51 of the best Halloween costume ideas from celebrities that will always win spooky season

3. Bride of Frankenstein

Kourtney Kardashian rang in the 2023 Halloween season early, as she shared a throwback snap from last year of her dressed up as Bride of Frankenstein. With the gigantic black and white bouffant wig, white ensemble, white foundation and dark lip, the reality star nails the terrifying look.

4. Mia from The Princess Diaries

If The Princess Diaries defined your childhood, you will adore this homage to the famous 2001 flick. Camilla Cabello dressed as Mia Thermopolis, the awkward high schooler-turned-Princess of Genovia, wearing the gloves, sungalsses and headphones that graced all of our VHS covers. Talk about a nostalgic throwback!

5. Elphaba from Wicked

Pretty Little Liars' Shay Mitchell leaned into her wicked side with this look. While she went full green as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, her daughter took on the role of Glinda. We have been changed ‘for good’ after seeing this!

6. Gotham City Trio

The Riverdale trio absolutely nailed it with this homage to the DC Gotham City Trio comics about Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn — their hair colours make them a perfect fit and we could not be more obsessed.

7. Cher and Dionne from Clueless

As if! This is the chicest argyle mother-daughter costume we've ever seen. The only thing missing is that iconic fluffy pink pen.

8. Vampire vibes

Zoe Kravitz looked super cool, as usual, dressed as a vampire at the Casamigos Halloween Party.

9. Jessie from Toy Story

Kendall Jenner pulled from the 90s dressing-up box this year as she transformed into Jessie from Toy Story.

10. Marge Simpson

Emily Ratajkowski dressed up as a sexy Marge Simpson at Heidi Klum's Halloween party.

11. Michael Jackson Thriller

Believe it or not, this is Heidi Klum, the undisputed queen of Halloween.

12. Bad Grandma

Ditching her usual Halloween glam, Maya Jama opted to dress up as ‘Bad Grandma’ last year – facial prosthetics and all.

13. Hocus Pocus

YASSSS, Bette Midler! We love that for her 2016 Halloween party she dressed up as her character from her 1993 hit movie, Hocus Pocus.

14. Chucky and Bride of Chucky

For their first Halloween as a married couple, Kourtney and Travis dressed up as Chucky and the Bride of Chucky.

15. Rogue from X-Men

Keke Palmer perfectly tapped into her fans' obsession with her being cast as Rogue in Marvel's X-Men reboot, proving to producers just how great she'd look.

16. Mystique from X-Men

Never one to do things by halves, Kim Kardashian is the go-to person for Halloween costume ideas. One year, she blew us away as she transformed into a very convincing version of the X-Men character Mystique.

17. Storm from X-Men

Chloe channelled the classic X-Men hero ‘Storm’ and got the official seal of approval from icon Halle Berry (who played the role several times), who commented: “you slayed this”.

18. The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz

Kylie Jenner and the make-up mogul's BFF Hailey Bieber shared a snap of her dressed up as the legendary The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz while posing in a bathtub. We appreciate the dedication with her green body paint and cuddling up to a skeleton.

19. Pumpkin head

Megan Thee Stallion shared snaps at home in her silky pyjamas and a carved pumpkin on her head. She was seen reading a book and enjoying a drink while ringing in the Halloween season in style!

20. Dorothy from Wizard of Oz

Harry Styles styled a blue and white chequered mini dress, paired with bright red tights, topped off with the iconic ruby slippers… can you guess who he was? No other than Wizard of Oz’s finest, Dorothy. The outfit was paired with a matching bow, rosy-red cheeks and a fabulous attitude (as always) for the season! Happy Harryween!

21. Squid Game contender

We couldn’t complete our round-up without a Netflix Squid Game contender, and Hailey Kiyoko did us proud with her *very* accurate costume. She wore the iconic forest green jacket, brought to life with the number ‘067’. Her hair was just the right amount of messy and tousled, too, considering the circumstances.

