Carbon Costume

Ashnikko, or Ashton Nicole Casey, is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. Her debut mixtape Demidevil is a mix of electronic pop, hip-hop, and alternative with a feminist edge to her lyrics. Several of their songs have gone viral on Tiktok, such as “Daisy” and “Stupid” with Baby Tate. Her flirtatious song “Slumber Party” featuring Princess Nokia was featured in the first episode of Netflix’s First Kill. Ashnikko uses she/they pronouns and is known for their Tokyo-street inspired fashion.

Calliope “Cal” Burns (Imani Lewis) is a main character in Netflix’s First Kill. Based on the short story by V.E. Schwab, the plot centers on two enemies: Calliope and Juliette. As the title suggests, each must carry out their first kill — Calliope must kill her first monster and Juliette must feed from her first victim — but they fall for each other instead. Cal comes from a family of hunters, whose mission is to eradicate monsters. Cal senses Juliette is a vampire and uses her keen investigation skills to test the theory with a silver bracelet. But growing closer to Juliette makes her realize not all monsters are evil, like she was raised to believe. She shows tenacity by defending and seeing her despite her family’s warnings. Her style is more trendy, often featuring athletic wear to reflect her hunter training.

Samantha (voiced by Jennifer Hale in English and Claire Guyot in French) is a capable spy on the French cartoon series Totally Spies!  Samantha inherited the spy gene from her mom and is under careful surveillance by Jerry Lewis before eventually being asked to join WOOHP where she teams up with fellow spies Alexandra and Clover.  Samantha’s main costume is her green spy outfit which consists of heeled boots, gloves, and a bodysuit.  She also has long copper red hair that she wears pushed back off her forehead.  To recreate her suit, don’t be afraid to get creative by adding some foam details to emulate the more high-tech aspects.  If the self-adhesive velcro doesn’t work for you, simply reach for your preferred fabric-safe glue to achieve the same effect!

Elinor Fairmont (Gracie Dzienny) is an antagonistic character in Netflix’s First Kill. Based on the short story by V.E. Schwab, the plot centers on two enemies: Calliope and Juliette. As the title suggests, each must carry out their first kill — Calliope must kill her first monster and Juliette must feed from her first victim — but they fall for each other instead. Elinor is Juliette’s older sister, a Legacy vampire with the power to control minds. Unlike her younger sister, Elinor sees nothing wrong with killing humans. She tries to encourage Juliette to give into her true nature and make her first kill. But it’s revealed her intentions have been sinister and self-centered. Her style is similarly girlish, but oppositely provocative to contrast her sister’s purity.

Mable Mora (played by Selena Gomez) is a main character in Only Murders in the Building on Hulu.  When Mable arrives at the Arconia apartment complex in New York City, she’s a bit of an anomaly.  An artist, it turns out Mabel is staying at her aunt’s for free in exchange for fixing it up, but she has a complicated past with the Arconia, which is revealed over the course of the first season of the true-crime podcast she hosts with Charles and Oliver.  Season two sees her past further revealed after a bloody discovery in her apartment.  Mabel wears a number of quirky outfits, often borrowing pieces from her aunt’s wardrobe to mix and match unique looks.  Focus on finding some cozy retro-looking sweaters and pops of color when putting together your costume.

Addison Wells (played by Meg Donnelly) is the main protagonist of the Disney Channel original movie franchise Z-O-M-B-I-E-S. Addison is a cheerleader at Seabrook High School.  Born with white hair, she wears a wig for most of her life until it is revealed she is actually half-alien and her hair grows to its natural blue color.  There are three ways you could go about dressing as Addison:  in her regular clothing, a cheerleading uniform, or after she embraces her otherworldy identity.  The first two are relatively simple, rely on shades of pink and a bubbly attitude as well as a blonde wig.  For her alien look, you’ll want to layer plenty of metallic silver pieces as well as a blue skirt and wig.

In Dead by Daylight, Haddie Kaur is a paranormal podcaster / investigator who has visited several sites that were related to the Entity of Dead by Daylight. Many different versions of her have appeared in the lore tomes of Dead by Daylight, covering her close encounters with the monsters of the Entity. Her style reflects her colorful yet practical personality, her white hair streak covered by blue dye, and loud patterned shirts with worn jeans giving way to a theatrical facade hiding how she is haunted by her past.

Octavia (voiced by Barrett Wilbert Weed) is an avian demon in the web cartoon Hazbin Hotel.  Octavia is sarcastic with an interest in collecting taxidermy that suits her gothic appearance.  Octavia has messy hair and long grey tail feathers.  She wears a pink dress and black beanie.  To recreate her look, don’t be afraid to be a little interpretive.  White face paint with purple eyeshadow can evoke her unique appearance.  The wings pictured, though meant to be worn over the arms, can be detached into two halves and worn on the legs if you’re feeling particularly crafty.  (Safety pins can do a lot to help secure them in place by pinning them to other items of clothing.)  If you are just looking for a short-term costume, gold star stickers can be added to the dress for an evening.  Otherwise, you may want to get out the hot glue gun or splurge for iron-on patches in the same star shape.