Every year it seems celebrity Halloween costumes get more lavish, more ingenious and moreover the top than ever before. Hollywood takes All Hallows’ Eve and all the associated trappings very seriously, using it as an excuse to dip into their dark side on October 31 and in the days and weeks leading up to it.
A-listers know what they’re doing when it comes to dressing the part come Halloween – let's just say that a witch or a ghoul costume simply doesn't cut it anymore. Here, we've rounded up the most imaginative costumes donned by celebrities over the years, to inspire your own efforts – be they frightening, funny, or simply fabulous.
From the iconic (Beyoncé’s Barbie moment and Kylie Jenner dressed up as Christina Aguilera circa “Dirrty”) to the spooky, Kate Moss as a chic vampire or Jennifer Lopez as a skeleton, there’s no shortage of ingenious celebrity Halloween costumes to channel on the spookiest night of the year.
If Moss and Lopez's efforts aren't sufficiently extra for your taste, look to none other than the Queen of Halloween, Heidi Klum, who has proven time and time again that she owns this particular holiday, whether that's with a chorus line of doppelgängers or dressed like a cadaver. Discover the most bewitching celebrity Halloween costumes of all time below...
Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson pay homage to Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
Aspiring lawyer Kim Kardashian channeled Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, who talked her way into Harvard Law School in the 2001 comedy classic. What, like it’s hard?
Winnie Harlow dressed as Ru Paul.
Lupita Nyong'o was Dionne from Clueless.
There were multiple Billie Eilishes running around Hollywood on October 31 – Harper Beckham among them.
She didn’t pull off quite so many costume changes as younger sister Kylie Jenner, but Khloe Kardashian’s spin on Cruella de Vil was nonetheless impressive.
Ariana Grande enters The Twilight Zone for Halloween 2019, recreating the infamous pig-like face from "Eye of the Beholder", an episode from the series that originally aired in 1960.
Kylie Jenner's second 2019 Halloween costume is a Disney dream come true. The reality star slipped into her mermaid tail to play The Little Mermaid's Ariel.