What elements make for an epic Halloween costume? Well, being rich and fabulous certainly doesn’t hurt. There’s no wonder why some of the most memorable October 31 looks we return to for ideas and inspiration each year happen to be ones worn by various celebrities.
We love to see our favorite models and entertainers getting creative, and in good news for us non-A listers, plenty of these fright night fashion moments are easily recreated at home too. While Heidi Klum is the undisputed queen of Halloween (link to Heidi story), there are plenty of celebs who are hot on her heels when it comes to pulling off sexy, scary, or silly outfits.
Read on for some of the most memorable celebrity Halloween costumes in recent years and get ready to take a page out of their books. Boo!
Kendall Jenner As Fembot
Move over femme fatales—the kitschy fembots were scene-stealers in the 1997 movie, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Leave it to supermodel Kendall Jenner to pull off the look with aplomb. For a Halloween party in Las Vegas in 2018, Jenner channeled the sci-fi hotties in a baby doll dress, ‘60s-style blonde wig, satin gloves, and marabou-trimmed heels. “Oh, behave!”
Zoe Kravitz as a Vampire at Breakfast
Leave it to Zoe Kravitz to make a vampire look chic. In 2018, for the always hotly-anticipated Casamigos Halloween party, the fashion plate showed up as a ‘Mornings Suck Vampire’ complete with a robe, boxers, Seinfeld socks, Gucci loafers, and a turban towel on her head. With her coffee mug and newspaper in hand, we couldn’t have envisioned the proposed assignment coming to life any better than this.
Kim Kardashian As Cher
When it comes to fashion history’s best-dressed icons, Cher is a hall of famer. There are plenty of era-defining looks to choose from, but when Kim Kardashian paid homage to the legendary performer when attending the Casamigos Halloween party in 2017, she opted to replicate the custom embroidered gold two-piece by Bob Mackie which wowed the world at the Academy Awards in 1973.
Paris Hilton as Britney Spears’s “Toxic”
Y2K references collided when Paris Hilton popped up at the Casamigos Halloween party in 2023 as none other than her gal pal, Britney Spears. Specifically, in an homage to Spears’ iconic flight attendant outfit from the Toxic music video, exactly 20 years previous.
Katy Perry as a Cheeto
Given that Katy Perry famously arrived at the camp-themed Met Gala after-party as a cheeseburger one year, we should have known that she has a penchant for food-themed costumes. Five years before that viral first Monday in May outing, Perry opted for an unusual way to do ‘hot for Halloween’ by arriving at Kate Hudson’s party as a Cheeto.
Amal Clooney and Cindy Crawford As ’70s Disco Divas
Someone, play Dancing Queen by ABBA, quick! At the Casamigos Halloween party in 2017, which followed a 1970s theme, the first wives of the tequila brand, Cindy Crawford and Amal Clooney, were both dazzling as Studio 54-ready stunners with big hair, bigger platforms, and slinky, sparkly outfits.
Poppy Delevigne As Harley Quinn
Model and socialite Poppy Delevingne turned to another stylish blonde for Halloween inspiration in 2015. Delevingne pulled out all the stops to channel Margot Robbie’s cuckoo character Harley Quinn at the Unicef UK Halloween Ball and looked scarily similar. Let’s just say, we wouldn’t want to meet her and her baseball bat in a dark alleyway.
Rita Ora As Post Malone
Imitation is the best form of flattery, right? Rita Ora paid credit to fellow chart-topper, musician Post Malone, at the KISS Haunted House Party in 2018. Right down to the signature face tattoos!
Winnie Harlow As RuPaul
Sissy that walk! Runway regular Winnie Harlow channeled another queen of the catwalk when she opted to go to Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween Party in 2018 as a latex-clad RuPaul.
Heidi Klum as a Worm
It’s no secret that Heidi Klum is the entertainment sphere’s biggest fan of Halloween; to the extent that coverage speculating about her yearly costume begins before October even kicks off. While it’s tough to land on her best-ever look—there are that many to pick from!—her appearance as a worm at her bash in 2022 will go down in pop culture history as one of the most hilarious red carpet moments ever. Kids: don’t try these prosthetics at home!