Carbon Costume

Karen Plankton is the computer wife of Sheldon J. Plankton in The SpongeBob Musical.  Karen is a computer and, alongside her husband, tries to trick the residents of Bikini Bottom.  Karen’s look in the musical is very different from the ordinary computer screen in the original cartoon series.  To recreate the costume, you’ll want to focus on the futuristic aesthetic.  Karen wears green tights, silver boots, and silver wraparound glasses.  A futuristic space explorer costume is a good stand-in for an official Karen costume, but you can also get close with a silver skirt and a draped top.  Finish the look with a purple wig of your choice and some frosty lilac lipstick.

Doja Cat is known for wearing a plethora of extreme looks when she attends Paris Fashion Week, and she kicked off 2023 in a very memorable ensemble.  Schiaparelli’s Couture Spring-Summer 2023 show saw her in red body paint with more than 30,000 Swarovski crystals applied to her body.  You can choose to recreate her look in a few different ways.  Perhaps the simplest approach would be to use high-quality red body paint and red body glitter to evoke a similarly sparkling look.  If you’re not up for body paint and have a lot more spare time, you could use a bedazzling kit to add red rhinestones to a bodysuit to wear under your dress.  To complete the crimson costume, you’ll need dangly earrings, knee-high boots, and a long scarf in similar shades of rouge.  It can be difficult to track down a popcorn-textured skirt, but you can layer a tulle or fringe skirt over a tube dress to evoke a similar feel.

Emily Cooper (played by Lily Collins) is the protagonist of the Netflix series Emily in Paris.  Initially sent to Paris to oversee a transition at her company, Emily wears an array of eye-popping couture fashion throughout the series.  Some of her most memorable looks include bold colors and unique accessories.  When recreating any of Emily’s looks, it’s important to remember that many of the pieces used on the show are from high-end designers, so it’s okay to find something that’s a close match instead of an exact duplicate.  Focus on colors and silhouettes, like the nude booties shown here which still have the open front feel of the ones Emily wears in the show.  You can also choose to focus on patterns or colors like the two skirts you could decide to pair with her yellow blazer–the tie-dyed skirt has more of that eye-catching color, but the striped skirt maintains the same visual flow as the one from the show because of its lines.

Bayonetta (voiced in Bayonetta 3 by Jennifer Hale) is the titular witch of the PlatinumGames series.  Bayonetta is an Umbra Witch tasked with protecting the multiverse alongside her apprentice Viola in the third installment of the franchise.  Bayonetta’s costume is complex and will require a little creativity to recreate.  As a base, you’ll need black leggings with a lace cutout design and a puffy-sleeved backless shirt.  Bayonetta’s belt and skirt in the game are crafted from her own hair.  If you’d rather not collect your locks to weave a costume, a black obi sash and tutu will suffice.  Lastly, you’ll need light purple gloves, glasses, and a long black wig plaited on either side with red cord.  The gold details of her outfit, if you choose to add them, can be recreated with a glue gun, some gold glue, and applique pieces.  Be strategic about which aspects of her costume are most important to you.  You can add gold flowers to the tutu, floral applique to the gloves, and even some gold details to the heels of your shoes.  Finding a replica gun from the game can be quite expensive, so consider using a toy foam blaster that will help evoke the same feel even if it’s not an exact match.

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Ghoulia Yelps is a character from the Monster High franchise. She is a zombie as well as the smartest student at Monster High. She used to be shy until befriending Cleo de Nile, who helped her become more social. With dolls, cartoons, and a live action movie, Ghoulia has many different styles. Therefore, our costume guide features a variety of pieces to assemble a unique outfit. Her main colors are red, black, and white. Her signatures are a pair of glasses and bright blue hair.

Lady Inari (voiced in Japanese by Kana Hanazawa and in English by Kristen McGuire) is the leader of the main group of antagonists in the anime/manga Kemono Jihen.

She is a Kitsune shifter that rules over the majority of Shinjuku by hypnotically leading the Shinjuku police team, and can be violent and ruthless at the drop of a hat, not hesitating to go full fox mode and tear into someone. Kon used to be her subordinate before defecting, and Nobimaru follows her but absolutely cannot stand her.

Lady Inari has purple eyes and reddish burgundy hair. The outfit she wears is business-like, a purple two toned shirt topped with a blue neckpiece, a white pencil skirt, and white stiletto heels. She wears a (possibly) faux fur coat meant to mimic the appearance of nine fox tails, and she finishes off the look with dangling earrings, red lipstick, and matching nail polish.

Riley (played by Storm Reid) is the roommate and love interest of Ellie on HBO’s series The Last of Us.  Riley is a former classmate of Ellie’s who escaped the Fedra school where they lived together and joined the Fireflies to help liberate the Boston QZ.  Riley lives in an abandoned mall where she’s been stationed by Marlene and sneaks Ellie out of her dorm to see it before she leaves the city.  Riley wears her long blonde braids in a ponytail, with a green headband.  The rest of her attire includes a t-shirt, a navy twill button-down, a hoodie, and jeans.  She also dons sturdy boots and a burgundy backpack.