Halloween 2025: Celebrity 'Halloweek' Overshadows Tradition

Local archival photo galleries and recollections recall nostalgic, mid-20th-century Halloweens with downtown window-painting campaigns, home pumpkin-carving and relaxed trick-or-treat rules. By contrast, Halloween 2025 has become a multi-day celebrity spectacle or “Halloweek,” with red-carpet galas, themed parties and stars posting multiple elaborate looks. A dominant red-carpet trend is sultry, skintight latex and pop-culture homages, with Janelle Monáe, Chloë Bailey and Paris Hilton among those reviving ’90s/2000s icons, and queer celebrities staging inventive couple and group recreations that are social highlights. Television tie-ins have amplified the craze: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos previewed a Severance-themed Live With Kelly and Mark Halloween episode featuring dozens of costume changes and an $18,000-plus contest prize. For everyday celebrants, lifestyle segments, makeup tutorials and costume retailers are offering shopping tips and inspiration to help the public join the festivities.