For a Dracula outfit, all you need is some face paint, a three piece suit with a high collar on the long blazer and bow tie. Using the face paint, you can make yourself look ghostly-white and more vampire-ish, not to forget create the blood lines starting at the corner of the mouth!

So, for Halloween, why not create a totally unique costume based on one of the stars of the sideshow community? As for entertainment, different social classes enjoyed a variety. Whilst some would prefer to indulge in literature, others would attend the opera and musical theatre. A popular trend during this time was attending a Victorian Carnival, often referred to as ‘Freak Shows’, but we will touch on these later on. So, now we know a little bit about this era, what does it have to do with Halloween costumes? Well, as mentioned, this period brought a number of scary faces to light, not to forget our mention of ‘Freak Shows’. If you’re planning a Halloween party or you’re attending one this year, why not take a look at Victorian fashion or our suggestions below for a killer costume! The Victorian era gave birth to some terrifying faces, not to forget a few peculiar practices including post-mortem photography.The human skeleton, or Isaac Sprague, lived his life as a normal young boy. This was until he reached age 12 when his muscles began to deteriorate and the weight just fell right off him. When he was 24, he found that he couldn’t work so instead he decided to join the sideshow.

In terms of social classes, there was a huge divide in Britain that separated poverty from extraordinary wealth. Whilst the rich would live comfortably and their children had the privilege of education, the poor would often reside in damp homes and had few, if any, luxuries. Another huge contrast between the two classes was work life. The poor would often work long, hard hours for very little pay, while a large percentage of the rich didn’t have to work at all. Frank Lentini, more commonly known as the three legged man, was born with a third leg. He was also said to have a tiny foot on the third leg’s knee and some say he had two sets of genitalia. Unlike Sprague, doctors identified the cause of Lentini’s condition, claiming that the leg was a result of an under-developed conjoined twin.

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Our first Halloween costume idea is, of course, Dracula. You may be wondering what Dracula has to do with the Victorian times but the original novel was published during this era by Bram Stoker. It is a gothic horror, making it perfectly suited to the way Victorian’s used to spend their Halloweens!