Carbon Costume Women
Pearl from Pearl (2022)
Pearl is the main character from the A24 film by Ti West, and is played by Mia Goth. Pearl is the origin story of the previous film in West’s series, X.
Pearl is a character that is stuck living and working on her family’s farm in rural Texas. She longs for a glamorous life on the screen, like she sees in the movies and goes killer lengths to attempt to achieve this. Pearl’s usual attire consists of blue overalls, a blue shirt, and lace bows or a blue bandana. When she goes to audition for a film, she wears an all-red dress with puffy sleeves and a large blue denim bow.
Wickerbottom from Don’t Starve Together
Wickerbottom is one of the original playable characters in the survival horror game series, Don’t Starve.
She is a librarian that loves cats, and has an extensive knowledge of a wide variety of topics. This is expanded upon in her short, where she is shown essentially absorbing the entirety of the information in her library.
Wickerbottom has white hair worn up in a tight bun, and beady black eyes, unlike a lot of the other characters. She wears low, rectangular glasses, a yellow patterned button up shirt, a dark red skirt, black tights, and white clog-like shoes.
Olivia Rodrigo in “Bad Idea, Right?”
Olivia Rodrigo is a pop singer/songwriter who started her music career in 2021 with “Driver’s License.” Her debut album, Sour, dominated the pop charts. Off the heels of the recent single “Vampire,” comes “Bad Idea, Right?” The music video features Olivia leaving a party to see her ex, which she contemplates through the lyrics of the song. The promo picture featured Olivia in front of a mirror, with the title written in red lipstick. The music video has 11 million views and over 50 million streams on Spotify. Fans can expect her second studio album, Guts, later this year.
Weiss Schnee (Formal Dress) from RWBY
Weiss (voiced in English by Kara Eberle and in Japanese by Yōko Hikasa) is one of the main title characters of the animated series RWBY.
This is the formal dress outfit that she wears in the episode ‘Dance Dance Infiltration’ in Volume 2.
Weiss has long white hair, worn up in a side ponytail and topped with a spiked hair piece. She has blue eyes, one with a light scar across it, and she’s wearing long thin bar earrings. For her formal outfit, she has a white dress with side cutouts and a mesh strap top, and she wears white pumps to finish off the look.
Ruby Rose (Formal Dress) from RWBY
Ruby Rose (voiced in English by Lindsay Jones and in Japanese by Saori Hayami) is the main protagonist of the animated series RWBY.
This is the formal dress outfit that she wears in the episode ‘Dance Dance Infiltration’ in Season 2.
Ruby has black hair with red highlights, and silver eyes. For this outfit, she wears a red dress with a mesh top and black accents, and a black belt piece. It’s finished off with greyish tights, and black pumps.
Mrs. Puff from the SpongeBob Musical
Mrs. Puff (played by Abby C. Smith) is a character from Spongebob the Musical. She is a pufferfish. As a teacher in Bikini Bottom, Mrs. Puff helps students like SpongeBob SquarePants learn to drive boats as a means of underwater transportation. In the Broadway musical, Mrs. Puff wears a bright blue jacket with polka dots and a pillbox hat to match. To recreate her appearance from the stage production, focus on finding a coat in your budget that has a bit of flare to the bottom. Layer it over a red petticoat skirt and blue and green striped tights. Mrs. Puff’s accessories include an oversized pearl necklace, teal gloves, and Mary Jane shoes. Finish the look with blue eyeshadow and red lipstick.
Lucy from I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Lucy is the main character from the film I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman, and is played by Jessie Buckley. This film that you can find on Netflix is based off of the book by Iain Reid. Lucy is a character we follow throughout the story as she goes with her boyfriend to visit his family’s home and farm as the world around her begins to change.
In the beginning of the film, Lucy wears a bright red coat paired with a yellow scarf and matching red wool beret over a navy blue floral skirt/dress and a brown striped sweater.
Cosmo from Cucumber Quest
Cosmo is a talented inventor from the Space Kingdom in the webcomic Cucumber Quest. They help Cucumber and Almond occasionally throughout their quest. Cosmo has black hair and grey skin with pink freckles, which you can recreate with body paint and an eyeliner pen. They also have a pair of grey rabbit-like ears. Their clothes consist of a light purple shirt and black leggings under dark blue star-and-planet-themed shortalls. You can add the cosmic design with some fabric paint yourself. Accessorize with pink gloves, blue polarized glasses, and some star pins; a black one at your throat and two silver ones on the straps of your overall shorts.
Joan (Salma Hayek) from Black Mirror
Joan, played by Salma Hayek is from the episode Joan Is Awful from the Netflix series Black Mirror (Season 6). Joan Is Awful is about an average woman named Joan who discovers her life has been adapted into a television series on a popular streaming service for everyone to watch. The actress who plays her is Salma Hayek.
Salma-Joan wears bold costumes like a stunning, over-the-top yellow jumpsuit with a green purse. Another features Joan’s distinct hairstyle, a brunette wig with blonde front pieces. She wears this with a green blazer and white shirt.
Penelope Blossom from Riverdale
Penelope Blossom (played by Nathalie Boltt) is a recurring character in the CW series Riverdale. The mother of Cheryl and Jason, Penelope is manipulative and cunning, with a penchant for poisons. She has copper hair and favors the color red in nearly all of her ensembles. She wears a glove on her left hand to cover scars after receiving third-degree burns. When crafting your costume, focus on chic silhouettes, carefully styled hair, and crimson pieces that really pop.
