Carbon Costume

Cassandra is a character from the new Netflix series KAOS, and is played by Billie Piper. KAOS is a modern dark comedy series that is inspired by the characters and stories of Greek mythology.

To dress like Cassandra, start with an oversized denim jacket. Distress with things like sandpaper and acrylic or fabric paint focused at the seams. Wear a maroon tank top, flannel layered between the jacket and tank, and any pants or jeans and shoes. Use black eyeliner and eyeshadow to smudge around the eyes and create a line down the nose. You can also use the black eyeshadow to smudge on the neck, face, and top of the chest to create the dirty look. Tease your hair to create the messy style and put it half up in a ponytail.

Dark Princess is an animatronic that was released with the ‘Carnevil’ set of themeing from Spirit Halloween for the 2024 season. A tiny powerhouse of a jumpscare, she pops up from her base and screams to startle passersby.

Her lore tells us that she was curious about the goings-on down on Earth and decided to start hunting reapers, until she came across Lucifer and was captivated by his beauty. He convinced her to join him and start tempting humans into darkness, and now she works at his side causing chaos and destruction.

Dark Princess’ design is fairly simple for an animatronic, with her color scheme being very monochromatic. Her hair is shoulder length and styled in a hime type cut, her face is heavily distorted with her eyes and mouth being black stretched out voids, and she has fabric draped black wings. She has a black underskirt, and a white dress with a peter pan collar and the hems of her skirt and sleeves dip-dyed in a blackish-grey that’s seemingly consuming the white.

My Melody is a Sanrio character. She is a white rabbit who is best friends with Hello Kitty, and the sweeter counterpart to Kuromi. She also enjoys baking. In sharp contrast to Kuromi’s black and purple palette, her colors are light pink and white. Opt for a soft look with ruffles and flowers. The headband elevates the look into cosplay.

Gawrsh! Goofy is an animated Disney character and one of the Sensational Six. Childish yet good-natured, he is Mickey’s good friend (not to be confused with Mickey’s pet dog, Pluto). As his name describes, he loves to make jokes and gags, though his clumsiness lands him into the occasional trouble. In A Goofy Movie, we find out he has a son named Max, where he’s a still silly but well-meaning parent. His signature guffaw sounds like “a-hyuck!” You can use black face paint for your nose, and you can wear a pair of light blue jeans if you’re not feeling the chinos.

Persephone (originated on Broadway by Amber Grey) is the wife of Hades in the musical Hadestown.  Persephone is meant to spend half the year in the human realm, and half in the underworld with her husband.  During the musical, this balance is thrown off and Persephone spends less and less time above ground with Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydice, which results in harsher and harsher weather.  Persephone’s costume is meant to evoke the hopeful green of springtime.  It’s difficult to find an exact replica of her bright green dress, so don’t be afraid to play with layers and textures to build your silhouette.  Try layering a lace long top beneath a buff sleeve blouse and then pairing them with a green asymmetrical skirt.  You’ll need a flower crown for your hair, black tights and booties, and a floral detailed tote bag.  Finish the look with a luxuious faux fur coat.

Rachel (voiced in Japanese by Haruka Chisuga and in English by Meg McClain) is the main character in the Angels of Death franchise.

She is an amnesiac teenage girl that wakes up in an unfamiliar place, and then gets thrown unwittingly into a death game as the sacrifice for all the floor masters. She ends up getting chased around by Zack, a serial killer, who violates the rules of the floor and gets wrapped up into the same predicament as her. They form a truce of sorts, where he agrees to kill her when they get out, as long as she helps him escape.

Rachel has long blonde hair and her eyes are a dull blue (though this changes slightly throughout the series). She wears a black and white striped baggy shirt, with an oversized white cardigan over it, and short black shorts. Her outfit is finished off with a solid black choker necklace, a black shoulder bag, and black ankle boots with side buckles.

Ohya (voiced in Japanese by Yumi Uchiyama and in English by Amanada Winn-Lee) is a secondary character in the Persona 5 series.

She is a paparazza and is determined to be the first one on the scene when it comes to finding out information about the Phantom Thieves. You end up making a deal with her, and she becomes a part of your Confidants roster, with her assigned arcana card being that of ‘The Devil’.

Ohya has a short black bob cut, and light brown eyes. She wears red lipstick, and a pair of orange tinted sunglasses on top of her head, in addition to her camera around her neck. Her main outfit consists of a white long sleeved undershirt with a black t-shirt with the worlds ‘low life fight the power’ on it in bright pinks and blues, light blue jeans, and black converse-type shoes. She finishes this off with a light pink fannypack worn backwards around her waist through her belt loops, and a water bottle attached to a carrying harness.

Lewis is a Target Halloween decoration turned TikTok sensation. He is an 8 foot tall, light-up pumpkin ghoul dressed in a tattered hooded robe. He  lets out eerie sounds – but also friendly greetings, in which he introduces himself as Lewis. Just don’t call him a jack-o-lantern! Target happens to carry a pumpkin mask that works perfect with this costume idea.