22 of the Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes of All Time Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Kim Kardashian / @kimkardashian1/22Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West as Batman and Catwoman
Kimye went all out as iconic Batman characters in 2012, proving that it’s equally acceptable to dress up as a superhero as it is to dress up as a villain. Squad goals, anyone?
Photo: Courtesy of Beyonce / @beyonce2/22Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter as Janet and Michael Jackson
It’s only fitting that the mother-daughter pair would go as another music royalty duo: In 2014, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter perfectly emulated the legendary looks of siblings Janet and Michael Jackson.
Photo: Courtesy of Miley Cyrus / @mileycyrus3/22Miley Cyrus as Lil’ Kim
In 2013, everyone was scrambling to pull together his or her very own VMA-style foam finger–waving Miley Cyrus costume. In one of the most perfect moments in celebrity history, Cyrus went as another infamous VMA moment: Lil’ Kim in her boob-bearing getup from 1999.
Photo: Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen / @chrissyteigen4/22Chrissy Teigen as Guy Fieri
There’s very little to say about this aside from the fact that Teigen goes all out on Halloween.
Photo: Courtesy of Rihanna / @badgalriri5/22Rihanna as a Ninja Turtle
Sexy Ninja Turtle is always a big hit at any Halloween party, but no one has ever pulled it off quite as well as Rihanna, who triggered dreams of an all-female Ninja Turtle reboot with her amazing costume in 2014.
Photo: Courtesy of Iggy Azalea / @thenewclassic6/22Iggy Azalea as Cruella de Vil
Pop star Azalea channeled her inner Glenn Close when she got decked out as the 101 Dalmatians villain.
Photo: Courtesy of Katy Perry / @katyperry7/22Katy Perry as a mic drop
After joking that her Cheeto costume the previous year was a mic-drop moment, Perry took her statement one step further and went as a literal mic drop. Well played, Katy.
Photo: Getty Images8/22Lydia Hearst-Shaw as Page Six
After quitting her job as a columnist for the New York Post’s Page Six, model Hearst-Shaw provided the ultimate clap back by dressing up as her former employer.
Photo: Courtesy of Joe Jonas / @joejonas9/22Joe Jonas as Derek Zoolander
Jonas proved that maybe there isn’t more to Halloween than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking.
Photo: Courtesy of Tyra Banks / @tyrabanks10/22Tyra Banks as Richard Branson
Never let anyone tell you that you can’t ever become your hero: For Halloween last year, Banks absolutely nailed her transformation into her own business hero, Branson.
Photo: Getty Images11/22Jessica Alba as Dora the Explorer
Despite being named one of the sexiest women in the world, Alba proved that she can do cute, too, when she went as Dora the Explorer to Heidi Klum’s Halloween party in 2009.
Photo: Courtesy of The Ellen Show / @theellenshow12/22Ellen DeGeneres as Nicki Minaj
In one of the more memorable segments of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the host wore one of the pop singer’s signature looks and entered the Halloween costume Hall of Fame.
Photo: Courtesy of Kendall Jenner / @kendalljenner13/22Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevingne as Mario and Luigi
Celebrity style icons Jenner and Delevingne proved that even old-school video game plumbers deserve a night out on the town.
Photo: Courtesy of Paris Hilton / @parishilton14/22Paris Hilton as Madonna
One of the most perfect matches in celebrity Halloween costume history comes in the form of a pair of blondes: Paris Hilton dressed up as Madonna from the “Like a Virgin” music video.
Photo: Courtesy of Joan Rivers / @joanrivers15/22Joan Rivers as Miley Cyrus
The late Joan Rivers really knew how to get her pop culture on.
Photo: AP Images16/22Heidi Klum as Jessica Rabbit
Klum is unquestionably the queen of Halloween—her annual bashes never disappoint—but even among her over-the-top costumes, her turn as Jessica Rabbit definitely takes the cake.
Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Osbourne17/22Kelly Osbourne as Christina Hendricks
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so when Osbourne went not as Christina Hendricks’s character from Mad Men but as the actress herself, it must’ve been the ultimate fan moment of 2013.
Photo: AP Images18/22Emily Ratajkowski as Marge Simpson
Model and actress Ratajkowski flawlessly pulled off the Marge Simpson look—down to the yellow-tinted skin—at a New York Halloween bash last year.
Photo: Courtesy of Neil Patrick Harris / @nph19/22Neil Patrick Harris and His Family as Star Wars Characters
Yet another reason that NPH is everyone’s favorite dad.
Photo: Courtesy of Alexa Chung / @alexachung20/22Alexa Chung as the Hamburglar
Before the rest of us argued whether or not the rebranded version of the Hamburglar was hot or creepy, Chung rocked the costume version.
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Swift / @taylorswift21/22Taylor Swift as a Pegacorn
Swift made her own lyrics a reality when she dressed up as a Pegacorn with an Instagram caption tribute to “Blank Space,” proving that she’s truly the best at owning her personal brand.
Photo: Getty Images22/22Anne Hathaway as Cleopatra
Hathaway will always be America’s sweetheart, but she also makes a bangin’ Cleopatra, proving that no costume is too old to have a comeback.