The Best Cat Costumes for a Low-Key Halloween
Every girl loves a cat costume for Halloween. It's festive, flirty, and versatile. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be, and the best cat costumes can be created from pieces you already own. While a basic black cat is clearly the go-to, you can also get more specific, opting for a celebrity cat like Karl Lagerfeld's pampered pet Choupette or good-old Garfield the cat (no catsuit required, we promise).
Creating the best cat costumes is made easy by the fact that cool cat ears abound, from realistic furry ones to fancy lace ones. We narrowed down our favorite feline costume options, and we found everything you'll need to re-create them. Not only that, but we rounded up the best cat ears and masks on the internet too, because life's too short for plain felt ears. (These cat ears are so good that you don't even necessarily need a costume to go along with them if dressing up isn't your thing.)
Keep scrolling to shop our favorite variations of a low-key cat costume, and shop the coolest ears on the market.
What you'll need:
Floral cat ears
Cat-eye sunglasses
Leather jacket
A CLASSIC BLACK CAT
What you'll need:
Furry cat ears
Cat stickers: Claire's Black Cat Face Tattoo ($7)
Black sweater
Black miniskirt
Black ankle boots
What you'll need:
Orange sweater
Orange Cat Tail and Ears Set ($11)
Black jeans
Empty frozen lasagna box
A FASHION CAT
What you'll need:
Fancy cat ears
Black slip dress
Black skinny pants
Black heels
CHOUPETTE THE CAT
What you'll need:
Fuzzy White Cat Ears and Tail ($24)
Fuzzy white sweater
White skirt, tights (optional), and shoes
AN INSTAGRAM CELEBRITY CAT
What you'll need:
Fun cat ears
Faux-fur coat
A white T-shirt with "Instagram celebrity" written on it
SHOP CAT EARS
This post was originally published at an earlier date and has been updated.
Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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