Carbon Costume

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 (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.

Sydney is from the series The Bear and is played by Ayo Edebiri. The Bear is about a chef named Carmen, who has quit fine dining and returns to Chicago to try and fix the run down sandwich shop, previously owned by his brother who passed. Sydney is the sous chef that joins this restaurant in season one, and we watch her help Carmen restore it.

Sydney wears the same uniform most of the kitchen staff does, which is a deep blue denim apron, a white shirt, black pants and non-slip shoes. She also wears various bandanas of different colors and patterns which makes her stand out amongst the rest of the staff. Add two kitchen towels at your sides and you’ll look just like this sous chef!

Hawks (voiced in Japanese by Yuichi Nakamura and in English by Zeno Robinson) is one of the main pro heroes in the anime/manga My Hero Academia.

He is currently the No.2 Pro Hero, and has a variety of ties to different groups, both current and former. His Quirk incorporates his wings, allowing him to fly and control individual feathers for attacks.

Hawks has golden messily spiked hair, and golden-brown eyes that he wears yellow goggles over, in tandem with ear protectors. His outfit is built for flight, streamlined for the black and gold underlayer, with bulky and warm tan outer layers. He wears a thick pair of black gloves, black socks, and black boots, and has a large set of red wings coming from his back.

Shino Aburame (voiced by Shinji Kawada and Darek Stephen Prince) is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto.  He is a member of Team 8, under Kurenai Yuhi, alongside Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka.  He can control bugs that live inside his body as part of his clan’s special technique.  Members of the Aburame clan are known for wearing dark glasses that obscure their eyes, and Shino is no exception.  In the original series, he also wears brown pants and a grey-green jacket with a high collar that covers his mouth.  When creating your costume, try to find a jacket with a high-stand collar.  In the later episodes of Shippuden, Shino wears a green hooded jacket with a black shirt beneath instead having the collar that covers the lower portion of his face. A cowl neck zip-up can serve this purpose well.  During the Fourth Shinobi War, he also wears a Konoha standard-issue flak vest.  No matter which version you choose, don’t forget your forehead protector, kunai pouch, sandals, and round sunglasses.

Stain (voiced in Japanese by Go Inoue and in English by Robert McCollum) is one of the initial antagonists in the series My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia.

He is a villain known as the Hero Killer, and one of the main antagonists early on in the series, focusing on Iida’s part of the story.

Stain has extremely spiky and messy hair, and tiny red eyes that are framed by a tattered cream mask. He wears a thick red headband, a tattered red scarf, a black and grey tank top/vest combo, black pants, and a large variety of holsters, with spiked boots with knee guards, black bracers, a tan belt with a holster, and cream arm wraps. Also several blades.

Baki Hanma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki and Troy Baker in the 2018 anime) is the protagonist of Baki the Grappler.  Baki trains as a fighter so he can surpass and defeat his father Yuujiro Hanma as vengeance for the death of his mother Emi Akezawa.  Baki has shaggy brown hair and a beauty mark over his lip that resembles Emi’s.  For your costume, you’ll need a pair of red shorts to emulate Baki’s preferred fighting uniform.  While finding an exact match might be difficult, plenty of options exist that are very similar, so choose your favorite.  You’ll also need white hand wraps and athletic tape, and you can use a pair of open-toed grip socks to protect your feet.  Baki is covered in scars from his hard years of training, and you can use scar wax to recreate these.  Depending on how many you decide to wear, you may need extra wax.  Choose a concealer in your skin tone (the one linked comes in many) to conceal the edges.  Finally, use a black eyebrow pencil to add your beauty mark and you’re ready for a fight!

Lars is a member of the Go Jetters, a group of four heroes who travel the world in the British animated children’s series. Lars is the resident expert mechanic who can fix just about anything. Even though he’s British, he loves the Eiffel Tower in France. His catchphrase is “Geographic!”