Carbon Costume Posts by Sarah
Maggie Pesky from The Buzz on Maggie
Maggie Pesky (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) is the 13-year-old fly protagonist of the Disney show The Buzz on Maggie. Maggie dreams of being a rockstar and has psychic visions of the future. Maggie’s costume includes chunky boots, a yellow skirt, and bright pink hair and socks. She also often rocks a double-necked guitar, but purchasing one would be an expensive proposition for a costume. Instead, you could use two inflatable guitars and to create a double-necked prop by cutting off the neck of one and taping it closed after it’s inflated. If you’d like to take your costume to the next level, you could also follow a DIY tutorial like this one to create additional arms, as Maggie has four.
Gabriel Agreste from Miraculous Ladybug
Gabriel Agreste (voiced by Keith Silverstein in English) is a fashion designer and father to Adrien on the animated show Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Gabriel’s villainous alter-ego Hawk Moth is the main antagonist of the series, often butting heads with Cat Noir and Ladybug. Because Gabriel is a fashion designer, his clothing is very clean cut and exact. He wears a grey vest, white blazer, and red tailored pants with a white dress shirt. You can use a grey or silver hair wax to style your hair into his trademark pompadour while also imbuing your natural hair with some color.
Richard Hoover from Little Miss Sunshine
In Little Miss Sunshine, Richard Hoover (played by Greg Kinnear) is the son of Edwin, the husband of Sheryl, the father of Olive, and the step-father of Dwayne. Richard is extremely Type A and hopes to become a professional motivational speaker and life coach. Richard wears khakis that too long for him, bulky sneakers, and his cellphone clipped to his belt.
Charly from The Long Kiss Goodnight
In the movie The Long Kiss Goodnight, Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a small town school teacher who suffers from amnesia living with her boyfriend and young daughter. After she thwarts a would-be attacker in her own home, Samantha discovers she is actually a highly-trained CIA assassin named Charlene “Charly” Baltimore. Her transformation into her true self becomes especially evident when Charly ditches her long, red locks for a short bleach blonde bob and she begins tracking down the bad guys responsible for kidnapping her daughter.
Murray Bauman from Stranger Things
In the second season of Stranger Things, Murray Bauman (played by Brett Gelman) is introduced as a private investigator hired by Barb‘s parents to look into her disappearance. Murray also plays an important role in Nancy and Jonathan‘s investigation into the Hawkins lab. Murray is bit nutty and a conspiracy theorist, but he is also shown to be intelligent and dedicated to uncovering the truth.
Hubie Dubois from Hubie Halloween
In the Netflix film Hubie Halloween, Hubie Dubois (played by Adam Sandler) is a deli worker in Salem, Massachusetts. Hubie is the laughing stock of his town, and the butt of many jokes, but this does not deter him from dedicating himself to being the town’s official Halloween Helper, which is obvious when he wears his blue “MONITOR” sash. To create Hubie’s sash, you can take matte navy blue ribbon and write on it with white fabric paint or a marker.
Jonathan Byers from Stranger Things
Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek
Moira Rose (played by Catherine O’Hara) is the wife of Johnny and mother of David and Alexis on the Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek. Moira is an ex-soap star, and her fashion sense is as quirky and eccentric as her personality, making her a fun character to emulate. To recrate some of Moira’s iconic looks, you’ll need to be bold in your layering to achieve the appearance of the high-end pieces she often sports. For instance, a pair of cutout leggings over sheer black tights can evoke the same feel as the expensive Proenza Schouler tights she wears in the third picture.
Ryuk from Death Note
Ryuk is the shinigami who gives Light the notebook that allows him to kill people by simply writing their names in Death Note. Ryuk is an intimidating figure. As a god of death, it makes sense that his aesthetic relies heavily on dark colors and skull imagery. If you have any chains or accessories leftover from your punk phase, this is a great time to reuse them. If you want to go the extra mile, there are also plenty of makeup tutorials for recreating Ryuk’s terrifying face or you could purchase a latex Ryuk mask if the more subtle face covering options aren’t to your liking.
Dani Clayton from The Haunting of Bly Manor
Dani Clayton (played by Victoria Pedretti) is the protagonist of Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror mini series The Haunting of Bly Manor. Dani is a young American hired by a rich British businessman to care for his niece and nephew, Flora and Miles, at their family estate in the country. The children have recently been orphaned and lost their last governess to suicide. The framing of the story begins in 2007, but the events depicted in the series take place in 1987, allowing for lots of fun era-appropriate wardrobe choices in order to emulate Dani’s style.
