Girl Wearing Halloween Costume

What sets Halloween costumes apart from costumes for other celebrations or days dressing up is that they are ten designed to imitate supernatural and scary beings. Costumes are traditionally those monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils, or in more recent years such science fiction-inspired characters as aliens and superheroes. There are also costumes pop culture figures like presidents, athletes, celebrities, or film, television, and cartoon characters. Another popular trend is for women (and in some cases, men) to use Halloween as an excuse to wear sexy or revealing costumes, showing f more skin than would be socially acceptable otherwise.
Halloween costume parties generally fall on, or around, 31 October, ten falling on the Friday or Saturday prior to Halloween.
The most popular Halloween costumes for both kids and adults in 2009 were: