Dressing up, even just a little in Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel gear on Halloween keeps the series alive for true fans. BTVS and Angel fans don’t care a whit that the series is over. They love to celebrate all the pathos and humor that was our favorite supernatural series. And honestly, you can do it pretty easily, with some of the costume left over for your wardrobe.
The Slayer Herself
Fans will quickly recognize Buffy in her black jacket and red pants. When the could be evil Slayer Faith first saw her in season three’s Graduation Day Part 1 – she said: “Look at you. All dressed up in big sister’s clothes.”
Slick, well formed and ready for battle – you will look like a knock out in this classic Buffy costume.
The first costume gives you the option to be completely decked out as Buffy. The basic outfit includes the jacket , pants and stake. The costume is available S -M and L. This faux leather jacket has 3 buttons on center front and faux pockets. The red vinyl pants have an elastic waistband and are boot cut. All you need is a black tank top and boots to complete the ensemble.
This outfit even includes a stake.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Women’s Costume 
Complete the look of the Slayer outfit
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The Many faces of Willow
No character showed as much range in her development as Willow did during the series . From painfully shy , to blossoming on the computer and in college, to powerful witch that is able to kill vampires with a pencil she stays on the move. We see her inadvertently turned into a Vampire
I love nerdy Willow, with her jumpers and tights. But for Halloween it is more fun to look like the evil vampire Willow of the wish. I don’t have the exact costume but you will approximate it well for a red corset and a this black metallic looking bodysuit.
No one will be saying “Bored Now” that is for sure!
But if you can’t stand the idea of Willow evil, how about the Joan of Arc outfit that she wore in Season Four? In his true understated way, Oz put a name-tag that said “God” on a teeshirt on it to accompany her for the couple costume look.
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Want to dress like Xander for Halloween?
Watch out, you might just end up that way. That is because the Halloween costumes that Xander wore tended to end up as part of him in his future.
Xander’s best Halloween costume was his pirate look. He wore it just because it was funny, and it gave him a chance to say “Aye, matey.” Although this has a tragic foretelling as he loses his eye in the last season from a terrible villain.
Earlier in the series he buys a toy guy from Ethan Raine’s Halloween shop in Season 2 episode 6, “Halloween.” He uses it to go with some Army fatigues that he bought used to create a soldier look. Due to Ethan’s magic he becomes a real soldier, a skill that he can use many times in the series, including being the military lead in the fight against the Mayor in the conclusion of season three.
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Anya – Our Romantic Ex-Vengeance Demon
If you follow the series you will know that Anya used to be human, got changed into a vengeance demons centuries ago, and then loses her special powers and becomes human again.
A human who is in love with Xander. And is full of quirks.
Like a terror of bunnies.
Anya showed up at a Halloween costume with this bunny suit as her scary costume and you can too. Maybe she knows something about bunnies that we don’t . If your Halloween will be spent at home, you can still celebrate a spooky holiday with these deranged bunny one piece pajamas.
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Get some Vampires in the Mix
First get the face:
If you want to be an evil character you will undoubtedly want to go as a vampire.
Spike fought and killed a Slayer from New York. In episode “Fool for Love” Season 5 Episode 7 we saw him taking the jacket off of Nikki Woods and putting it on and having it on him almost constantly. It survived years of wear, and even being burned up as he saved the world at the Apocalypse in the Finale of the season.
For some reason Angel wore a long, black coat too although we don’t get to see the history of this one.
I think this leather coat would serve any would be vampire – or even just a stylish guy well.
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Spike is usually seen in black jeans along with a red shirt for most of the series and a classic red shirt that he wore open under his black jacket. As the series evolved he often changed the red shirt up for a black one. Add to that some black boot and you are on the way to your Spike look.
Here is lots of choices where you can have a great Spike Halloween costume and have nice clothes year round.
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A few more options if you want to be Spike or any vampire
If you follow the series , you know that James Marsters, the actor that played Spike was not naturally blonde. He went through some painful dying to get to be the white-haired one. You can just use the wig – and you have to wear the fangs unless you were worn with them.
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An alternative for the crafty – make your own leather coat. You will save a boatload of money. This pattern comes with a back laced vest that you would of course make in red for Spike.
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So one way or another you are going to be looking like a Vampire. If you are bound and determined to look like Angel – just wear black, vampire teeth and brood a lot.
But Vampires were not just a male gig – there were wonderful female vampires on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I have mentioned when Willow went vampire, but there were incredibly strong female vampires on Buffy.
The very first person you see in the series is Darla. She has her innocent school girl outfit on but soon she lets us see her powerful teeth – and we know she is a vicious vampire.
But my favorite vampire is Drusilla. This once sweet girl was driven mad by Angel and then turned into a vampire, She was crazy – and crazy strong.
In Wickedly fashionable Landau , who played Drusilla said -“I really like the wardrobe I get to wear as Drusilla. The initial concept of my character was this cross between a Victorian period look and the Kate Moss heroin chic fashion look. Skewing those things together… like the manicure is more along the modern stuff, and then the corsets and the hair I have the period look”
So I think you could get away with the following long dresses and look smashing. Oh, and be sure to take the doll with her, like Drusilla always had her Miss Edith. The white long dress reminds me of Drusilla’s favorite. And even though the red dress was made for another bad girl – Cruella De Vil and I think Drusilla would be perfect in it.
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If you are not up to a full costume: wear a Buffy t-shirt
You May not want to buy a Halloween costume, but you can always use another t-shirt. Why not have one that says “Dingoes Ate My Baby,” or “Welcome to Sunnyvale?”
However you celebrate Halloween – you will have more fun as a Buffy fan.
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