Deciding on the perfect Halloween costume can take a lot of planning. Some people take it more seriously than others, but with so much information at our fingertips the task has gotten somewhat easier.
A costume that's pinned a couple hundred thousand times or more on Pinterest is probably going to feature in a lot of bar costume contests, and maybe even a few of those closely monitored Trunk or Treat festivities at community venues.
And even though current events are churning out new possibilities for pop culture costumes by the day, most people already have costumes underway. Here are some of the most popular Halloween costumes for 2019, pop culture and not:
Most pinned costumes for Halloween 2019
According to the Pinterest Halloween report, the top costume searches by those identifying as female were Powerpuff Girls, pirate, circus, "Stranger Things" and alien.
For those identifying as male, the top Pinterest costume searches for 2019 were superhero, Viking, Spider-Man, Joker and Jedi.
Top pop culture outfit inspirations for Halloween 2019
In its annual list, global fashion search platform Lyst predicted that "Pop politics" would lead the Halloween costume list. In the United Kingdom, that will be Union Jack costumes, while in the U.S., "the Squad" is currently the most searched for outfit inspiration for group costumes, with online searches for "the Squad Congresswoman up +70% from the beginning of September," Lyst noted.
Rounding out the Top 5: Lizzo, "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood," "Little Women" and "Old Town Road." "The award-winning song ‘Old Town Road’ has become a strong Halloween costume inspiration thanks to the now iconic Western ensembles worn by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus in the accompanying video," explained Lyst.
The most popular Halloween costumes in Georgia for 2019
If you want to dress up like the locals, Google's Frightgeist app will tell you what they're wearing. This is handy whether your teen just wants to fit in or whether you want to see how many people have stolen your idea for the contest-winning costume in metro Atlanta. Google hadn't released its figures for the top most-searched costumes of 2019 as of September 26, 2019. But when it does, Halloween costume competitors have the option to localize their data and find out just who's wearing what in their city, including Atlanta, Macon, Savannah and Augusta.
Best Halloween costumes you can actually wear to work in 2019
Town and Country put some time into figuring out some Halloween get-ups that won't set off alarms in HR. (It did advise to check with co-workers ahead of time, so you wouldn't be the lone person manning the service desk in a unicorn getup. But only you know if that would be awkward at your workplace.) Here are five of its picks for prepurchased Halloween costumes for the workplace:
–A mime
–Pink ladies jacket from "Grease"
–Dramatic Holly Golightly outfit complete with tiara (from "Breakfast at Tiffany's")
–Classic "Where's Waldo" costume
–A lady Minion outfit a la "Despicable Me"
Skimpy lingerie costumes for 2019
If you want to be controversial without doing a lot of research, lingerie retailer Yandy is doing a brisk trade in its Sexy "Mr. Rogers" costume for 2019 – $59.95 in four easy payments includes free shipping. They're also marketing a "Beyond Burger" Halloween costume that's very form-fitting and promises to turn wearers into "the yummiest artificial patty between buns" for $39.95.
Best Halloween costumes to buy on sale from 2018
And if you're actually trying to be so last year, here are the Top 10 most Google-searched costumes from 2018: Fortnite, Spider-man, unicorn, dinosaur, witch, Harley Quinn, superhero, pirate, rabbit, princess.
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