29 Halloween Costumes That Are Perfect For People With Glasses

Updated on Sep 28, 2023 at 5:55 PM

Photo Illustration: Ava Cruz

If you're someone who wears glasses regularly, rocking prescription lenses for Halloween is what it's all about. There are tons of easy, last-minute ideas for Halloween costumes where your glasses will make the look. Take it from me — I've been hipster Belle, Velma, Daria, Moaning Myrtle, and Tina Belcher in recent years, and I will probably find a way to work my frames into this year's costume, too. It's basically a built-in prop for a number of Halloween outfits, so you might as well find a way to go with it. Here are some of our favorite easy-to-pull-together DIY costume ideas that incorporate glasses for all of you geek-chic mortals out there.

— Additional reporting by Lauren Harano and Haley Lyndes

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29 Halloween Costumes That Are Perfect For People With Glasses

Velma From "Scooby-Doo"

Professor Trelawney From Harry Potter

Where's Waldo

Dexter From "Dexter's Laboratory"

Jess Day From "New Girl"

Nerd

Librarian

Alex From "Orange Is the New Black"

Cosima From "Orphan Black"

Meg Griffin

Liz Lemon From "30 Rock"

Rita Skeeter From Harry Potter

Enid From "Ghost World"

Alexei From "Stranger Things"

Harry Potter

Hipster Disney Princesses

Austin Powers

Numbuh 2 From "Codename: Kids Next Door"

Dwight Schrute From "The Office"

Mrs. Doubtfire

Andy Warhol

Napoleon Dynamite

Sadness From "Inside Out"

Arthur

Steve Urkel

Doctor Who

Gretchen Grundler From "Recess"

Edna From "The Incredibles"

Tsumugi Shirogane

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