Explaining 1960s Halloween: Costumes, Music & Parties

Hello dolls, 🌼 and welcome to "Explaining 1960s halloween: costumes, music & parties"! Travel back with me to a cold October 31st in the 1960s when Halloween had a special kind of thrill and joy for everyone. While a lot of families still made their own costumes throughout the 1960s, there was a growing trend that had begun in the 1950s towards buying ready-made costumes that reflected popular culture, particularly in the USA. One of Ben Coopers, a big costume manufacturers, best selling costumes in 1964 were of cause: The Beatles, particularly George Harrison. The costume was released in time for Halloween following the band’s rise to fame in the US. Popular Halloween costumes, like those of Ben Cooper, can often act as snapshots of popular culture of the time, and this George Harrison costume perfectly captures the moment in music history when The British Invasion captivated American teens, and Beatlemania was born.   Costume options in the 1960s got even more expansive as a popular culture solidified. Beloved choices were The Addams Family, and Flipper the Dolphin, but also the The Beatles and Barbie.   Whether ready made, buying a pattern or completing making your own costume popular costume of the decade included Superman, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Spiderman, The Beatles, Casper the Friendly Ghost – or of course the traditional classics of mummy, witch, black cat or ghost.   The 1950s saw a rise in Halloween parties and by the 60s they were a must for everyone. This led