Carbon Costume

Before there were Harajuku girls, Gwen Stefani was fronting No Doubt and setting trends for teenage girls everywhere. Pairing tomboy with girlie girl, ’90s Gwen is easy to pull off. All you need is a crop top and bright red lipstick. You can also pull out those bindis you’ve been hiding since 1995.

Before becoming super-villain Magneto, he was known as Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). One of the most powerful mutants on the planet, Erik has the ability to manipulate metallic objects. With mutant extinction as a real possibility, he’ll put animosity aside to team up with Charles Xavier to help save their future in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

A groupie like no other, Columbia (Nell Campbell) dresses as though she should be leading a circus instead of drooling over Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you’re interested in copying her style then colorful sequins are the way to go. When you think you have enough, add more. Then throw on some red lipstick and do your best Time Warp dance.

If she’s not hanging out with Peter Pan and The Lost Boys, you’ll find Tink spreading magic throughout the world. With a pinch of her fairy dust and happy thoughts in your heart, you can learn to fly like her.

Ken Cosgrove (Aaron Staton) is an account executive at SCDP in Mad Men. Though he may not be as emotionally handicapped like some of his co-workers, he’s now physically handicapped after a hunting accident. Despite the one bad eye, he continues to write science fiction novels under his pen name, Ben Hargrove.

The life of a princess isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Jasmine longs to explore the city beyond the palace walls if only her father would let her. Along with her best friend Raja and her love interest, Aladdin, Jasmine eventually finds happiness and true love along with a little adventure. Put the final touches on this cosplay by following this Princess Jasmine makeup tutorial.

Ron Swanson is a macho, meat-loving government employee who works for the Parks and Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana. This manly man loves anything to do with bacon, eggs or steak, and is a fan of what the locals refer to as the “Meat Tornado”. Ron also enjoys woodworking and playing the sax as his alter ego, Duke Silver.

On Saturday Night Live, Shia LaBeouf plays a fanciful magician. His most famous act is taking your age and subtracting 2. Add 2 again, and you get your real age. Magic!

Andrew WK is a rock singer and songwriter known for his hit single Party Hard, and for partying hard. This outfit just needs one more thing — for you to wear the jeans seven months straight to build up that grime.

Patch Adams (Robin Williams) is an unorthodox physician, who took a more personal approach to his patients by using humor as part of his medical care, which sometimes included dressing up as a clown.