As of: January 29, 2024, 11:55 a.m
By: Patrick Hauser
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Carnival is just around the corner and the celebrities have chosen innovative costumes.
We present you the trends for the 2024 carnival season.
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As soon as the Christmas holidays and New Year are over, the next highlight of the year is already waiting: the carnival season is approaching its climax and not only in Cologne and Düsseldorf are the Jecken already in the mood to celebrate.
Celebrities all over the world dressed up and presented funny and innovative carnival outfits.
The trend in recent years has been moving away from the classics such as clown or cowboy costumes.
What is more modern are embodiments of well-known actors from film and television.
Outfits of fantasy creatures, Disney characters or other superheroes are among the most popular trends for the 2024 carnival season.
We'll show you what celebrities wear around Carnival and Shrove Monday and where you can buy the coveted costumes yourself cheaply.
Nicki Minaj as Harley Quinn
Rapper Nicki Minaj dressed up as Harley Quinn.
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Singer and actress Nicki Minaj transported herself to the famous Batman comic with Harley Quinn at Carnival, her husband Kenneth Perry presented himself in style with a Joker mask.
The rapper's outfit is one of the most popular at carnival.
On Amazon you can get a Harley Quinn costume with a jacket, shorts, T-shirt and gloves in different sizes.
Order Harley Quinn costume here
Of course there is also the iconic wig with the pink-blue hair and the inflatable baseball bat.
Britney Spears as Alice in Wonderland
Britney Spears dressed up as Alice in Wonderland.
© Instagram/@britneyspears / Amazon
Britney Spears' good days are actually long gone.
Nevertheless, that doesn't stop the pop superstar from dressing up as Alice in Wonderland for Carnival.
The Disney princess's sweet dress has been one of the top carnival costumes for years.
The princess outfit is available in different sizes on Amazon.
For the Alice in Wonderland costume
LeBron James as Edward Scissorhands
LeBron James can no longer play basketball with this disguise.
© Instagram/@KingJames / Amazon
Did LeBron James confuse Mardi Gras with Halloween?
Admittedly, some outfits can be worn for both occasions.
His portrayal of Edward Scissorhands is definitely great cinema.
You can get the right wig from Amazon, as well as the creepy extension gloves with XXL articulated fingers.
Then all you need is the right vest and you can feel like the basketball megastar at carnival.
Get your Edward wig now
Kylie Jenner as The Little Mermaid
Kylie Jenner dressed up as The Little Mermaid © Instagram/@kyliejenner / Amazon
It's confusingly similar: The one in the picture is not Ariel, the mermaid from the famous Disney cartoon.
But Kylie Jenner, American reality TV star and now a billionaire according to
Forbes
.
The Ariel costume is becoming more popular every year and is one of the greatest carnival outfits ever.
Buy Ariel outfit now
Of course, word has gotten around to the big online mail order companies: In addition to the Ariel skirt, Amazon also has the entire costume as a one-piece, a wig with red wavy hair and a beautiful butterfly crop top on the theme of Ariel, the mermaid.
Demi Lovato as Pennywise
Demi Lovato dressed up as Pennywise.
© Instagram/@ddlovato / Amazon
Another horror disguise: Pennywise is the main character in Stephen King's cult horror novel "It" and is one of the most evil characters in the fantasy world.
Demi Lovato also thought that the horror clown would make a good carnival costume.
The well-known US singer and actress slipped into the Pennywise costume for Carnival and created a bit of a spooky atmosphere.
Order Pennywise outfit on Amazon
Of course, the outfit is also available for women and children.
Emily Ratajkowski as Marge Simpson
Emily Ratajkowski as Marge Simpson © Wireimage / Amazon
But Marge turned out pretty... unfortunately it wasn't Homer Simpson's wife who ended up in real life, but rather model and actress Emily Ratajkowski.
Nevertheless, the two look very similar, apart from the iconic blue wig you don't really need much and you'll be the eye-catcher at every carnival party.
Buy Marge costume now
Joe Keery as Harry Potter
Joe Keery dressed up as Harry Potter.
© Jerrit Clark/Getty Images/Amazon
When, if not at Carnival, can you feel like Harry Potter?
The costume of the most famous Hogwarts student is becoming more popular every year and has also inspired the well-known US actor Joe Keery (
Stranger Things
).
The Potter costume comes with all sorts of extras such as a magic wand, glasses, tie and coat.
Order Hogwarts outfits now
Cindy Crawford as stewardess
Cindy Crawford dressed up as a retro stewardess.
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Admittedly, US actress and model Cindy Crawford has an elegance about her in her 1960s stewardess outfit that is difficult to get out of such a costume.
Stewardesses are a very popular costume idea during carnival.
If you then hand out drinks to the party guests, they will definitely feel like they are on a plane heading south.
Order stewardess costume here
Heidi Klub as Princess Fiona from Shrek
Heidi Klum as Princess Fiona and husband Tom Kaulitz as Shrek.
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Of course, the costume artist Heidi Klum should not be missing.
Every year - especially at Halloween - the German model superstar presents strange and imaginative costumes that are copied around the world at Carnival.
How about, for example, these costumes of the daring hero Shrek and Princess Fiona from 2018, worn by Tom Kaulitz and his wife Heidi Klum?
Buy Princess Fiona's outfit
Have you found a suitable costume for the carnival season?
Or do you want to steal the show with a particularly imaginative disguise?
You can find more carnival costumes here – from the beer suit to the fried egg and bacon partner outfit:
Buy carnival costumes on Amazon here
Everyone knows Carnival in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
But did you know where else in Germany and Europe the jokes are going on during the fifth season?
Here are the ten largest carnival strongholds.