8 Marilyn Monroe Costume Ideas to Make You the Absolute Star of Halloween
Here’s what to wear once you’ve mastered her winged liner.
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Thinking of dressing as everyone’s favorite Hollywood bombshell this Halloween? First step: Find a platinum blonde wig and master your best bedroom eyes. Thanks to her signature hair and makeup (and, yup, those pinup proportions!), Marilyn Monroe is one of the most recognizable starlets in pop culture history, and it's no surprise that her look makes for a super easy and glamorous Halloween costume.
Some of Monroe’s most iconic looks come from her films Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The Seven Year Itch — not to mention her infamous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” outfit that’s spawned a recent renaissance thanks to Miss Kim K — but we love her classic off-duty style as well that’s more subdued but still every bit as iconic.
Whether you opt for a dramatic ensemble or a more low-key vibe, we have your complete Marilyn Monroe costume guide here. Read on below for some can’t-go-wrong looks to recreate this Halloween. Pro tip: Grab your favorite eyeliner and start practicing your winged cat eye now.
Eunice Lucero-Lee is the Senior Editor, Reviews, for Best Products, Popular Mechanics, Runner’s World, and Bicycling handling lifestyle, astrology, and home content. Her obsession with beauty and pop culture keeps her on top of the latest trends and viral online finds, which can also be seen in her work spearheading the Hearst Enthusiast Group’s sales and deals content. Her editorials have been featured in publications like Cosmopolitan, Esquire, The Numinous, woman&home, and Sparkling, among many others. A former music editor, she pioneered Asia’s first-ever English-helmed K-Pop magazine and has extensive experience with celebrity profiling and red-carpet reportage. She is based in Manhattan where she watches Scandi-noir crime procedurals with her cat.
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