Hot Halloween Costumes 2010: Ideas & Trends

Halloween Costume Ideas 2010: What's Hot

As Halloween 2010 gets closer, trick-or-treaters of all ages are getting their costumes organized. What will be the hot Halloween costumes of 2010?

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A few overall predictions: Iron Man will be big again. Geeks will favor Sherlock Holmes or the new Doctor from Doctor Who. Also, DIY costumes will be back, judging by the still-weak economy. Also, as in years past, many great costumes will be plucked from the headlines, as the news is a never-ending source of costume ideas. How far, though, are you willing to go?

Sexy/Couples Halloween Costumes for 2010:

• Brett Favre & Jenn Sterger
• Katy Perry & Elmo
• Karen Owen and the Duke Fuck List
• Anna Chapman
• Lady Gaga- especially the meat dress
• Dexter & Dead Rita
• Isaiah Mustafa: the Old Spice guy
• Lindsay Lohan in prison outfit
• Mad Men: John Hamm & Christina Hendricks
• Die Antwoord: Ninja & Yo-Landi
• Jesse James & Michelle "Bombshell" McGee

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(Note that not all couples' Halloween costumes are sexy Halloween costumes, and not all sexy costumes are couples' costumes)

Topical Halloween Costumes for 2010:

• Deepwater Horizon (BP Oil Spill-themed costumes in general)
• Christine O'Donnell as a witch
• Red toxic sludge
• Paul the Octopus
• Costumes inspired by the Haiti earthquake.
• Trapped Chilean miners- or the rescue tube itself
• Antoine Dodson (the bed intruder song/"we gon' find you" guy)
• Tiger Woods Cigar Guy
• Justin Bieber, and that includes anti-Bieber costumes
• Twilight... sorry
• Eyjafjallajokull Volcano (and the "I haaaaaate Iceland!" guys)
  
• Vuvuzelas
• Zach Anner- hard to pull off, but doable
• Jersey Shore... sorry
• Bishop Eddie Long
• Characters from Lost
• Characters from Glee
• Mary Bale: lady who threw the cat in the bin
• Illegal aliens/SB1070
• Chatroulette: look for this one at grown-up parties
• Catholic priests/pedophilia scandal
• Axe Cop
• Easy Rider costumes, in memory of Dennis Hopper

Whichever costume you choose, try to make it by hand if at all possible. Store-bought costumes have no soul.

What hot Halloween costumes have we missed? Let us know below.