Carbon Costume

Jenny is a character from the classic 1994 film Forrest Gump, and is played by Robin Wright. In this film, Jenny is the love interest of Forrest and we get to see her at many different stages throughout her life, starting at childhood when she first met him. Her costumes change along with her, and how she wants to show her personality at different stages.

In the phase covered here, these costumes are often called her “hippie” outfits. To dress like Jenny in this era, wear a fur lined faux suede coat. Another way is you could go all out with a white frock maxi dress and layer a long fringe brown vest over it and a brown wide belt at the waist. Add some buttons to one side of the vest and you have the perfect Jenny outfit for every day life or as a costume, maybe even with your significant other as Forrest Gump.

Kelly is a character from the new film Fly Me to the Moon, and is played by Scarlett Johansson. The film takes place in the 1960s and is a romance/ comedy between two characters: Cole, a NASA official and Kelly, a marketing executive as they make preparations for the Apollo 11 moon landing.

To dress like Kelly, wear a sleeveless yellow bow blouse, high-waisted orange cropped trousers, a purple printed scarf in your hair, and carry a clipboard with a NASA sticker on the back.

Kinds of Kindness is a new film by Yorgos Lanthimos and is a triptych fable that follows three unique characters and their stories. Willem Dafoe plays the character(s) of Raymond/George/Omi.

To dress like Dafoe, wear a bright pink windbreaker or rain jacket over a burnt orange turtleneck sweater, purple-grey joggers, dusty blue knitted socks, and outdoor or hiking sandals.

Cole is a character from the new film Fly Me to the Moon, and is played by Channing Tatum. The film takes place in the 1960s and is a romance/comedy between two characters: Cole, a NASA official and Kelly, a marketing executive as they make preparations for the Apollo 11 moon landing.

To dress like Cole, wear a navy blue polo with dark trousers, or a green mock neck short sleeve sweater shirt. He also wears a deep gray checked/ plaid blazer with a skinny black retro tie and a white button down shirt.

Sabrina Carpenter continues to impress and surprise fans online with her music videos. The most recent is for her song Taste, and stars herself alongside Jenna Ortega. They both humorously target each other in bloody fashion throughout the video. This would be a perfect duo costume for two friends with a few different looks to choose from.

Starting with her funeral look, wear a long sleeve black dress, a black fascinator hat in your hair, and black heels. For the look with the chainsaw, start with a black sleeveless dress and black heels. Wear a white tank top with a sweetheart neckline under the dress, with the top peeking over the neckline. Carry a costume prop chainsaw which can be painted by first using any white paint as a base on the part you hold. Then dry brush or completely paint over it with a cool pink paint. On the saw portion, paint with red. For her nurse look, wear a short, off-the-shoulder white dress, a white nurse hat, and a white eye patch. Add the Red Cross with paint or a marker, or red felt and glue. Wear this with a matching red lipstick.

MaXXXine is the new third installment of the Ti West’s X series starring Mia Goth. In this new film, we follow an adult film star Maxine Minx in 1980s Hollywood as she finally gets her big break as an actress. She eventually faces a killer who stalks the stars of Los Angeles.

To dress like Maxine in her denim-on-denim costume, wear a light-wash denim vest top, fitted light-wash denim jeans, gold hoops, oversized purple and black sunglasses, white heels, and a white chunky acrylic bracelet. Another one of her looks features the same gold hoops, a green bomber jacket, black sparkly tank top, and a black sparkly mini skirt.

Sabrina Carpenter continues to impress and surprise fans online with her music videos. The most recent is for her song Taste, and stars herself alongside Jenna Ortega. They both humorously target each other in bloody fashion throughout the video. This would be a perfect duo costume for two friends with a few different looks to choose from.

Starting with her funeral look, wear an off-the-shoulder black gown with black heels. For the blue gingham look, wear a blue gingham top and matching blue denim pants with white heels and a silver heart necklace. To create the bloodied spot on the top, slowly layer red paint and as you get towards the center, mix in more black. Water down the paint to eliminate brush strokes or dab on with paper towels. Finally, for the fence-post costume, you could either go with a bloody spot or two like the previous look, or actually attach posts to your front. Start with a blue pin-up style blouse, black cropped pants, a black wide waist belt, and black heels. To wear this without making the posts, simply follow the same steps to paint two spots like the previous costume. To make the posts, cut out two of the same shape out of white foam. These will be attached at the bottom of them to a nylon adjustable belt that you will wear backwards, putting the buckle at the center of your back. Wear a black camisole under this because you will cut a hole in the blue shirt. Cut the hole to the size of the posts on your stomach, which you’ll paint with red acrylic paint, going darker as you get closer to the stomach. Paint around the hole you cut in the shirt, also getting close to black at the center. Layer the blue shirt over the camisole and belt/ posts.

Michelle Jones-Watson, better known as MJ, is a character played by Zendaya from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the Spider-Man films. She is a recurring love interest of Spider-Man.

To dress like MJ, you could go for a couple different looks. One is a black animal print dress with a black denim coat. Another, which would make a great duo/ couples costume, is a white long-sleeve shirt with an image of Joan of Arc printed on the front, a black contrast-stitch denim jacket, black jeans, and black converse sneakers.