Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes: Kim Kardashian as North West, Paris Hilton as Britney Spears and More — SkimNews
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- Janelle Monáe created the original character “Phish Boy” for 2026, building the look with hyperrealistic wandering bug eyes and scaly fish skin rather than dressing as an existing celebrity.
- Paris Hilton dressed as Britney Spears and recreated the “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance from the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards; she also dressed Carter Reum as Gomez and children London and Phoenix as Wednesday and Pugsley for an Addams Family costume, then wore Beauty and the Beast garb with her family, reaching three looks.
- Kim Kardashian dressed as her 13-year-old daughter North West and recreated the teen’s signature punk-star look.
- Keke Palmer and her three-year-old son wore costumes paying tribute to Michael and Janet Jackson’s black-and-white “Scream” music video, while Palmer separately dressed as “Keke Frankenstein” and announced “Video Coming Soon” on social media.
- Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods marked their first Halloween as newlyweds with a Game of Thrones-inspired couples costume, with Towns as the Night King and Woods as the Night Queen.
- Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle revisited the Season 1 Halloween episode of Boy Meets World in a Pod Meets World holiday special, reprising the exact costumes they wore 33 years earlier.
- Lisa Rinna and Michael Gelman dressed as Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet, copying the orange ensembles they wore to the Marty Supreme premiere that had already been memed and replicated countless times.
Why it matters: For costume planners, the roundup offers multiple reference points, with coordinated costumes adding family and couple options. Hilton wore three looks, Palmer included her three-year-old son in the Jackson tribute, and newlyweds Towns and Woods chose matching Night King and Night Queen roles.
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