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Still not sure what you want to be for Halloween this year? Don’t worry, POPSEOUL! has the perfect solution for you. You can represent your favorite Hallyu star with a little bit of courage and creativity.

Andre Kim - If you are sick of dressing up as ET or other aliens from outer space, try dressing up like our designer friend Andre Kim.

Things to get:

• white space outfit
• spray on hair
• awkward fusion of French, American and Korean accent, “Hello, my name is Ah-nng-dre Kim, I’m a dee-za-in-na“

Instructions:

If you are too poor to get your Andre space outfit custom made, then do some magic with your winter blanket. Start stapling the blanket to yourself until you look like you are carrying a UFO around your stomach. Once the outfit is intact, spray paint your hair and draw that hideously bushy eyebrows. Don’t forget to slap on some foundation as well.

Too much work? You are almost there. The final step is to adapt Andre’s accent. There’s nothing special about his fusion accent and all you need to do is talk very slowly and insert the word “elegance” and “beautiful” in every other sentence to complete the look. Now go outside and reveal your Alien self to the world.

Park Jin Young – Are you too handsome to dress up as JYP for Halloween? Don’t worry, you can look like JYP by wearing his signature “sweat pants.”

Things to get:

• nipple tight white undershirt
• saran wrap (remember to sew in the pockets)
• clear tape
• black thong
• desire to become a social outcast for the rest of your life

Instructions:

First, put on your shirt and the black thongs. Then start wrapping the saran wrap around your legs and tape them to make sure that they are in place and voila, you are JYP for Halloween.

But if JYP’s plastic pants is too risque for you, try wearing the plastic on top like Sohn Ho Young. As long as you have the pecks to go along with it, you will become the ladies man of the night. And if you are brave enough, wear both the plastic pants and the shirt and let us know what happened to your social life afterwards.

Eun Chan from Coffee Prince – If you want your Gong Yoo fantasy to come true, then why not dress up as Eun Chan and hope for Han Kyul to walk by while you are out trick or treating.

Things to get:

• over-worn and over-sized t-shirts
• outdated sneakers
• ugly jeans
• duct tape
• tomboyish attitude and some Taekwondo kicks

Instructions:

First, duct tape your valuable assets to flatten them like a boy’s (if you are already flat, then congratulations you can skip the tape), and then put on the rest of the clothes. That was easy, now here’s the hard part. Practice speaking in Eun Chan’s annoying voice, blowing your hair whenever you are pissed and sitting down with your legs wide apart. Once you have Eun Chan’s signature moves down, you are set to go out and look for Han Kyul.

Dancing Queen Chae Yeon

Things to get:

• beaded curtains
• flashy lingerie
• hot tanned bod

Instructions:

First put on your lingerie and make sure that they are in tightly in place because nothing else will cover you up. Then carefully wrap around the beaded curtain on your neck and let it fall, as if your body was a wall and voila, you are Chae Yeon. But before you walk out the door, get used to the beads bouncing on your body whenever you move.

Bada, The Official Ajumma

Things to get:

• cheap perm
• clothes banned from the 80s
• desire to become an ajumma

Instructions:

Find the most runned-down salon near your neighborhood and ask for their cheapest perm. Then start your Halloween costume scavenger hunt in your mom’s closet and look for the loudest and the ugliest outfit. Wear it and pretend that you are all that. Now you are Bada.

Girl’s Generation: Nine twins

Things to get:

• Gather 8 other friends (excluding yourself) with long hair and who look similar
• School-girl outfits
• Desire to blend in

Instructions:

This is by far the easiest Halloween costume since you just need 8 other girl friends who have the same look. Next, wear the same school-girl outfit. The picture above is a good reference and volia- you are part of Korea’s largest girl pop group. And I bet that if you go somewhere with your crew, people will actually think you are Girls Generation.