Twilight Costume Ideas
So you want to be Edward Cullen or Bella Swan and need some decent Twilight costume ideas?
While it's not quite Twilight, this woman's vampire costume does have enough of that Victorian flair to be a decent starting point. Click the image for more info.
First, you’ll need the attitude:
- Practice being really, really sullen
- Look depressed
- Suck in your cheeks a lot
If you’re a typical teen, this shouldn’t be too hard.
Okay, now that you have the attitude, it’s time to get the look. Here’s how:
- First, go check out the Twilight character guide at Rotten Tomatoes. They have great close-up photos of every character, which you’ll need to get the hair and make-up just right.
- Next, take a single character and figure out what makes their look. Take Edward Cullen (a.k.a., Edward Sullen). You have to get the tousled hair, the gaunt skin color (duh, he’s a vampire), and those freaky colored golden eyes. Remember, the Cullens have golden eyes, and all the bad vamps have red eyes. You’ll need colored contact lenses to get either effect. And don’t forget the fangs!
- Finally, you need to top it all off with the right duds. Edward Cullen is easy, and so is Bella Swan. Since the Cullens dress like normal people to fit in, no worries here… but no fun either. The Volturi, on the other hand… now they get to wear some cool clothes. In either case, dressing more in the Victorian style versus modern clothing is going to do a lot more for completing the look. Think gauzy shirts with frilled cuffs and collars, and lots of greys with high-collared jackets and over-shirts. Check out this guy and this girl for a good starter kit.
Some other Twilight costume ideas…
- The sparkly vampire thing… some body glitter will do for this effect. Careful with it as it makes a mess, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
- If you have the skin tone and the bod for it, you can just run around half-nude in a pair of ripped up cut-offs and be one of the werewolves. Kind of hard to make it work, and you’d better hope for a warm night… but if you’re going out in a group you could do a group theme and it might go over.
Now, for you really serious Twilight fans… here’s a make-up tutorial that has some pretty decent tips on how to get the look just right:
