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So tell me what you want, what you really really want. You wannabe a Spice Girl you say? Then look no further because we’ve got the look for you.

The Spice Girls ‘spiced up’ the pop music scene in the later part of the 90s with their catchy tunes and distinctive personalities. They became an international sensation and were dubbed “the most widely recognized group of individuals since John, Paul, George and Ringo” by biographer David Sinclair. Even if you didn’t like their music (or weren’t tuned into the current music scene), you could still list their nicknames … Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Scary Spice, Sporty Spice and Posh Spice. Their notoriety for both music and personas make the Spice Girls the perfect choice for a group costume idea. Follow these few simple guidelines and you’ll be on your way to insta girl group in no time. read more

This costume takes a group effort to pull off properly, but it’s well worth it. The pop sensations that infected the airwaves of 1990s radio and music television are fine fodder for costume fun. Whether you choose to mimic the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC or 98 Degrees, there is a fairly wide variety of different costumes to choose from. read more

Although it works better if you can get a group of both men and women together, the male characters from Friends still make a fun Halloween costume.

The show was and still is so massively popular that it is unlikely you will run into anyone who hasn’t seen the program. However, given that each of the characters was better known for their personalities than their wardrobes, you will probably have to accentuate their quirks or emphasize certain aspects of their costumes in order to pull off a recognizable imitation. read more

The Golden Girls was a series that ran from 1985-1992 about four older women who shared a home in Miami. Maybe to our twenty-first century ears it sounds a little mild-mannered for a sitcom, but Americans LOVED their Golden Girls back in the late eighties and early nineties. read more

Married… with Children’s Peggy Bundy is one of the greatest TV moms of the 90s and perhaps of all time. She makes us want to sit on the couch all day eating bonbons while watching talk shows and home shopping channels. Even though she is no Suzy Homemaker, avoids work of any kind like the plague (laziness is a tradition for the women in her family after all), and spends Al’s money faster than he can make it selling shoes, Peggy still loves her family very much. Her iconic look with the red bouffant hair, tight read more

One of the hottest games for the Sony Playstation towards the end of the 1990’s was Tomb Raider, and that might have had something to do with the fact that it let teenage boys control the destiny of an attractive – well, for a video game – female archaeologist name Lara Croft as she pieced together ancient mysteries and hunted for treasure. The game was eventually turned into a lackluster film starring Angelina Jolie, but the most familiar Lara Croft costume comes from the small screen, not the big one. read more

Alright, alright, alright. Oops, sorry, that was Matthew McConaughey’s line from this great 90s movie. Dazed and Confused has so many great lines, it will forever be a 90s411 favorite. This 1993 movie takes place on the last day of school in 1976. This costume, the Parker Posey character, Darla Marks, is F-U-N and is based on her outfit while she’s hazing the incoming freshmen girls. It’s easy and comfortable, and, really, who doesn’t want to have read more

Disaffected teens unite and pull those plaid shirts out of the closet – it’s time to recreate the look of one of the most iconic anti-heroines of 1990s television drama, Angela Chase. As the queen of angst, actress Claire Danes was frequently clothed in the mish-mash alternative rock style of the early part of the decade, which for you means either digging through your pile of castoffs or heading down to the local thrift shop to land some of the components you will need to make your Angela Chase look authentic. read more

If you have a pixie-ish build, then you might want to give a shot at dressing up as one of the world’s foremost anime icons. Sailor Moon leapt off the TV screen and into the hearts of teens and grown men and women alike when the program was imported from Japan in the 90’s. Her unique look is a combination of the Japanese animation tradition that walks the line between wholesome and naughty, meaning that you can choose to tip things in either direction depending on your mood. read more

Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe was the stated goal the film’s two main protagonists, played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Apparently, dressing to the nines is an important part of battling aliens, because the Men In Black made sure that they were never without their super slick suits and dark Ray-Ban sunglasses. read more