Carbon Costume

…lable for your next holiday costume party! Father Christmas The only North American predecessor to Santa Claus is Father Christmas. He looks a lot like today’s Santa except he opts for a long robe – usually in green or blue but also sometimes red – over the coat and trousers Americans are used to seeing. He also carries a magic staff rather than the usual sack of gifts. If he looks familiar it’s likely because he was the inspiration for the Ghost…

…h Paulson) guides her students with a gentle, caring hand in the TV series American Horror Story: Coven. She is the daughter of the former and extremely powerful Supreme, although she and her mother have a strained – and sometimes murderous – relationship. Cordelia, a master of herbs and potions, understands the dark powers gathering against her coven and will sacrifice everything to protect it. This guide is for her outfit after she looses her ey…

…In American Hustle, crazy troublemaker Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) has a love of self-help books, cigarettes, and champagne. Ditzy Rosalyn couldn’t keep a secret if her life depended on it, but boy does she look good while doing housework….

…In the TV series American Horror Story: Coven, Misty Day (Lily Rabe) is a hippie witch, wandering the New Orleans swamps while listening to Stevie Nicks. She has the incredible power of Resurgence, or bringing things back from the dead. After her community shunned her as a necromancer, she fled to the swamps before arriving at Miss Robichaux’s Academy. She dresses in long, flowing, boho clothing with heaps of jewelry….

…In American Hustle, FBI agent Richie Dimaso (Bradley Cooper) is a schemer with a beautiful head of curls. Teaming up with a group of hustlers, Dimaso channels all his energy into taking down a couple of shady politicians, all while looking pretty darn suave….

…Twisty is a disgraced clown played by John Carroll Lynch in American Horror Story: Freak Show who uses increasingly twisted methods to regain his position as an entertainer of children. He wears a makeshift prosthetic mask nearly as terrifying as the disfigured face beneath….

…In Wet Hot American Summer, Victor Pulak (Ken Marino) is a counselor at Camp Firewood, a Jewish camp located in Maine. With his sleeveless shirt and cutoff jorts, he lets it all hang out in the summer….

…In Wet Hot American Summer, Coop (Michael Showalter) is the hopeless romantic and quintessential nice guy. Unfortunately this means that he doesn’t get a lot of interest from the girls. His first girlfriend, Donna, ends up leaving him for another guy. Then Katie, the girl he develops a crush on, decides she’d rather be with Andy even though he’s a jerk. Hopefully he’ll find someone who appreciates him just the way he is before camp is over….

The main protagonist of the TV series American Horror Story: Coven, Zoe Benson (Taissa Farmiga) finds herself at Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Women after discovering that she has the unfortunate power to kill her lovers during sex. Through her eyes the viewers learn about the history of the Academy, the power struggles within and without and the difficulty of interpersonal conflicts with powerful witches. Within the coven she dr…

…In Wet Hot American Summer, McKinley Dozen (Michael Ian Black) may not be the best camp counselor but he’s pretty good at matching his wardrobe. Whether you’re feeling nostalgic for the ’80’s or your own summer camp experience, McKinley’s ringer T-shirt and matching red shorts are sure to take you back to a carefree time….