110 Iconic Celebrity Halloween Costumes That Will Stand the Test of Time | Glamour

The best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time run the gamut in terms of style, subject, and execution. Some of the greatest ones are fresh takes on classic characters, such as when Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum went as Rosemary and her baby in 2023. Others are just brilliant feats of glam, for example, Halsey as a mermaid. (You can do something similar after perusing the best Halloween makeup ideas out there.)

Some celebrities have rocked costumes inspired by classic Halloween movies, such as when Jordin Sparks, Dove Cameron, and Sofia Carson dressed up as the witches from Hocus Pocus. And others just went for, well, looking hot. (Please see Megan Fox as Pamela Anderson. What a moment!) And then there is Heidi Klum and her infamous Halloween parties over the years.

In 2024 two major themes emerged among celebrities. For starters, we got a lot of references to Alice in Wonderland, with Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco channeling Alice and the Mad Hatter. Meanwhile, Alix Earle made the “Mad Forest” the theme of her own Halloween bash, going full Heidi Klum as the Cheshire Cat.

Speaking of Heidi Klum, she hosted her annual Halloween bash in a full-on E.T. costume—as did Janelle Monáe, who hosted her own party in Los Angeles. Clearly, both celebrities are as big of fans of Stephen Spielberg’s 1982 classic as they are of prosthetics.

If you need inspiration for next year, check out our picks for the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time. Obviously, we’ll be updating this post as more great outfits come in from this year’s parties.

Have you ever seen such a beautiful ode to Hilary Duff? On October 31, Kylie and Kendall Jenner put on a show as Lizzie & Isabelle from The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).

Kelsea Ballerini kept it classic dressed as Sandy from Grease at Heidi Klum’s Halloween party in New York—and of course, boyfriend Chase Stokes was her Danny Zuko.

I mean…

Cardi B went full bombshell as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) at Hennessy & T Styles Halloween Party in New York City.

Supermodel Irina Shayk was a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie’s Lara Croft in Tomb Raider while out trick-or-treating with her daughter in NYC. Meanwhile, it’s been reported that her ex, Bradley Cooper, is the man inside that fluffy dog costume.

Heidi Klum, phone home. The Halloween Queen and her husband, Tom Kaulitz, dressed as two E.T.s for her annual Halloween party.

Janelle Monáe also channeled her favorite movie character at her own annual Wondaween party in Los Angeles. She first debuted the look on The Jennifer Hudson show on October 30.

You’ll never guess what Kim Kardashian dressed as for Halloween 2024, so I’ll just tell you: She’s an albino alligator.

Celebrities continue to mine other celebrities’ iconic looks for Halloween inspo—and Emily Ratajkowski as Jennifer Lopez in Versace at the 2000 Grammys is just one example.

It’s The Simple Life. Well, actually, it’s Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner dressed as Paris and Nicole in The Simple Life.

Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman, have the force with them.

Hailey Bieber wore two costumes in 2024, her second being Kim Possible. Call her, beep her, if you wanna reach her.

Olympian (and 2024 Woman of the Year) Suni Lee and her younger sister Shyenne dressed as Swan Lake ballerinas for Heidi Klum’s NYC Halloween party.

It’s a New York City Housewife—no, it’s Bethenny Frankel dressed as Wonder Woman!

Is that a rattle we hear? No, it’s just the approach of up-and-coming filmmaker Malia Obama going Western for Billie Eilish’s 2024 Halloween party.

Not sure if she was going for Neo from The Matrix or just wanted to show off her impressive collection of leather accessories, but Sasha Obama definitely made a style statement at Billie Eilish’s 2024 Halloween party.

The couple kicked off the 2024 Halloween festivities with stunning Alice in Wonderland–themed costumes.

Sophie Turner dressed as a character from The Matrix, captioning her Instagram post “Red or blue pill 💊.”

Anne Hathaway got creative with her ghostly Statue of Liberty–inspired look.

The internet personality embraced prosthetics to pull off the most daring look at her “Mad Forest” Halloween party. You can watch the transformation go down on TikTok, of course.

For Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween party, the Taylors Lautner went with a very specific cultural reference. The couple dressed as Pete Davidson and Timothée Chalamet in a Saturday Night Live “Rap Roundtable” sketch from 2020.

Rachel Zegler was not one of the many Snow Whites out and about on Halloween 2023. Instead, for Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween party, she dressed as a different iconic cartoon character: Scooby-Doo’s Daphne.

The couple went with a classic horror movie theme, dressing as the title characters in Rosemary’s Baby.

Justin and Hailey went for a Flintstones-themed couples costume.

MGK and Megan Fox went with an anime couple’s costume for their 2023 Halloween festivities.

Lovato attended Vas Morgan and Michael Braun’s Halloween party on October 28, 2023.

Halsey embraced the sheer trend for her ethereal sea-creature costume.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attended Bette Midler’s Annual Hulaween Bash in NYC at Cipriani South Street on October 27, 2023.

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber were photographed at the annual Casamigos Halloween Party on October 27, 2023.

Meanwhile, Kaia’s parents and party hosts Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford went with a Grease-themed couples costume.

Paris Hilton was “Toxic” at the Casamigos party.

But Paris Hilton wasn’t the event’s only Britney Spears. Jessica Alba and two of her friends channeled the singer’s iconic looks from “Oops!…I Did It Again,” “Toxic,” and “…Baby One More Time.”

Though Turner-Smith’s look is definitely giving “…Baby One More Time” vibes, she’s likely dressed as a generic schoolgirl.

I’m not going to lie, they ate.

Megan Fox and MGK went in Kill Bill–inspired looks.

