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Halloween Costumes Made From Clothing You'll Actually Wear IRL
E! News suggests a Holly Golightly look from an oversized button-down shirt, plus a wool beret marked down from twenty-nine dollars; the costume is your laundry.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger on this story, from The Five O'Clock at 4:06 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are E! News's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by E! News: “Halloween Costumes Made From Clothing You'll Actually Wear IRL”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 4:06 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Halloween.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorE! News has a Halloween guide to costumes made from clothes you already wear, built around a white button-down shirt or a classic little black dress.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the costume is a white button-down. Halloween is now just the office with a bowl of sweets.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne pick is Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's, made around an oversized boyfriend shirt.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAn oversized shirt. People wear that to the shops.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYes. That is the idea.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorE! also lists a Nordstrom wool blend beret at fourteen dollars and ninety-seven cents, down from twenty-nine, for a chic mime costume.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA mime. Sold to people who will then have to stay silent in a beret for an entire party, and that's the good outcome.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Drama Index rating for this is a three out of ten.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree? For a shirt?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree. The beret got a discount, and that is the most dramatic thing in the whole guide.
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