Last Minute Fandom Costume Ideas

Standing in front of your closet figuring out what to wear for your Halloween? Here's some ideas for some cool, mostly fandom related costumes.

Halloween 2013: Taylor Swift by aquietnerdything featuring taylor swift style

The last time I did a Taylor Swift outfit, it was all about sequin dresses and cowboy boots. This time around, Taylor has been sporting high waisted shorts and oxfords, but she still goes for the sparkles. Put on your favorite red lipstick and keep a journal (or little black book) with you as you head out to the weekend costume parties. 

Halloween 2013: Rose Tyler by aquietnerdything featuring black eye makeup

There are so many feels in this costume. Try to keep Ten by your side or if you're going by yourself, smudge your eye make up a bit and start talking to people on how you need to back to the parallel world with the Doctor. Bonus points if you have the dimension jumping device on your neck.   

Halloween 2013: Mako Mori by aquietnerdything featuring skinny pants

Mako, one of my favorite charaters from my favorite movie of this year, Pacifc Rim. Prove to your adopted father that you can kick ass and pilot a jager with one of the most thoughtful heroic man you have met.

Halloween 2013: Cecil by aquietnerdything featuring a slim fit vest

If you go on Tumblr as much as I do, there are a lot of posts about Nightvale, the twice monthly podcast that is a blend of The Twilight Zone and Twin Peaks. Channel the host of Nightvale Radio Cecil Baldwin. Don't forget the arm tattoos and third eye. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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Whovian Wednesdays: Who Baby

What even cuter than babies? 

Babies in costume. 

You know what's even cuter than babies in costume? 

Babies in costume as the Doctor.

That's what Ryan Dewalt has done with his adorable daughter. He has her dressed up as all 11 Doctors and it doesn't get any cuter than this.

1st Doctor

 

2nd Doctor

3rd Doctor

4th Doctor with K-9

5th Doctor

 

 6th Doctor 

7th Doctor

8th Doctor 

9th Doctor

10th Doctor

11th Doctor
Photos by Ryan Dewalt 

Seriously, this is so cute. When I have kids, I'm dressing them up as the Doctor for every Halloween until they get sick of it or I go through all the Doctors. Hoping it's the latter. 

Here's all 11 Doctors for comparison.

Guest Posting Over at the Lovely Miss Megs

As part of Lovely Miss Megs October Blog Party, I'm guest posting on some of my favorite Halloween themed TV shows today. Some of them are old classics while others are new favorites. Go check it out and pay a visit to her wonderful blog.

Friend Friday: All Hallows Eve

This weeks Friend Friday is hosted by Katy of Modly Chic and it's all about Halloween.

1. Do you have plans for Halloween? What will you dress up as this year? 

I don't have any concrete plans for Halloween yet, but I'm making a costume. I'm going to be the TARDIS from Doctor Who but in a 50's era style. I've been working on it for the past two weeks and I hope to have it finished this weekend.

2. Where do you go for costume and makeup inspiration? 

 I enjoy browsing through Cosplay.com and Photo galleries from the various conventions. There is a wealth of costume inspiration these sites. I also love Kelldar's site. She makes all her costumes and they are all amazing.

3. What was the best costume you've ever donned? 

When my dad was stationed in Spain, he sent over a flamenco dress. I couldn't find my photo album that had it, so I'll use this one instead.

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Yeah, I looked like this when I wore my dress. 

4. What's the most creative costume you've ever seen? 

I love this Steampunk version of the Scooby Gang from this year's Dragon Con.

Photo by kimncris

5. No holds barred if you could dress up as anything, what would it be? 

I would love to be Marie Antoinette and don a powdered wig and corset for a night.

Photos from ing.com

 This will also do.

Head over to Modly Chic to read what Halloween plans my fellow bloggers are conjuring up. If you still need some costume inspirations, check out this weeks Style Inspiration post. I'll be doing another one next Monday for those needing to put a costume together the last minute.

Style Inspirations: What to Wear While Waiting For The Great Pumpkin

Have a Halloween event you have to go to and don't know what to dress up as. Well here are some ideas.

Shaun from Shaun of the Dead

As long as you don't get too much red on you, this is the perfect outfit to wear while running away from zombies. Remember to aim for the head and if you have to use your record collection as a weapon, use the crappy albums first. Then all you have left is to do is hide out at The Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for the whole thing to blow over.

