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If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’ve been clicking through Instagram stories asking for friends to participate in a group “sexy Cheshire cat” cosplay, or, you’ve been browsing Halloween stores looking for something other than another rubber presidential face or bleeding Scream mask.
At The FADER, we feel you — so we’re here to help! Instead of conforming to the masses, bamboozle everyone around you with an ambiguous pop culture reference that you’ll probably only understand if you are chronically online, or chronically outside with the music scenesters. The best part is you probably have everything you need already at home.
Grimes at Singers
What you’ll need:
Long platinum-blonde wig (unbraided)
Headphones
Singers merch
Kim Petras’s Detour
What you’ll need:
Long blonde wig
Navy blue two-piece
White boots
“Detour” sign (if you can acquire one legally)
Björk at her Solar Eclipse Rave
What you’ll need:
A bunch of white balloons
White body suit, tights, and shoes
A genuine sense of childlike wonder and whimsy
Kelly Clarkson and “Molly” the Bird
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What you’ll need:
Grey baseball cap
Blue backpack
Toy bird (Optional: Molly, the bird, herself if you can afford the $15 million price tag)
underscores in a U-Haul
What you’ll need:
Headphone hair wig
DJ decks
U-Haul (not optional)
Umru
What you’ll need:
Headlamp
Baseball cap
Glasses
Rosalía in Euphoria
What you’ll need:
Neck brace
Rhinestones
Long pink acrylics
Lingerie
Kelela with the Ring Pop
What you’ll need:
Ring Pop, specifically in the blue raspberry flavor
Blonde bob
Friends to talk you up
Drake and Pinkchyu
What you’ll need:
One guy dressed normal
One girl dressed goth
Tinashe Upliftings
What you’ll need:
Rimless glasses
Popstar vinyl… lifted up!
Bad Bunny with back-up dancers at the Super Bowl
What you’ll need:
One friend in a white jersey with the number “64” and a headset mic
Two friends in white tube tops with green mini skirts
Sister album cover girl
What you’ll need:
Pink wig tied in two pigtails
“S” symbol drawn in red pen on your back
String bikini top
“2hollis” falling at In-N-Out
What you’ll need:
Long blonde wig
The skinniest jeans you own
Your In-N-out Order… on the ground
Kuru and ali rq
ali rq, kuru, helen sun, dollmaker, sheroy, kllhhr & much more for DAZED (2026) https://t.co/gpQZ4WlUdD
— hyun (@hyccei) September 22, 2026
What you’ll need:
One friend with a pink wig
One friend with a blue wig
Selena Gomez and that blanket
What you’ll need:
Dark brown wig
That blanket
Trim
What you’ll need:
Ornate updo
Mini dress
Vita Coco bottle
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