Halloween and Hollywood go hand in hand, especially given that most costumes draw inspiration from entertainment. From iconic movie characters to musicians to pop culture phenomena, the costume references are endless. But celebrities don’t just provide the rest of the world with some of the best costume inspiration; they also give some of the year’s best looks.
Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Lisa Rinna and more have already unveiled their 2026 Halloween costume (or, in some cases, costumes). Below, find some of Variety’s favorites. Janelle Monáe didn’t need any inspiration for this year’s look.
She created her own original character, “Phish Boy,” and her costume blew the competition out of the water with her hyperrealistic wandering bug eyes and scaly fish skin. Hilton dressed up as Britney Spears and recreated her “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards this year, proving that the two have more alike than just being blonde, early-aughts cultural icons. This year, Hilton roped her family into her costume extravaganza, dressing as the Addams Family.
Hilton went as Morticia, her husband Carter Reum as Gomez, daughter London as Wednesday and son Phoenix as Pugsley. Halloween isn’t just one night a year for Hilton, who wore three costumes this year. The star and her family swapped their Addams Family madness for fantastical “Beauty and the Beast” garb for this costume.
While the saying usually goes like mother, like daughter, for Kim Kardashian, it’s the other way around. This year, Kardashian dressed as her 13-year-old, North West, whose signature punk-star look made Kardashian’s reference instantly recognizable. Few celebrities have left as indelible a mark on spooky season as Michael Jackson, and this year, Palmer and her three-year-old son paid tribute to the legendary siblings Michael and Janet in their iconic black-and-white “Scream” music video.
For Palmer, the thrills didn’t stop after dressing up as the Jacksons. She also dressed up as her version of “Keke Frankenstein,” writing on social media that “Some Girls Are Born. A Little Electricity, A Little Experimentation, And A Whole Lot Of Keke.
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