Halloween Costume Guide
Two looks from Murder Mystery 2. Nine items for the casual build, six for the night dress. The wig and the jacket are what actually read at a party.
Audrey Spitz keeps ending up at crime scenes while trying to have a normal vacation, and by Murder Mystery 2 (2023) she and Nick have leaned into it and started a private detective agency. The blonde wig is the one item that ties both looks to Jennifer Aniston’s version of the character. The casual look is the more practical Halloween choice, the night dress works better if you want something dressier. Recognition is moderate: people who watched the Netflix films will get it immediately, everyone else will need a brief introduction.
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For the casual look, the floppy hat is what people read first, and it has to sit right. If the hat is pushed too far forward, it flattens the wig underneath and the whole thing collapses into a pile of accessories. Wear it slightly back so the blonde hair is visible in front. Without that, a striped tee and moto jacket is just a person who got dressed in the dark.
Audrey’s whole energy in the film is someone who is deeply out of her depth but fully committed to acting like she is not. At a party, this means you take everything slightly more seriously than necessary. Someone asks where the bathroom is, you squint at them like it might be relevant to the case. Someone spills a drink, you look around the room. She is not dramatic about it. She is just always watching, always a little suspicious, and always slightly wrong about what she is suspicious of.
Pin the Wig Before the Hat Goes On
Skip the pins and the hat will push the wig forward every time someone hugs you or bumps into you on a crowded dance floor. Two bobby pins at the crown of your head, placed before the hat goes on, hold everything in place. It takes four minutes and it is the difference between a consistent costume and a constant readjustment situation.
The Trench Coat Drape Problem
The iconic part of the night dress look is the coat draped over the shoulders, not worn normally. It looks right in photos. It falls off constantly in real life. If you are going to drape it, accept that you will need to re-drape it every twenty minutes, or just wear it open and normally belted. Both read as the character. One is significantly less annoying.
The Spitz Private Investigations
The strongest option here, but only for a group that has actually seen Murder Mystery 2. This is a niche group concept outside of that circle. If everyone has watched the film, the dynamic is there and the costumes vary enough to be interesting. Strangers at the party will not get it without an explanation.
The Vacation Sleuths
This group works better for a general crowd than the Murder Mystery-only option. Benoit Blanc and Marta Cabrera are well-recognized from the Knives Out films, and Mabel Mora has a strong visual identity. The concept reads clearly and does not require everyone to have seen the same thing. I’d call this the best group option on this list for most Halloween parties.
The Aniston Anthology
This is a fan group. It only works at a party where people know Jennifer Aniston’s career well enough to place each character, and Rose O’Reilly from We’re the Millers is the one that will need the most explanation. Rachel Green carries the whole concept on name recognition alone. The others are conditional on how deep the crowd is.
The Amazing Audreys
A same-name group concept. The theme is fun to explain once, but it will need explaining. Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks and the Descendants 3 villain have distinct enough looks that they read on their own. Audrey Hope from the Gossip Girl reboot is the weakest visual here. Works best if your group finds the concept funnier than recognition.
Reluctant Action Heroines
This is a niche concept that works for a specific crowd and falls flat for everyone else. Evelyn Wang from Everything Everywhere All at Once has the strongest recognition. Grace from Ready or Not has a distinctive look (wedding dress, crossbow). Jane Smith is widely known. Audrey is the weakest recognizable link here without the Murder Mystery context. Good group if the crowd is into genre films, hard sell otherwise.
The wig is the only thing you cannot substitute. Everything else in the casual look has a reasonable closet replacement, especially if you already own a moto jacket or a striped tee. The night dress look requires more sourcing.
The character is a hairdresser from New York who reads mystery novels and applies that knowledge very confidently to situations she does not fully understand. That is the whole bit, and it is a good one for a Halloween party.
Two options. For the casual look: blonde wig, floppy hat, suede moto jacket, striped tee, boyfriend jeans, black ankle boots, gold hoops, and a wedding ring. For the night dress look: long wavy blonde wig, sheer lace mini dress, white trench coat, rhinestone heels, and a strap watch. The wig is essential for both.
Audrey does not have a single breakout quote the way a villain or dramatic hero might. Most of her lines are reactive, panicked, or aimed at Nick. “I read a lot of mystery novels” is her recurring justification for everything, and it lands every time.
Murder Mystery 2 came out in 2023 and performed well on Netflix, but Audrey Spitz is not a character most people will place from the costume alone. You need to be at a party with people who watched it, or you will spend the night explaining who you are. The costume itself is fun, but go in knowing the recognition ceiling.
One is enough. The casual outfit look is easier to wear all night and more comfortable. The night dress look is better if you want something dressier or plan to do photos. Pick one and commit.
Yes. The wig exists to get Audrey’s specific long wavy texture. If your hair is already light and you can style it to match, skip it entirely.
It helps more than most single accessories do in this build. The hat is one of the more distinctive pieces in the casual outfit and it carries the tourist-detective energy the character is known for. Without it, the outfit is jeans and a jacket on anyone.
Audrey Spitz is played by Jennifer Aniston in the Netflix films Murder Mystery (2019) and Murder Mystery 2 (2023). She and her husband Nick keep ending up at crime scenes while trying to have a normal vacation, and by the second film they have opened their own private detective agency. The films are comedies first, mysteries second.