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Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus
Ms. Valerie Frizzle (voiced by Lily Tomlin) is the eccentric teacher at the heart of the PBS animated series The Magic School Bus. Ms. Frizzle is loved by her students and known to often take them on incredible field trips with the help of the titular bus. Ms. Frizzle has frizzle ginger hair she wears in a messy bun and often dons boldly batterned dresses with matching shoes and accessories that tie in with her lesson plan. To create your costume, focus on bold funky prints that such as space or dinosaurs and pair them with thematic earrings and shoes. If you can’t find a collared dress, remember that you can layer a simpler dress over a blouse to achieve a similar look and that you can add pins or other accessories to simple shoes to make them look more appropriate. Complete your look with a wig and Liz Ard purse so you can take your trusty chameleon sidekick with you on your next field trip!
Paul Hunham from The Holdovers
Paul Hunham is a character from the new film The Holdovers, and is played by Paul Giamatti. The film follows the instructor at a New England prep school as he is tasked to watch the students that are remaining on the campus during Christmas break. He develops an unlikely friendship with a student named Angus.
Paul, as well as the other characters, sticks to a pretty neutral color palette in his wardrobe. The textures and colors are very cozy and warm with lots of layers that gives us the feel of the cold season they’re in. Paul wears a typical professor costume when teaching that consists of a brown corduroy blazer, gray sweater vest, white button down, and red bow tie. Otherwise he dresses more casually with a warm wool gray coat, a gray plaid/ tweed fedora, with a brown button down under the coat.
Mary from The Muppets
Mary (played by Amy Adams) is the girlfriend of Gary in The Muppets. An elementary school teacher and a capable mechanic, Mary helps Gary’s Muppet brother Walter save the Muppet Theatre. Mary wears many colorful, vintage-inspired outfits throughout the film. When in doubt, reach for bold, bright colors in silhouettes inspired by the 1950s.
Dolores Umbridge
Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) was a Ministry of Magic bureaucrat until she is appointed as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. Don’t let her prim and pink appearance fool you, she’s a witch of the truest sense and will use whatever means necessary to enforce the rules.
Edna Krabappel
Ms. Edna Krabappel is Bart Simpson’s 4th grade teacher, but she couldn’t care less. The only thing on her mind is finding that special someone ever since her husband ran off with another women. After countless years and bad dates, she finds that someone in Ned Flanders. Ha!
