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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

10 pop culture costume ideas to ace Halloween — and 10 to avoid

Halloween 2025 is right around the corner and it’s time to get dressed! Plus, half of the world appears to have celebrated it a week early because they’re overeager!

In case you didn’t know, Halloween originated from the Celts, who believed this was a time when the barrier between the living and the dead blurred. To ward off evil spirits from roaming the Earth, they lit bonfires and wore costumes.

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