Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Top 4 Tips on Choosing Halloween Celebrity Costume Ideas for 2008

Celebrity theme Halloween costumes are far and above the easiest, quickest and most successful of party costumes. Halloween celebrity costumes can be much more than your favorite pop or movie star. So many people and sports stars pop out of the news everyday,you'll could never run out of ideas. Here's a good one: Governor Sarah Palin is now a celebrity politician. Early 1950s eyeglasses, a navy suit and a 1950s bouffant. Easily replicated and identified! Arguably one of the top pick quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas. So if you are invited to a sort of impromptu Halloween bash at the last minute, and you get just a week's notice, with costume rental shops out of stock and discount store racks picked clean, you're still in business. Where do you find a costume? Here are four how-to put together quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas, that let you still be the hit of the party and not clean out your bank account:

1) Choose your favorite celebrity or someone newsworthy. Find the image-search tool on Google to locate pictures for your Halloween celebrity costume choice. The pictures you find will help you figure out what to do, and make a plan. You'll find the images form a composite style analysis which facilitate quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas.

2) Going as a couple could never be easier than now...look at "Brangelina" for example (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) and other famous combine-named couples as you pick out Halloween celebrity costume ideas. Also checkout the online entertainment sites and blogs for the latest gossip and ideas! The concept is to catch the style of the desired celebrity, noting signature items such as hats and jewelry and reproduce their essence, simply. You can shop thrift or retro stores for clothing, shoes and accessories, or go online for theatre prop and costume shops. Something like inexpensive wigs are readily available and can be styled, gelled or whatever; also, makeup may be required to capture the celebrity persona. Your character should be easy to identify, with your true identity anyone's guess.

3) The femme fatale still a viable Halloween celebrity costume genre. For a retro theme, remember Marilyn Monroe or today it could be Christina Avilar or perhaps Paris Hilton. Marilyn would require red lipstick, a short blond wig with a glamorous style and a 1950s glamor girl dress with wide skirt and dainty heels. Among the femme fatales, Paris might require nothing more than lingerie, the wig and plenty of pink lipstick and mascara if you have the nerve. Otherwise, you can go for a sun dress. Unmistakably Paris.

4) How about some classic celebrities? Lauren Bacall and Bogie had strong, distinctive personas and would make great Halloween celebrity costumes. Lauren's signatures were her slim 1940s high-class dresses, her hair and a provocative, stage presence. It is even easier to find stuff for these characters at thrift and retro stores; and good wigs are your prime resources.

Bogie's hat, the ever present cigarette and plain suit describe him to a T. Add a little sophisticated macho and you're Bogie. Developing your character is key to making any quick Halloween celebrity costume idea work. Using these techniques, think about these celebrity possibilities: Elvis is a perennial favorite. How about Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie, complete with 1950s eyeglasses and shimmering red vamp dress? Don't forget how scare fans may enjoy being Robert Englund, as Freddie Krueger or the Phantom of the Opera. Hannibal Lecter is another unforgettable scary guy. Get a mask like that he wore in the institutional lockup. How about Hannibal and Clarise? A couple? She's Clarice, with a bottle of Chianti and a piece of liver. Pick your celebrity, and now you're ready!


About the Author

This article was written by Alia-C, an up and coming expert on Halloween celebrity costumes. Did you find these tips on Halloween celebrity costumes useful? You can find a lot more information and music and videos about Halloween by going to http://www.newscarysite.com

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