Carbon Costume

…In the music video for Ayo & Teo’s “Stop Drop Roll” in Just Dance 2022, P2 represents Yamirami. He’s a dancer dressed in urban hip-hop wear, including a red jaguar print jacket and black baggy pants. He wears two gold chains, and yellow sunglasses and a yellow glove on his left hand to match….

…Ian Grimm (played by Rob McElhenney) is the narcissistic video game creator at the heart of the Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest. As the Creative Director for a popular MMORPG game, Ian often butts heads with his lead engineer Poppy Li and other members of the team. Ian has a dark beard and wears primarily black and charcoal colored clothing, he also dons a number of chunky silver rings and beaded bracelets to complete his look….

…In the “Wuthering Heights” music video, English singer-songwriter Kate Bush is seen dancing out in the wild windy moors, adorned with flowers and a flowy red dress. This look has been recreated countless times for pop culture and holidays, including Halloween and The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, held annually around the world….

…Rapper Macklemore has an interesting fashion sense, favoring a mohawk, furs, and gold in his music video for Thrift Shop. But if you really want to replicate his look, head to the nearest Goodwil and wear whatever you get with the twenty dollars in your pocket….

…a security guard in the horror film Five Nights at Freddy’s, based on the video game of the same name. Steve wears gold wire-framed glasses and has a greying beard. He wears mostly bland colors (think pale yellows and browns). While you may not be able to find an exact match for any of his shirts from the film, a yellow and blue striped button-down with a blue Swiss dot tie or a brown plaid shirt with a burgundy and black striped one will do the…

…In the music video for “This is America”, Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) raps and dances as an expression of various themes including being black in America, gun violence, and police brutality. His gold chains are a nod to slavery, his movements to caricatures of Jim Crow, and the yellow shoes, who knows. Sew black buttons on the fly to get the pants matching as close as possible….

Remember that song “Friday?” Its catchy yet obnoxious chorus about “looking forward to the weekend” was stuck in everyone’s head. From parodies to voice dubs, it became one of the most viral memes in existence. Ten years later, Rebecca Black returns with an fast paced, electro-pop remix featuring Dorian Electra, Big Freedia, and 30H!3. Its music video borrows elements from the original, but a grown up, glam-punk Rebecca is street racing as oppose…

…Matty Healy is the lead singer and frontman of the British pop-rock band, the 1975. This is his outfit from their 2018 music video, “Sincerity is Scary,” which has over 6 million views on Youtube. The song is featured on their album “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.”…

…The webcomic Penny Arcade features John “Gabe” Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, who spend most of their time playing and commenting on video games. Gabe is energetic, free-spirited, and obsessed with Pac-Man, while Tycho is bitter, cynical, and enjoys deflating Gabe’s ego….

…Maddie Ziegler is the dancer in Sia’s music video for her hit single “Chandelier”. Her costume is easy enough to pull off but her dance moves might take some practice….