From Dobby to Julia Fox: our favourite costumes in Glasgow over Halloween weekend
TRICK OR TREAT yourself to a look at some great costumes
Now that Halloween is over for another year (insert sad face here) we wanted to do a roundup of our favourite costumes from some of our writers’ nights out and from the Instagrams of ghostly Glasgow locals. Like many young people, we hit the clubs and drank enough alcohol to fund a chemistry department.
Throughout Instagram and in The Garage we saw some scary, some funny, and some just downright incredible costumes that we wanted to share with you! Keep reading to see who made the cut and won our *highly* esteemed Halloweekend awards – congratulations to our winners, all we can offer you is bragging rights.
Best Low-Budget Costume
Shrektastic
James (International Accountancy 2nd year), and Jemima (Anthropology at Queens University Belfast).
Best Cinematic Crossover
Harry Potter and the Wild, Wild West
Euan (Edinburgh Napier), and Michael (UofG graduate).
Cleverest Duo Costume
The Princess and the VIPea
Lauren (Human Biology graduate), and Hannah (International Relations and Social & Public Policy fourth year).
Most Gorgeous Couple in The Garage
No one needs to worry about bad guys with these two around
Caoimhe and Cammy.
Cutest Duo
Swapping Pooh’s ‘hunny’ for Hooch
Katie (Feminist Economics PhD), and Amy (Children’s Literature Masters).
Best Pop Culture Moment
Pam and Tommy take Glasgow
Molly and Isla (RCS Acting third year).
Most Iconic Duo
Bananas in Pyjamas?? Come on this is amazing
Kerri (Politics fourth year), and Kiera (Paramedic fourth year).
Cutest ‘Scary’ Costume
Chucky and Tiffany had our hearts this year
Lisha (Immunology second year), and Tatiana (Microbiology second year).
Cutest Couple’s Costume
Soap-ing to be this cool next year
Georgia and Andrew (Microbiology graduates).
Grooviest Group Costume
Groovy baby!
Katie (Mechanical Engineering), Abbey (International Relations), Niamh (Mechanical Engineering), and Meghan (Nursing).
Best 100% Uncoordinated Lot
A for effort, lads
Nathan, Ethan, and Lewis
The One That Your Dentist Will Love
We’d certainly leave teeth under our pillows if these beauties came
Morven, Isla, Eilidh,
Lucy, Yasmin, and Becca.
Interesting Trio Prize
The best lot to share a queue with
Caoimhe, Anna, and Eva.
Best Themed Costumes
Turning the club into Bikini Bottom
Logan (History of Art second year), Emma (Psychology second year), Kirsty (Psychology & Spanish second year), Lou (Optometry second year), and Molly (Optometry second year).
Friendliest Girls in the Loo – the Special ILY Award
Make all my dreams come true please
Kara, Shauna, and Lori.
Best Disney Co-ordination
Nicola, Sophie, Laura, Erin, Chloe, and Hannah.
Best WOW factor
Marshmellow – minus points because you can actually see his face.
Arran.
Most Put Together Costume
Cue the Wandavision theme tune
Alison (Film and TV graduate).
Healthiest Costume
Bloody Bananas.
Lennon.
Most Elastictastic
Keeping with the super theme
Lynsey (Accountancy and Finance third year).
Most Effort for a Club
Where’s Woody though?
Lauren.
Least Prepared for Clubbing (Still Extremely Effective)
Ft Carrie
Iona.
Most DANGER(ZONE)OUS Costume
Giving Miles Teller a run for his money
Ella (German and Music first year).
Most Likely to Fire You
Oh he’s sweet but a psycho
Luke.
Best Villain Costume
One of our favourites
Emily (Medicine fourth year).
Best Adaptation Costume
Channing Tatum would be proud
Abby (Maths first year).
Most Scary Non-Scary Costume
ICONIC.
Holly (Masters student at Saint Leo Uni in Florida).
Most Likely to be a Muse
This is what will inspire Uncut Gems 2
Millie (MSc graduate).
A massive thank you to everyone who spoke to us/allowed us to include them in this article! You are all superstars!
We hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween and we will see you all next year – from everyone not in this article, step it up or step out… X
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