2019 Halloween costume trends: Dinosaurs, evil clowns and 鈥� hey, what’s a ‘Descendant’?
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It’s this Descendant. Jeanine Bartel holds a “Disney Descendants Mal” doll from Hasbro at the North American International Toy Fair, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, in New York.
(AP/Mark Lennihan)
What the Google search-trend rankings do say is that, somehow, the “Descendants” is the fifth most popular costume nationwide and the No. 1 costume search around D.C.
Who knew that the characters in the 2011 George Clooney film 鈥� in which a father of troubled daughters comes to terms with his comatose wife’s infidelity 鈥� could be so terrifying?
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Not this Descendant.
The cast, from left, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director Alexander Payne participates in a press conference for the film “The Descendants” during TIFF on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in Toronto.
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(A colleague tells me “Descendants” probably refers to . Disagree. It’s definitely the Clooney film, because complicated marital strife is spoOoOoKyYyY.)
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A child in a witch costume.
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Rounding out the top five in the D.C. area are a witch (No. 2); Spider-Man (No. 3); a dinosaur (No. 4); and Pennywise the clown (No. 5).
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Attendees dressed as Spider-Man pose during New York Comic Con at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, in New York.
(Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Charles Sykes)
Nationwide, it’s a reshuffling, with Pennywise edging out the witch (No. 2); Spider-Man (No. 3); a dinosaur (No. 4); and “George Clooney” (No. 5).
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Fernando Calleros, from San Diego, Calif., dressed as “Pennywise” poses on Day Two at Comic-Con International on Friday, July 19, 2019, in San Diego, Calif.
(Christy Radecic/Invision/AP/Christy Radecic)
So that’s Big Data’s take. What does local retail say?
Pennywise is indeed big, as are characters from “Game of Thrones,” “Ghostbusters” and “Frozen,” according to a source working at the Halloween City in Bethesda, Maryland. That employee wished to remain anonymous; one assumes he was wearing a mask when he said this.
Side note: We are not quite clear whether Halloween City is an incorporated municipality in Bethesda or just a neighborhood. We’ve yet to confirm.
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Sayayohn, dressed as Wonder Woman, and Dakotah Luster, dressed as Aquaman, pose for photographers on the second day of the 2015 Comic-Con International held at the San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 10, 2015, in San Diego.
(Denis Poroy/Invision/AP/Denis Poroy)
Online, the definitive authority is obviously . Their popular men’s selections include as well as superheroes such as Aquaman and Captain America. Popular women’s costumes include (sigh) more superheroes, witches and something called a “Creepy Sister,”
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A Denver Broncos cheerleader wears a dinosaur costume for Halloween during the first half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Denver.
(AP/Joe Mahoney)
if you wish to coordinate costumes with your boo or your bro. And, because it’s a man’s world, ladies still have the tedious option of dressing up as a “sexy” whatever instead of Dracula.
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Blake Opstad from San Diego, CA, as “Rabbit Raider” from Fortnite on day two of Comic-Con International on Friday, July 20, 2018 in San Diego, CA.
(Christy Radecic/Invision/AP/Christy Radecic)
On a budget? Save your money and dress up as or a whatever that is. Thrifty ladies could go as a , a nun who , or the .
But why pinch pennies when you could make the safe choice and dress up as a demonic clown?
Or, a sexy Clooney?
Jack Pointer
Jack contributes to 草莓传媒.com when he's not working as the afternoon/evening radio writer.
