Halloween costumes: the most popular, broken down decade-by-decade

Angie Moss, Trending Editor

Ever wondered what people in the early days wore for Halloween? Us Magazine provided its audience with a short video about costumes in the last 100 years. Here’s a little run-down of what they gathered.

1915

Okay, costumes were a little sketch in the early 1900s. These costumes consisted of paper mache masks with only a couple teeth, stringy black hair and dresses that should have been left in the 1700s.

1945

Remember how we mentioned earlier that Halloween is meant to mock the devil, not worship him? Well, here’s a glance at it. The ‘40s consisted of short red dresses, horns, a pitchfork and a tail long enough to drag on the ground. How’s that for making fun of the devil?

1965

Costumes start getting rather scandalous around this time period. Dressing up as a cat became popular. This costume included a skin-tight black outfit, whiskers, cat ears and a tail. They also didn’t forget the cat eyeliner.

1985

Toga parties were introduced around 1978 so you can bet your bottom dollar that wearing togas as a Halloween costume kicked into high gear in the ‘80s. This costume doesn’t really get at the whole “let’s be a Greek goddess” connotation that dressing up in a toga should have, but it tries.

2005

What a wonderful time. “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears was a hit so everyone dressed like her. Awesome.

2015

Hey look, that’s this year! Obviously we don’t know what the most popular costume is yet. However, Kim Kardashian’s Paper magazine cover that broke the Internet a couple months ago is what’s predicted to dominate Halloween. Of course.