What Will Shape Costume Trends for Halloween 2022

We know what you might be thinking, is it really that time of year again already? Time to dust off the spooky decorations, put your jack-o’-lantern carving skills to the test, and rummage through the closet desperately looking for a costume. Halloween 2024 will be bigger and better than ever , which means the demand for more creative costumes.

This holiday is all about cosplaying as your alter ego, and inspiration is increasingly coming from online streaming services. With the rise of these streaming services, a whole new world has opened up meaning more choice of characters to inhabit for the night.

If you need some outfit inspiration, we’ve got you covered. We surveyed US respondents to predict what the most popular Halloween costume trends will be this fall. Questioning people with different interests ranging from the ‘Comic Hero’ to the ‘Music Freak’, to find out what influences costume trends.

Halloween Costume Trends 2022

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Personal Interests & Hobbies Influence Costume Choice

People’s interests and hobbies are an obvious first choice for costuming inspiration during this spooky season. As you can see from our results, one particular franchise kept making an appearance, and that is Stranger Things. The popularity of this show is massive and only grew more with the recent release of season 4.

If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet you probably recognize the name, Eddie Munson. This beloved character has become a fan favorite and a top choice for people’s 2024 Halloween costumes. We think the popularity also has something to do with how easy the costume is to replicate.

For women, you will see Barbie topping the list, the titular character from the much-anticipated 2023 movie release. Even though the movie hasn’t even been released yet this isn’t deterring people. Maybe you’ve seen the paparazzi photos of Margot Robbie and co-star Ryan Gosling in bright pink outfits and neon roller skates. We’re sensing a great couple’s costume here!

Superheroes are always a crowd-pleaser and with the enormous Marvel cinematic universe, we were not surprised to see everyone’s favorite time-bending superhero, Dr. Strange. This was a particularly popular choice among Gen X. The key is just to find the perfect red cape.

The main influence on costumes this year, perhaps unsurprisingly, seems to be streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. 21.8% of respondents said they will dress up as their favorite character from these streaming services. Then we have favorite movie and blockbuster characters (21.4%) and coming in third place there is “favorite comic book heroes” with 11.5% responding they will dress up as this.

  • These characters from streaming services are the favorite not only of the streaming junkies, but also of movie fans and gamers.
  • Costumes of comics superheroes are most popular among music freaks (11.30%) & sports fans (13%).
  • Undoubtably, gaming characters’ costumes would be trendy among people passionate about gaming (15.30%).

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Conclusion

It’s to be expected that people will use Halloween as an excuse to dress up as their favorite movie and TV characters. Due to the huge presence of streaming services in many people’s lives, it’s unsurprising that our results showed so many characters from hit Netflix shows like Stranger Things. It’s also no surprise that most people planning to wear a costume were going to be attending a party – no one wants to go to the effort of dressing up for no one to even see it.

When respondents were asked if they would make or buy their costumes, predictably ‘art fans’ preferred to DIY a costume over buying one in the store. Many of the DIY costumes were naturally things that would be easy and affordable to replicate while still being easily recognizable – there’s nothing worse than dressing up and everyone asking, ‘so, who are you supposed to be anyway?’.

Methodology

In September 2022, we surveyed 800 US residents over the age of 16. They were asked about their interests and hobbies and if they were planning to dress up for Halloween this year and if so, what their costume preferences were.

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