…with spooky weather on our doorstep, a look at the ‘Squid Game’ costumes that could make their way into every Halloween party
Jab Mumbai cosplayer Medha Srivastava known for her viral renditions of Loki, Khaleesi game of Thrones and bow in Jagme Tandiram – saw squid game When it first dropped on Netflix, she knew the show would be a success and she hired her inner-kang Sa-byok, a North Korean defender who is one of hundreds competing in the Deadly Games series, to win money. Wasted no time broadcasting.
The first season of the Korean-language survival-thriller series has become Netflix’s “biggest series launch” ever after amassing 111 million views in less than a month since its September 17 debut. and it contributed further hallu There is a boom across India which now sees more people leaning further into Korean culture along with eating marbles and red light green light game or dalgona candy. The biggest appeal of fashion in squid game Along with its simplicity and border-line-neon color-blocker, it also has a gender-neutral statement.
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Medha is one of the many creatives from across the world who have started working as the characters of the show. So far, we’ve seen players cosplay in their teal-green retro-inspired sweat-suits, giant singing dolls in their yellow and orange tunics, and pink overall-donning guards with their full-face masks.
Dalgona Prasad
- Just as Auroville’s Korean restaurant Novana introduced Dalgona candy to its dessert repertoire, so did Bengaluru’s Freddy’s Cookies (9148256505). In squid game, Contestants are tasked with carefully cutting out a traced shape from a Dalgona candy disc – if the contestants break into the shape, they are eliminated.
“Luckily, this costume didn’t require too many intricate details compared to what we do for Comic Con,” she says with a laugh. The real challenge is finding the teal-green jumpsuit that squid game Players wear After moving to Andheri, Mumbai, she created a stir in the Lokhandwala market, but could neither find a set of that particular color in the market nor online. So she bought a hoodie jacket online that matched the color and cut out the hood, painted on some white stripes and added a sticker that read ‘067’ (Sai-Byok’s contestant number in the tournament) on the front Was.
For hair and makeup, Medha did the bare minimum without making Sa-Byeok’s look culturally appropriate. With a light brush of brows and a stained lip, he was done. She also added clip-on bangs for good measure and groomed her. squid game Calling card with triangle, circle and square on it. She posted the cosplay on her Instagram account on October 11 to over 1,600 likes and hundreds of compliments.
color of the moment
Teal-green, a color that many had long been ignoring, is now the talk of the town, and within the past two weeks, the fast fashion house acted swiftly to make its own sweat-suit pieces of that color. . While Zara has two zippered jackets, H&M’s Conscious line offers a simple pullover. Accessories like the front man’s matte black mask and the guard’s porous mask, which has one of the calling card figures painted on it, are also quickly becoming available on e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Flipkart just in time for Halloween. .
Swati Chaturvedi in a half-and-half makeup look featuring the looks of the front man and guards from the Korean series ‘Squid Game’. photo Credit: Swati Chaturvedi
Meanwhile, Bengaluru-based makeup artist Sakshi Chaturvedi couldn’t decide between the front man (the mysterious host of the games) with her flashy matte black geometric mask and guards – so she opted for a bright half-and-half look. pink hoodie. She added some wounds to her face to mimic the shape of a squid game on one side and a painted mask and a blackout contact lens on the other, proving your taste in entertainment while staying true to the show. can add.
Even the white sneakers worn by players – which many suspect Vans – are in high demand.
a call to the markets
Like Mumbai, open markets in the older parts of major metro cities are a great place to find resources for cosplay and Halloween costumes. Hyderabad’s Begum Bazaar and Delhi’s Chandni Chowk markets have costume stores and kiosks with face paints, dyeable overalls, liquid latex and other ingredients that are great for anyone. squid game Clothing – but not exact apparel. In early October, event manager Manohar Sriram scoured Begum Bazaar and recalled a conversation he had with a vendor, “She told me that many people were asking her if she had anything? squid game And they showed him the pictures on his phone. It was barely two weeks since the release but an average of five people came for questioning every week.
probably the easiest outfit to draw squid game is a simple red wig; At the end of the season, main character Seong Gi-hun sports bright red hair while wearing a business suit. The same colored wigs with side bangs are now available on Amazon, Ubuy and Flipkart.
Of course, there will be trolls to make fun of the series. Vidya Ramraj in Hyderabad, who hasn’t seen the show, explains her plans, “Mere cousin, who is one”. squid game The fan is hosting a Halloween party, so I bought a squid costume and I’ll be taking a kid’s chess board – literally to embody the ‘squid game’ because there are many people who haven’t seen the show. ”
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