to adopt in summer, with floral patterns as well as chequered and polka dots, you have lots of options.
And with the swinging 60’s and 70’s, there’s lots of opportunity for hippy inspired chic, groovy baby!
For even more of a Halloween twist on these outfits, you could add some zombie inspired make up, or slasher style gore and injuries in order to make it look like you’re dressed up as a ghost or undead victim from a horror movie set decades ago.
Channel Your Inner Witch
Alongside goth styles, another look that is catching on in popularity is the wicca witchy look. This style features a lot of black and purple decorated with occult symbols such as pentagrams, moons and eyes. You’ll also find lots of clothing with cat prints, perfect if you’re a feline lover.
Pair your witch inspired outfit with a black wide brim hat and you have a modern and subtle version of a witch’s hat that you can wear every day – especially useful for keeping yourself in the shade during summer. Broomstick and black cat are optional.
Witch themed clothing can be found at most gothic clothing stores, if you’re dressing up for Halloween, there’s lots of famous witches to take inspiration from Harry Potter’s Hermione to Marvel’s Scarlet Witch (aka Wanda).
Experiment with Your Style
You can use Halloween as inspiration for plenty of day to day styles, think of it as a gothic gateway to becoming more fashionable. Don’t forget to look towards pop culture icons for more style inspiration too, such as TV, films and music. Whether it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer or your favourite metal band, ideas can strike anytime!