Shaun of the Dead by somedaysmarter featuring short sleeve tops

Penny from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Everyone's favorite petition name collector. Lover of laundry and frozen yogurt. Dated a superhero.  Also... (highlight since it is a spoiler) the one person that had to die because Joss Whedon loves to kill off your favorite character.  Which is why to make it even more authentic you need to add a piece of shrapnel to the costume.  

Penny by somedaysmarter featuring frye shoes

Taylor Swift

All you need is a sparkly dress, cowboy boots, and a guitar and you're set. Curly blonde hair, being interrupted by Kanye West after winning an award, and a boyfriend who will you later write a song about not included. 

Taylor Swift by somedaysmarter featuring gold hair accessories

Pan Am Stewardess

There was a time where air travel was a glamorous event and not just another mode of transportation. Relive those days as a high flying Pan Am Stewardess. You won't see any of them making their way down the emergency slide with two beers in hand when the passengers get unruly.

Pan Am by somedaysmarter featuring kitten heel shoes

What are you dressing up as for Halloween?

Halloween Town

Jacket: Gap

Shirt, sweatshirt, shorts and tights: Old Navy

Belts: Target and Walmart

Bag: self-made

Goggles: Bought at Comic-con

Boots: Reflections

 So here it is, my Ramona Flowers costume. It was also probably one of the easiest costumes to source, since a majority of the items came from my closet. The only things I bought where the purple tights, the blue wig and star purse which is actually one of those round cardboard boxes that I painted.
I had one person recognize who I was on Friday. He did ask me where was my sledge hammer, which unfortunately didn't have enough time to make. With a few tweaks, such as changing the jacket and shorts, I would this to Comic-Con next year.   

 Speaking of Comic-Con, tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am PST. Unfortunately I have to work in the morning, so I'm having my brother get the tickets for me. I think I'm going to get the 4-day pass and this time around get my room accommodations squared away much sooner than I did for the last Comic-Con.

What did you dress up as for Halloween?

Sunday Video: How The Guild goes trick-o-treating.

Funday Saturday

Here's a little glimpse of my costume. I didn't have time to take pictures while I was volunteering at the YMCA Fall Carnival, but I'll have one in my next post. The carnival was a success. I manned the tic-tac-toe bean bag toss and it was cute seeing how determined the kids were at trying to get tic-tac-toe. Everyone was a winner though and they still got a little Halloween prize. I let kids pick out from a treasure chest filled Halloween stencils, rings, tattoos, etc. I also saw the cutest costume at the carnival. It was a little boy riding a chicken and of course he was one of the best costume winners.

Today will be even more fun. Making the trek up to L.A for not only my visit ever blogger meet-up, but also for the Dr. Horrible Charity Screening. 

 Awesome day ahead!

A Girl Whose Hair Looks Like This

I don't really have any Halloween plans, but this week I'm volunteering at a Halloween Carnival for the YMCA. So it gives me the perfect excuse to go in costume as...

Ramona Flowers

It'll be a 180 from my Holly Golightly costume from last year. The only thing is I still don't my costume all there yet. So I'm spending the next few days getting it all prepared. I'm ever the procrastinator. But if I get my stuff together, this costume will be awesome.

Pictures from Eff Yeah, Scott Pilgrim!

All Hallows Eve

So for my costume, I ended up going the Audrey Hepburn route circa Breakfast at Tiffany's. I've had this dress sitting in my closet for a while. So to make it more like Holly Golightly's, I added some black fringe to the bottom hem of the dress and a bow belt.

Dress: Old Navy (added the bow belt and fringe)
Tiara: Garment district in Los Angeles

I also took a faux pearl necklace that I bought ages ago on eBay and added the flower pin.

Necklace: eBay

Brooch: Forever 21

I went into work thinking that at least half would come in costume. But alas, it was only me and another co-worker that did. She was in her husbands Fish and Game uniform, (he works in that dept. for the county sheriff) and customers kept doing the double take. It didn't help that she was the main cashier, so customers thought that our store needed a sheriff to ring them up Cause we get the bad ones at work.
Also one of my co-workers asked me if I was dressed as a princess, which I then had to explain what my costume was. Maybe if I had a paper bag with a danish in it, a no-name cat, or the turquoise blue box from Tiffany's it would have made more sense.
I think for next year, I'm going to have to set up a costume contest.

Instead of going out, I opted in staying in. Going to spend it watching semi-scary movies and getting a sugar coma from candy and various baked goods.

And now I leave you with quite possibly the best video to watch on Halloween.

*First two pictures courtesy by my brother.