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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.

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  1. 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.

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

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

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

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYes. That is the idea.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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

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

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

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