Carbon Costume

…Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) is the lead character on Penny Dreadful. She is introduced as a mysterious and powerful medium, who is sought by the Fallen Angels, who seek to use her powers to bring about the End of Days. Set in Victorian England, Vanessa is usually clad in gorgeous, black, period clothing….

…Molly Finister (played by Kerry Bishe) was a revivalist singer on the show Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. Although she ultimately chose death rather than continue the life her mother had trapped her in, Molly was best known for her stunning voice. Singing like Molly isn’t easy, but her look is fairly straightforward. You’ll need a coiffed blonde wig in a ’30s style and a dress similar to those worn at that time. A handbag, nylons, and heels finis…

Magda (played by Natalie Dormer of Game of Thrones fame) is a shapeshifting demon with a taste for meddling in the affairs of mortals. She has several looks throughout the show, three of which have been recreated here. For Elsa, you will need a blonde wig and a dress in the style of the 1930s. The heels for this costume can also be worn with the costume for Alex, the next person. As Alex is older and a personal assistant her clothes are a little…

…f Angels Spooky Victorian settings are always popular and that was part of Penny Dreadful’s appeal. City of Angels, the spin-off, is set a little later in the 20th century and has gone Stateside to Los Angeles but that doesn’t change the creepiness level at all. And this makes the show a perfect choice for a Halloween group costume, including Molly Finister and Magda! See all Penny Dreadful costumes… Doctor Who Just about any season of Doctor Who…

…y Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful serial, but his fame comes from the Stephen Sondheim musical, which was then adapted into a movie by Tim Burton. Throughout each iteration, his role remains the same: a psychopathic barber who murders his customers. Subsequently, Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies of his victims into meat pies for her shop. He takes on the alias of Sweeney Todd to abandon the ident…

…the fun. If you want a period costume – say something from the 1930s with Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the 1950s with one of the looks from WandaVision, or the 1980s with everything from GLOW to Ghostbusters – then you have a ton of premade playlists to pick from. Sites like Spotify, YouTube, and the recently relaunched 8tracks have search features that let you find music sorted by decade. Others, however, might take a little bit of DIY to put…