Our Red White & Royal Blue Halloween Costumes
When we were trying to decide what we were going to be for Halloween this year, the idea came to us almost instantly and we never strayed from it.
After watching the movie and reading the book, we fell in love with Red, White & Royal Blue and the love story between Alex and Henry. It’s romantic. It’s beautiful. It’s cute. It’s a modern day fairytale. What’s not to love (seriously if you haven’t seen the movie yet, what are you waiting for!)? So we decided I would go as Alex, since he has darker hair, and PJ would go as Henry. We recreated the movie poster in this photo, but the biggest thing we missed? Their socks!! Womp, womp.
Our costumes came together with a mix of things we already had and some items we had to purchase. Our costumes were inspired by the clothes they were wearing in the first scene of the movie, the one where they’re at the wedding and (spoiler alert) the biggest cake you’ve ever seen falls on them. What a an opener of a movie! Here’s a photo for reference:
So here’s how we became the men from Red, White & Royal Blue:
Henry costume:
PJ used his tuxedo and shoes he already had from my brother’s wedding two years ago
He ordered a white vest and bowtie set for $30 off Amazon
He used a wig that was actually sent to us 4 years ago by HBO for the second season promo of Big Little Lies. It was Meryl Streep’s character’s wig!
He ordered this graduation sash
The necklace was made from a vampire chain necklace from Spirit Halloween that he took apart and sewed onto some red ribbon he got from Walmart
The brooch came from here for $12
Alex costume:
I used my tuxedo and shoes I already had from my brother’s wedding two years ago
I purchased the same white vest and bowtie set
I ordered this American flag pin
I used a brow brush to make my eyebrows thicker and some mascara because Taylor Zakhar Perez has the most beautiful, long eyelashes ever