22. Britney in Baby One More Time and Oops I Did It Again

We're giving Hailey Bieber a round of applause for her incredible Britney Spears transformation. Not only did she recreate multiple looks from the ‘Oops!... I Did It Again’ music video -–all of which was uncanny to Britney's original –, but she also threw in a look from the ‘Slave’ visuals too, and honestly, we were in awe!

23. TLC

While Ciara is known for killing it every single Halloween, she took things to new heights this year by becoming not just one member of TLC but the entire group. Yep, CiCi paid tribute to the '90s legends by dressing as all three of them for her Halloween photoshoot. She won!

24. Miss Bellum from The PowerPuff Girls

Doja Cat knows how to get into costume, and we love her for it. For Halloween 2021, Doja went retro as Miss Bellum from The PowerPuff Girls, and she looked amazing in a red suit. And can we talk about her as a redhead? We're obsessed with the old-school Hollywood glam.

25. Jessica Rabbit

Absolutely glowing in her first pregnancy, Ashley Graham wore a show-stopping Jessica Rabbit costume.

26. Ariana Grande

Kourtney Kardashian transformed into popstar Ariana Grande and the resemblance was uncanny.

27. Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson dressed up in the iconic power suits of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

28. Bring It On cheerleaders

Gabrielle Union reprised her classic Bring It On role as a Compton Clover cheerleader, this time introducing her daughter Kaavia James to the fold.

29. Olympians

Beyoncé and Jay-Z paid tribute to iconic black Olympians, Florence Griffith Joyner and Tommie Smith, for Halloween.

30. Princess Fiona from Shrek

Heidi Klum – aka the Queen of Halloween – pulled out all the stops as Princess Fiona from Shrek. Iconic.

31. Post Malone

Rita Ora was unrecognisable as Post Malone for her Halloween party.

32. Elton John

Harry Styles dressed as Elton John and we're living for his lewk.

33. Morticia Adams

Holly Willoughby looked sensational as she dressed up as Adams Family matriarch, Morticia, She captioned the pictured: "Morticia is out to play... thank you @mrwilliamwilde for the most perfect dress! Ring by @vickisarge shoes @ginashoesofficial".

34. Marilyn Monroe

Karlie Kloss fully succeeded in paying homage to Marilyn Monroe.

35. Lil Kim

Beyoncé dressing up as Lil Kim was the highlight of 2017's Halloween. And the noughties rapper agrees, reposting all of Bey's shots.

36. Edward Scissorhands

Guess who? Yup, Lady Gaga nailed Edward Scissorhands.

37. Michael Jackson and Madonna, the King and Queen of Pop

Kim joined sister Kourtney to dress up as the King and Queen of Pop, Michael Jackson and Madonna.

38. Barbie

Beyoncé killed it as Black Barbie.

39. Salt-N-Pepa

Bey and Blue Ivy got Grandma involved and dressed up as Salt-N-Pepa for Halloween 2016.

40. Poison Ivy

Rita Ora showed up as DC Comics super villain Poison Ivy. We quite like the red hair on you Rita.

41. Power Ranger

Claudia Schiffer decided to rock a pink Power Ranger outfit.

42. Cleopatra

Maya Jama gave all other Egyptian queens some stiff competition, dressing up as Cleopatra.

43. Princess Jasmine

Paris Hilton loves a costume doesn't she? For the Fabulous Fund Fair, Paris rocked a Princess Jasmine costume.

44. Dolly Parton

Ellie Goulding, is that you? The singer dressed up as country music legend Dolly Parton for the party.

45. Air Hostess

Cindy Crawford took flight in a 60s-inspired flight attendant uniform.

46. A mummy

Wow, Chanel Iman.

47. Punk rocker

For Cindy Crawford's annual Halloween party, she looked ace in her punk rocker ensemble.

48. 1970s babe

Kaia Gerber channeled 1970s dancing queen as she attended the (70s-themed) Casamigos Halloween party – aka the party of 2017 – wearing a chainmail top, mini skirt and blonde bob wig.

49. Cleopatra, take two