If you haven’t picked a costume yet — or just want to know what you’ll be seeing a lot of at parties and parades this year — here are top 10 lists from two reliable sources: Google, which tracks the most-searched costumes, and the National Retail Federation, which polls consumers in early September.
First, Google lists the top 500 costume searches — you can even look specifically at your city to see what’s trending near you.
Nationally, here are the top 10 most-searched costumes of 2015:
1. Harley Quinn
What you need: Pigtails or a jester hat, and dual colors — usually red and black, although this lovely lady chose red and blue.
2. Star Wars
What you need: Just buy it already. Or, if you have a brown or black bathrobe you can pull off an Anakin Skywalker pretty easily. Still, every Jedi needs a light saber.
3. Superhero
What you need: Chiseled abs — or the foam to fake it. So many options here! Superman. Iron-Man. The Incredibles. Take your pick and find some Lycra.
4. Pirate
What you need: Embrace your inner Jack Sparrow for a swarthy-spooky-swashbuckling time.
5. Batman
What you need: The mask (duh). And a cape (he’s the Caped Crusader!). Optional: Utility belt. Optional: The abs (see “Superhero” above).
6. Minnie Mouse
What you need: Yellow heels, a polka-dot dress and a bow for your hair — er, ears.
7. Witch
What you need: Anything goes. The witch costume is a classic, in part, for its versatility. Go seamlessly from cleaning to trick-or-treating (carry that broom right out the door!). Go old-school with green face paint or a wart. Go low-maintenance by not plucking that chin hair. Pointy hat and striped socks are a plus.
8. Minions
What you need: Denim overalls. Goggles. Yellow facepaint. Boom. (But you still won’t meet Sandra Bullock, sorry.)
9. Joker
What you need: Green hair dye, white face paint and red lipstick for that creepy smile.
10. Wonder Woman
What you need: Gold sweat bands, a red tank top and a royal blue skirt. Or, in some cases, boy shorts. Buy some white star stickers (or, if you’re willing to throw out said skirt or boy shorts, just use White-Out) and you’re in business.
With more than 27 million viewers, Stampy Cat boasts the world’s third-most popular YouTube channel.
His daily videos are beamed into homes around the globe and watched mainly by children, many of whom will never even have heard of Hampshire, England, where he lives.
If you are not aware of Stampy – otherwise known as Joseph Garrett – it must be that you have not played the video game Minecraft or do not have youngsters who play.
He creates daily videos showing the adventures and landscapes he creates using Minecraft’s building block technology and has become a sensation while doing so.
He will be the headline act as the Royal Society of Edinburgh stages its biggest-ever lecture in Dundee. More than 1,800 city pupils will be invited to an afternoon show at the Caird Hall on November 30.
Stampy will create a new Minecraft adventure episode on stage in the company of Dundee tech entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl, whose 4J Studies firm worked on console editions of the game.
He will also offer an insight into how he creates his videos and explain what it takes to be a successful YouTuber.
An evening show will be held on the same stage, with tickets available from the Dundee box office on Saturday.
The society’s Hannah Smith said: “We are really excited about our annual lecture. It will be a unique event.
“We have never before held an event on this scale but, then, we have never had a speaker like Stampy Cat before.”
The Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki says on Twitter that new Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed the news today as part of the company’s latest earnings announcement. He didn’t share any further details, such as what the focus of the briefing might be.
However, one possibility is the first of Nintendo’s new smartphone games with DeNA. Kimishima confirmed that Nintendo will talk more about this in a meeting with investors on October 29.
“We will provide updates on our project with DeNA tomorrow,” he explained.
Nintendo Direct video presentations typically bring news about Nintendo’s upcoming lineup of games, hardware, and more recently, Amiibo figures. It remains to be seen if the video series will go in a new direction.
With less than two weeks to go before Fallout 4‘s release, Bethesda is focusing on launching the game, and has told fans not to expect news about post-release items such as mods right now.
Responding to questions on Twitter about Fallout 4 PC mods, Bethesda marketing executive Pete Hines said, “If it’s ok with you, we’re gonna focus on the game release first and talk about mods when we’ve figured some stuff out.”
“The most important thing in our games is the freedom you have to create your own experience, and modding is a big part of that,” Bethesda said last month. “Like all our previous games, we’ve made sure to keep Fallout 4 open and moddable at every step in development. Early next year we’ll release for free the new Creation Kit for the PC. This is the same tool we use in the studio.”
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If you watch ABC’s Once Upon a Time like me, you know that the show’s style is just as eye-opening as its cliffhangers (WTF is going to happen to Emma Swan?!). The marriage of clever sci-fi and fairy tales can only be interpreted as one thing: the ideal Halloween costumes if you want to do Disney with an edge. Whether you want to look polished like the heroes (Belle, Snow, Ariel) or wickedly striking like the villains (Evil Queen, Cruella, Ursula), there’s style inspiration to be had! Keep reading to see close-ups of the hair and makeup looks you need to copy on Oct. 31.
