From pop culture icons to children’s cartoon characters, students and staff donned elaborate costumes that showed off their creativity and flair. Explore the intricacies of individual, duo and group outfits with Aquila, as students share their processes of planning and executing their ensembles.
Kaitlyn: I’m Kaitlyn Su. I’m in 12th grade, and I’m Embarrassment.
Kashish: I’m Kashish Priyam. I’m also in 12th grade, and I’m Disgust.
Sophia: I’m Sophia Liu. I’m a senior, and I’m Sadness.
Melody: I’m Melody Yin. I’m also a senior, and I’m Anger.
Cindy: I’m Cindy Yu. I’m also a senior, and I’m Joy. So we’re the emotions from Inside Out 2.
Kashish: This is something that’s simple to do, and everyone can do it. I think because we’re seniors, we’re a little busy right now, so we wanted something easy to do.
Kaitlyn: A sweatshirt is literally my daily outfit, so embarrassment really fits.
Cindy: I had everything I’m wearing. So this shirt is my mom’s, the belt’s my mom’s, the jacket’s my mom’s. I got this skirt in middle school, and I don’t remember where. And the tie is from my preschool teacher.
Melody: Where’d you get your earrings from?
Cindy: My mom.
Kashish: I think costumes are more fun when you do them with other people. Because even if, individually, your costume isn’t exact, altogether you can figure out the vibes.
Kaitlyn: Yeah, I agree with Kashish because everyone thinks I’m a pink clown when I’m alone. But when I’m around them,I think they think I’m Embarrassment.
Natalie: Hi, my name is Natalie Warmdahl, and I’m Cinderella.
Pedro: And I’m Pedro Castro III, and I’m Prince Charming.
Natalie: So it was yesterday, and we had a costume, but it wasn’t that good and we knew we could do better. So I went to Spirit Halloween and I went through a bunch of the costume options. And this is what we landed on.
Natalie: I really like my dress. I really like the luminosity of it, like how shiny it is and everything. It looks really pretty in the sun.
Pedro: I would say her dress too. Nothing really about mine is good, but her dress looks amazing.
Natalie: Yours is good. It’s just a jacket.
Sophie: I am Marie Antoinette. Marie was the queen of France, and I’m French. She says, “Let them eat cake,” and I love cake. So, in those ways we agree on a lot of things. The original model, she had different shoes – they were boots. But I felt it was – this is already pretty modern, especially because she wouldn’t be wearing a skirt that’s this short – but I felt like the boots were a little bit too much, so I switched it up to these more dainty, they kind of look like Lolita shoes or whatnot. And yeah, then I just kept with the pink theme and added the pink wig. It’s pretty much it. I wanted something that was extra and pretty.