Carbon Costume

Hank Moody is the protagonist of the television series Californication, and is played by David Duchovny. Californication follows Hank, a troubled writer from New York who is experiencing writers block, moves to California and gets caught up in different situations from relationships to addiction.

Hank dresses in the way you might expect a writer would, with a slightly 90s style. He wears lots of blazers and blue tones that he makes more casual with a pair of jeans or a t-shirt. To dress like Hank Moody, layer a brown or blue blazer with a blue shirt and a pair of narrow sunglasses.

James Potter is a character from the Harry Potter book and movie series, where he is played by Adrian Rawlins. He is the father of Harry Potter and marries to Lily Potter before they were murdered by Lord Voldemort. James was also a student at Hogwarts and was said to have been a troublemaker during his time at the school. James Potter appears rarely in the film series but we do get to see him very young and then as a father.

To dress like James as we see him appear in the films, wear a chunky knit sweater, a collared shirt or a collared shirt with a tie underneath the sweater, and pair with round glasses.

Anarky, or Lonnie Machin, is a DC comics character. He is a teenage prodigy who is believed to be the son of the Joker. He believes in anarchism and creates and invents different gadgets to undermine the government in an attempt to improve society.

Typically you’ll see him wearing some sort of white or gold mask. A look of his that can be easily recreated is this one that consists of the mask, a black hoodie with the red ‘A’ symbol which can be done with red fabric paint, black gloves, cameo patterned pants, and black combat boots.

Tim Burton’s 2005 Willy Wonka film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. This film follows the classic story by Roald Dahl about Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe as they join a group of contest winners in which they get the opportunity to tour Wonka’s factory.

Willy Wonka’s costume has some similarities to the original we know with Gene Wilder, but has its own take on the chocolatier. This costume has more of a red and black color scheme, consisting of a red velvet coat, black pants, a black vest, a black hat, pattered collared shirt underneath the vest, gloves, chain accessories, and a cane/ walking stick.

OB is a character from the 2nd season of the Marvel series Loki, and is played by Ke Huy Quan. OB is a new character introduced this season and we see him working at the TVA (Time Variance Authority) in his own workshop where we see him meet and help Mobius and Loki.

OB wears a pair of brown coveralls with green detail, patches, and some distressing to the fabric from his many projects. He pairs this with black framed glasses, a button down shirt, and often carries an orange TVA notebook. This can be created by taking brown coveralls, painting the upper area on the chest and the cuffs of the sleeves with green fabric paint, a watered down wash of deep brown paint for the darker areas, the patch of the three gears on the front of his coveralls can be created by drawing or painting the design on iron-on transfer material, then cutting out the ‘patch’ and then simply iron on the coveralls. For the orange notebook, you can take a blank orange book and paint or draw the TVA logo on the cover, or cut and glue with paper. If you’d like to add even more to this costume, you can layer a utility/ gardening apron with pockets for tools.

Help! is a wacky comedy film from 1965 that follows The Beatles as they are on the run and trying to protect Ringo Starr from a cult that is after him. In between beats in the story, of course they have musical moments where they stop and perform their songs.

Two of these songs that feature this specific costume worn by Paul McCartney are The Night Before and I See You. The costume consists of an all beige suit with matching beige boots and a turtleneck sweater to match. Add a black mop-top wig to complete the look!

Maddie is a character from the Netflix comedy film No Hard Feelings, and is played by Jennifer Lawrence. No Hard Feelings tells a hilarious story of Maddie who is struggling financially and agrees to date a wealthy couple’s ant-social 19-year-old son named Percy.

Maddie has a very summer-y style and dresses slightly younger than the should when dating Percy, as she tries to convince him that she’s closer to his age. Some recognizable outfits she wears are all dresses, like her light blue and white floral dress, hot pink mini dress, and rose gold sequin dress. She pairs most of these with a pink and a gold necklace.

Mobius is a character from the Marvel series Loki, and is played by Owen Wilson. Mobius works at the TVA (Time Variance Authority) and in the new season 2, really secures his place as a duo alongside Loki. In one episode called 1893 in season 2, Loki and Mobius are searching for He Who Remains and find themselves in 1893 at Chicago’s Fair. Their costumes change when entering this time period to match the setting.

Mobius wears a lighter brown or gray tweed, three-piece suit with a brown hat, white rounded collar dress shirt, and a plaid tie that has green to tie into Loki’s green ascot tie. Make a popcorn holder out of rolled brown paper and a piece of tape, and maybe even yellow torn and crumpled pieces of paper to glue in as the popcorn, to add as a prop. This would make such a fun and unique take on the Mobius and Loki duo costume.