A Halloween costume is the outfit worn for the October 31 holiday, ranging from shop-bought superheroes to homemade experiments. Jenna Ortega’s personal history of the Halloween costume, shared on Late Night with Seth Meyers in October 2026, is unusually distinguished: a spray-painted styrofoam rock identified by a labelled headband, a recreation of Björk’s 2001 Oscars swan dress, and the Invisible Man. For the star of Wednesday, Halloween costumes were never a lark — they were an early art form.
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