Carbon Costume

The convention season has already begun, and cosplayers are already setting trends with their favorite fandoms. Ranging from anime to […]

Lynn Loud, Sr. (voiced by Brian Stepanek) is the patriarch of the titular family at the heart of The Loud House.  Lynn is married to Rita and together they have eleven children including Lynn, Jr.  Lynn, Sr. loves his family but can also be stern when he needs to be.  He is terrified of spiders.  Lynn wears brown shoes and pants, as well as a green checkered dress shirt.  His dark green sweater has slightly darker patches at the elbows, which you can add to your costume with iron on elbow patches.

Reginald “Skull” Skulinski (voiced by Jon Heder) is a character in the animated film Monster House.  Skull is a video game-obsessed man who helps DJ, Jenny, and Chowder when no one else believes them about the true nature of Horace Nebbercracker’s house.  Skull has shaggy hair and a thin mustache.  He wears a work uniform that consists of a yellow polo shirt and matching paper cap.  He finishes his outfit with acid wash jeans and blue sneakers.

Jax is a character in the YouTube miniseries The Amazing Digital Circus created by Gooseworx and produced by GLITCH. After putting on a VR headset, a person gets transported to a circus themed video game, with the AI ringleader, Caine, as its host. He is one of the other players Pomni meets. Jax has the avatar of a purple rabbit with the body of a jester. Nonchalant and mean-spirited, he enjoys tricking and bullying other cast members in the game.

Jake English is a character in the MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck.  He is from Pacific Island, which is also Jade Harley‘s home.  Jake has black hair and glasses.  He wears a white t-shirt with a green skull design, a white button-down shirt left open, white shorts, and white shoes.  You can add a black belt to your costume to emulate the dark band of the shorts he wears.

Karen is a character from the new 2024 musical movie Mean Girls, and is played by Avantika Vandanapu. This new film is based on the Mean Girls musical, a live broadway show that follows the story of the 2004 film Mean Girls, that we all know starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. Karen is a part of ‘the plastics’ which are the group of popular girls in school. She is known as the hilariously ditsy character.

Karen’s costume, like the others in this new take on the story follow current trends. One look you could recreate is this bright and trendy look that features a color-block chunky sweater and a blue crop top that ties in the front. Another is a pink look that features a pink button-front skirt, a pink tie-front sweater over a white lettuce hem top and red sunglasses.

Dorian Wytte is the twin brother of Daniela Wytte in the webtoon series Hooky.  Dorian is studios and social awkward witch, who has better control over his magic than his sister.  He favors black and white clothes, which matches Daniela’s wardrobe.  When he’s younger, Dorian wears black shorts with high socks, boots, and a black blazer and suspenders with a white shirt.  As he grows older, his clothing choices mature.  You can create your costume with pinstripe pants, a dress shirt, and slim black tie.  Alternately, a silk bow and grey vest will also do the trick.

Lisa Frankenstein is a new 80s style horror/comedy film by Zelda Williams. Set in 1989, the film follows a teenager named Lisa in high school who has a new crush that turns out to be a reanimated corpse. The Creature is played by Cole Sprouse.

The Creature goes through different styles and costume changes in this movie, even an 80s makeover. But his most recognizable is this look that features a white shirt, black suspenders, plaid tweed pants, a black scarf, black dress shoes, and of course makeup to really give that undead look.

In The Loud House and The Casagrandes, Sidney “Sid” Chang is a bubbly new girl who befriends Ronnie Anne. She’s of half-Chinese descent, has freckles, and a birthmark on the bottom of her foot in the shape of Abraham Lincoln.

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 them. In between scenes in the film, of course they have musical moments where they stop to preform their songs.

George Harrison has many different costumes int his film, but two in particular are standouts. One is his matching look with the rest of the members that consists of a black duster coat, a red and white scarf, and George in particular wears a black top hat. Another is his all-denim costume with a denim blue button down shirt, and blue denim jeans.