The country singer nailed this hot-pink ensemble inspired by Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie. “💕🤠 HI BARBIE, HAPPY (early) HALLOWEEN 🤠💕,” she captioned her Instagram post of The Original Donut Shop’s Halloween Party in NYC, which she hosted on October 25.

Kelsea Ballerini strode out as Stereotypical Barbie’s cowgirl. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Chase Stokes nailed the “He’s just Ken” vibe.

Where are the wild things? On Halloween night, at least one “wild thing” was at the Moxy Hotel in New York City. Fox dressed as a creature, while her son dressed as Max from Where the Wild Things Are.

Chrishell Stause and G Flip were serving spooky vibes at the Casamigos party in LA.

Kaia Gerber and Travis Jackson entered the Matrix (and the Casamigos party in LA).

Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber were giving Western at the Casamigos party.

Hilton channeled another ’00s icon, Sailor Moon, at the Casamigos party in LA.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly dressed as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee—a fitting costume for a real-life actor and musician couple.

Because one costume is never enough, MGK and Megan Fox also stepped out as elves on October 31.

Rebel Wilson attended the Casamigos Halloween party in LA as a new-in-the-box Barbie, as did several friends dressed as her plastic peers.

For the 2020 Halloween episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Clarkson dressed as Meryl Streep’s character from the 1992 Robert Zemeckis film Death Becomes Her. But the reference didn’t stop there. The set was transformed to look like the house in the film, with a grand staircase and a living room setup. Clarkson has been a fan of Meryl Streep for a long time, and this over-the-top costume was impressive.

No, that’s not actually Angelina Jolie. In 2020, Selling Sunset star Chrisell Stause appeared as Maleficent for a special villain-themed Halloween episode of Dancing With the Stars.

Honestly, they’re unrecognizable. But where are their cigarettes?

She’s coming to save us all!

Jessica Biel has come a long way since proclaiming she was “not a huge fan” of ’NSync on The Tonight Show. The actor and her husband paid tribute to Timberlake’s boy-band past with their looks for the annual Casamigos Halloween party in Beverly Hills. People reports that the couple was joined by four friends who dressed up as the rest of the iconic group.

After J.Lo brought her iconic Versace dress back to the runway that September, we knew someone would channel her look for Halloween 2019. Sure enough, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna wore a spectacular replica of Lopez’s gown to a Beverly Hills party.

Nina Dobrev was a dead ringer for the “Bad Guy” singer at the 2019 Casamigos Halloween Party, sporting Billie Eilish’s trademark head-to-toe orange oversized sweats, black boots, and neon-green roots. The 30-year-old actor even channeled Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over” music video by painting jet-black tears on her face.

Sashay, she stays.

Even a vamp needs her coffee.

Circus, but make it fashion.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy are shaking.

On Halloween, anything goes.

Rita Ora probably won all the costume contests with this Post Malone getup. This is simply a historically fantastic costume.

She loves rock ’n’ roll.

When it comes to epic Halloween costumes, this might top the list. Harry Styles channels his best Elton John, mimicking his fellow Brit’s outfit from a Dodgers Stadium performance in 1975. Maybe Harry should have starred in Rocketman?

That’s hot.

The former couple attended Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween party as characters from the classic Tim Burton film.

Don’t let the sun go down on her.

LOL, sisters. This was the best part about 2018.

Austin Powers would totally dig this look, baby.

The plane’s captains were played by husband Rande Gerber, left, and George Clooney at a Halloween bash.

She even got the moves down perfectly.

A royal unicorn, that is.

Does Sarah Hyland like tacos or something? Judging by her costume for the Just Jared Halloween party, we’d say so.

She’ll channel the spirit world for you if you ask nicely.

We’re wondering how good her aim is.

Michelle Pfeiffer would be proud.

Giving chills in the best way.

She who shall not be named.

This look suits her well.

The Today show cohost just wants to have fun.

She nailed the pigtails.

Her most dramatic costume ever.

When Rihanna wears pink skeleton makeup, we all want to wear pink skeleton makeup.

As if this costume could be any cuter.

A classic costume always works.

Klum is so committed to Halloween—that makeup must have taken hours.

The Stranger Things star actually bears quite the resemblance to the young wizard.

We guess she left her helmet at home.

They’ve got each other, babe—and they look amazing.

Cher costumes are basically Halloween canon at this point.

We’d pay a lot of money to see this 101 Dalmations reboot.

The queen of Halloween strikes again.

Hopefully she walked around shouting, “Let them eat cake!” all night.

Once a classic, always a classic.

Of course, the Knowles-Carter family goes all out for Halloween.

This was right before the 2016 election—and Perry was campaigning for Hillary.

We could have never guessed that was Teigen underneath that goatee.

From the wig to the yellow skin to that red necklace, she nailed it.

The supermodel is utterly unrecognizable and looks like an actual cartoon.

Tell me about it, stud.

Taylor mashed up not one but two mythical creatures for her costume in 2014, which feels very on brand.

Sheer Barbie, that is. A cute look for any annual Halloween party.

But did she bring pizza to the party?

His “blue steel” was very impressive.

The famous couple looked incredible as the Guns n’ Roses musicians in 2013.

The singer and actor went all out for a Halloween party she hosted in West Hollywood in 2013.

The Real Housewives star channeled her inner Marilyn from Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.

Iggy even brought along her own Dalmatian, which is awesome.

The former couple brought the “November Rain” video back to life in 2011.

Kim Kardashian has given us several sexy celebrity Halloween costumes over the years, but her 2011 turn as Poison Ivy stands out for its playfulness.

Let’s do the Time Warp, again!

We’re just wondering if she stood up the whole night in that hoop skirt.

This feels like a perfect match of celebrity and costume.

Hang ten, dude!

The supermodel was crushing Halloween all the way back in 1996.