10 Halloween Costumes to Relive 2024’s Greatest Moments

This year has been full of ups and downs, and there’s no time like Halloween to revisit all of those moments. From AI fumbles to standout pop stars, these are the trendiest Halloween costumes for 2024 that we can’t wait to wear. 

When it comes to Halloween costumes, the 2024 Summer Olympics is an embarrassment of riches. There are just so many incredible standouts we hope to see walking the dusky streets that we can’t choose just one.

These are some of the incredible outfits we hope to see get their costume laurels:

• Raygun: She might have missed out on an Olympic medal, but there’s still time to clinch the Best Halloween Costume win.
• Stephen Nedoroscik: Glasses wearers there’s finally a costume tailor-made for you thanks to this pommel horse hero.
• Yusuf Dikec: Dads everywhere can rejoice over this Turkish silver medalist’s laid-back Olympic style.
• Sha’Carri Richardson: She stunned at the Olympics, and you can wow the Halloween crowd, too, in her showstopping look. 
• Kim Ye-ji: Step aside, greasers, there’s another cool cat costume in town, and she has a silver medal.

Beyonce might not have invented country music, but she did give birth to an iconic Halloween costume when she released her genre-bending album Cowboy Carter earlier this year. From jean chaps to a slick red, white, and blue rodeo outfit, Beyonce’s western-inspired looks are a Halloween must-see.

Look past the grotesque portrait of complex family dynamics and obsessive relationships that is Love Lies Bleeding, and you’ll discover the wonder of casual costuming that drips with sapphic inspiration. Don’t have a big costume budget this year? Take a pair of scissors to a t-shirt and an old pair of jeans, and you’ll be ready to tear through the Las Vegas landscape.

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We’re just as excited as all the poly couples are to have a stylish and sporty trio costume to wear this year thanks to Luca Guadagnino’s hit film, Challengers. From those tight tennis whites to Zendaya’s elegant wrap dresses, we can’t wait to see throuples stun in their athleisure ensembles.

Let’s face it — we haven’t seen a pop star serving look-after-look like Chappell Roan has been since Lady Gaga circa 2009. The Midwest Princess is known for her heightened, more-is-more drag ensembles, and we couldn’t be more in love with them.

Never fear costumers. Chappell Roan is here. There are so many looks to choose from whether it’s her recent Medieval-inspired VMA performance outfit or her devilishly delicious My Kink Is Karma music video outfit.

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Sabrina Carpenter’s really come into her own in terms of styling with her latest album, Short n’ Sweet. There are bombshell-inspired pin-up looks and camp movie references galore. If you like a little side of seduction with your Halloween sweets, Carpenter’s visual catalog is the way to go.

Lady Gaga stole the show in the long-awaited Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux as a unique interpretation of DC’s Harley Quinn called Lee Quinzel. With easy-to-replicate makeup and a fashionably clownish costume, this is the kind of fresh take on superhero costumes that we love to see.

Scroll through TikTok or Instagram, and a clip from a random guy with a podcast will undoubtedly slip its way into your feed. We’re in the “anyone with access to a microphone and a blank corner of a room” stage of podcasting, and we can’t wait to see the lovingly sarcastic spins on this internet phenomenon.

No, we haven’t forgotten about the unbelievable con that was Glasgow’s Willy’s Chocolate Experience. While the strange Willy Wonka-inspired AI debacle wasn’t a hit for attendees, it had a major moment on social media.

We hope to see you grab your black robes and slip into The Unknown or don your green Party City bob and become an Oompa Loompa just in time for Halloween.

The Substance is a recent body horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley that speaks to the social fears about aging and losing relevance. There are so many great costumes to pick from, but our favorite is the vibrant deep blue velvet dragon robe. It looks sumptuous, cozy, and comfortable — must-meet criteria for Halloween.

Haven’t planned your Halloween costume yet? Don’t worry. There’s still loads of time to send 2024 out in style. We can’t wait to see what you wear!