While Halloween isn’t officially here until Wednesday, Oct. 31, this past weekend marked the first round of holiday parties for the year, with plenty of celebrities dressing up to get in the spirit as they turned out for a series of star-studded parties.
Due to their generally bigger budgets and impressive resources, celebrities are often able to pull off Halloween costumes that most people could only dream of, from dressing as their fellow entertainers to iconic characters from pop culture and everything in between.
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Scroll through for some of the best Halloween costumes we’ve seen from stars so far this year.
Rita Ora
Oraย was instantly recognizable as rapper Post Malone during a performanceย at Wembley Stadium in London, sharing a photo of her getup on Instagram. For her transformation, Oraย rocked Malone’s signature curls and facial tattoos, along with a plaid shirt and denim jacket and carrying a bottle of Bud Light.
“Ima get Halloween started for you the right way… postttyyyyyy I LOVE YOU BRO @postmalone…ratatatatataata wassssss gooood!” she wrote.
Joe Jonas
The singer went metaย atย a Halloween party in West Hollywood by dressing as fiancรฉe Sophie Turner’sย Game of Thronesย character, Sansaย Stark, donning a blue dress and red wig for his look. Turner, meanwhile, went as an elephant, looking extremely comfortable in her plush ensemble.
Halsey
Halsey took inspiration from comic books for her costume, dressing as Poison Ivy forย Halsey Presents: Gotham City. Wearing a long red wig, leaves and green body paint, the singer expertly channeled her inner villain as she posed for a set of photos on Instagram.
“fav costume of all time ever,” she wrote. “Also can’t believe we pulled off the gorilla / poison ivy dance from Batman and Robin. Oh yeah….we went there….”
G-Eazy
G-Eazy also went the DC Comics route, dressing as Two Face for his stint hosting a Halloween partyย at the Marquee nightclub in New York City on Saturday night. The right side of the rapper’s body was clad in an orange suit, his face bare, while the left side wore a purple-checked suit and green face paint to show off Gotham City D.A. Harvey Dent’s villainous alter ego.
Ariel Winter
Winter and boyfriend Levi Meadenย chose a throwback for their couples’ costume, dressing as Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock for their night out,ย theย Modern Familyย star wearing a blonde wig and shimmering silver two-piece and Meadenย sporting a longย blondeย wig, black fedora, white tank top and jeans.
“Don’t worry, we’re also concerned by the accuracy,” Winter joked on Instagram.
Harry Styles
Styles paid homage to another entertainer with his costume, dressing as Elton Johnย to attend the Casamigos Halloween Party in Beverly Hills on Friday. The singer donned a sequined Losย Angelesย Dodgers uniform and a pair of large, glittering sunglasses in a nod to John’s look for his performance at Dodger Stadium in Losย Angelesย in 1975.
Kendall Jenner
Jennerย attended the Casamigos Halloweenย party at Catch Las Vegas on Saturday, opting to go as aย fembot fromย Austin Powersย and wearing a sheer pink dress with fur trim, coordinating shoes, pink silk gloves, a tiny pink purse and voluminous blonde wig. Inside the party, the model was joined by friends dressed as Austin Powers and Foxxy Cleopatra.
George Clooney
Clooney and good friends Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford collaborated on their costumes for the Casamigosย Party in Las Vegas, with Clooneyย and Gerber dressing as pilots and Crawford as an old-school flight attendant, complete with gogoย boots.
Nicky Hilton Rothschild
Hilton Rothschild also looked close to her heart for costume inspiration, wearing a sparkling gold dress, matching heels and a tiara for her version of sister Paris Hilton’s 21st birthday look.
“21 again tonight!” she wrote. “PH vibes.”
Paris Hilton
Meanwhile, Hilton opted to go full fantasy creature with her costume, dressing as a neon Furby-unicorn hybrid for the Casamigos Halloween Party in a holographic skirt, feathered bra top and matching headpiece and knee-high lace up boots complete with butterfly wings.
In a sparkling video posted to Instagram, Hilton dubbed the creature her #SpiritAnimal.
Gabrielle Union
Union channeled her inner rockstar when she dressed as No Doubt frontwomanย Gwen Stefani, wearing a blonde wig, plaid pants, aย sweatband on her wrist, a white tank top that read “Gwen” and Stefani’sย signature red lipstick. The actress debuted her costume with a video of herself rocking out to No Doubt’s “Just a Girl,” simply writing, “No. Doubt.”
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