IT GIRL GUIDE TO HALLOWEEN

It Girl Guide To Halloween

Trouble in Paradise - White Lotus

There’s always trouble in Mike White’s paradise retreats. For those in hotter climates, get your Thailand-inspired resort wear for a costume perfect for a dangerous tropical Halloween. Whether you want to don Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood’s) ill-fated hippie lover fits or Victoria Ratliff’s (Parker Posey) southern gentile caftans, look to the wardrobe of White Lotus Season Three for beachfront murder looks. Get someone to do (Walton Goggins’ open Hawaiian shirt necessary) or Timothy (blender not included). Justice for Tanya McQuoid.

Sofia Coppola Heroine - Priscilla, Lux, Charlotte

Even though everyone and their mother will be Marie Antoinette this Halloween (did you hear? She’s all the rage), pay homage to other Sofia Coppola heroines like legendary it girl Priscilla, a bloodied high schooler Lux Lisbon, or a Tokyo-lost Scarlett Johansson. Perfect for the Miu Miu adoring crowd, embody Priscilla as the fifties rock ‘n’ roll kitten with soft, sultry makeup and a pretty coquette outfit. The mysterious Lux Lisbon is the poster child for the misunderstood teenage girl. The movie is called The Virgin Suicides, need we say more? For Lost in Translation, get a pink bob wig and cute black dress to dress up as Charlotte, the lost soul wandering through Japan’s nightlife.

MTV Realness - Beyoncé and Lady Gaga in the Telephone Music Video

Ever felt like poisoning your ex? Gaga and Beyoncé made pop culture history with the Telephone music video. Playing a pair of criminal ladies, the duo serves up a storm by poisoning an entire diner worth of customers, including their misogynistic ex-boyfriends. Whether you dress up as killer cook Gaga from the “Let’s make a sandwich” segment, Beyoncé’s Tarantino-inspired Honey Bee Americana get-up, or Gaga’s prison garb (cigarette sunglasses live rent-free in my head), this music video delivers a variety of perfect off-kilter Halloween outfits.

More is More - Fran Fine the Nanny

Can you hear Fran laughing at you for dressing up like her? Don’t worry, Grandma Yetta will straighten her out. Step into one of the Nanny from Flushing Queens’ fish-out-of-water outfits from the show that made Fran Drescher a nineties icon. Whether it’s the little black dress and Vivienne Westwood heart clutch worn during a date-turned-mafia shootout or one of her extravagant Pucci two-piece sets to eat ice cream with Niles, dressing as Fran will ease a maximalist fashionista’s heart. Just don’t develop Fran’s literal shopping addiction.

Ghosts - Tortured Poets Sylvia Plath or Mary Shelley

For those seeking to harness some of Halloween’s doom and gloom, turn to none other than the dark female souls of classic literature. Immediately pinning the ghosts of tortured poets and authors to my Pinterest boards. Embody the gothic romantic Mary Shelley, the brilliant mind behind Frankenstein, or dress up as the notorious poet and author Plath, whose sad girl literary canon continues to inspire generations of girls long past her tragic end.