I decided to dress up as the Joker from Batman the Dark Knight and my boyfriend as a mime. The Joker is my all time favorite villain. For the Joker costume, I used green hair dye, red, white, and black face paint, and old clothes. The old clothes I used were purple slacks, a purple … Read more
This costume was of course inspired by the movie the Dark Knight, which I saw four times, two of which were in IMAX. The whole Joker process took two hours to get ready. The entire process itself began in November when I thought the Joker would be the perfect Halloween costume. It was extremely hard … Read more
Every year my boyfriend and I host a themed Halloween costume party… this year’s theme was Superheroes and Villains! At first, I wasn’t familiar with the vast world of comic book characters, but I knew I wanted to find an iconic villain. When I found Harley Quinn it was love at first sight! I’ve never … Read more
Last year(2009) I decided to make my own costume for the first time. It took me forever but I finally decided on a Poison Ivy costume, who was my favorite character as a kid. It was super easy and cheap to make. I made the most of what I already had. For the top: I … Read more
My son wanted to be a ‘Bad Guy’ and Two Face from Batman seemed like a fun one to create! We found a kid size blue suit jacket from a thrift store, along with some gray dress pants. I took fabric paint and painted half the jacket and half the pants. I went for the … Read more
I made this homemade Joker costume for a friend’s birthday. It was pretty simple, I got together the clothing from various shops and used my brother’s waistcoat. I used white makeup to create the base and used eyeliner to create the eyes. For the scars I used molding prosthetics found at my local costume/joke shop … Read more
This is my Riddler costume. The Riddler is the lead vocalist in my husband’s band ‘The Villains’. It took some time to find the correct green to make the suit with. Then with the chosen pattern I was underway. There are 72 question marks in three different sizes on the lined jacket. A friend and … Read more
Jokeress (n.)(joe-kress) : 1. a destructive, intimidating, provocative riddler. (adj.)1: manipulative, premeditating, methodical and radical in nature
My homemade costume is based on the Harley Quinn Arkham Asylum costume. It took me 3 weeks to make and it has my own unique taste on some of the pieces. I loved dressing up as her and I had a Joker to be by my side. I used stretchy materials for my leg and … Read more
I started this Homemade Riddler Costume with a hunter green suit because I wanted to go with the understated, darker Riddler instead of the flashy one. I had the pants altered to my length and I took 2-3 inches that came off and saved them for the band around my bowler. I purchased a black … Read more
I thought of this homemade Joker costume on the day of Halloween, someone had the same costume as me and I was watching Batman the Dark Night just before I found out so I went out to town and got a couple of things together and here it is lol. I started off with the … Read more