Halloween Costume Guide
Alice Cullen sees the future and pitches during her family’s thunderstorm baseball game, the one time vampires in this story can play a full-contact sport without breaking the equipment. Ashley Greene plays her across the Twilight Saga, based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel and directed by Catherine Hardwicke for the first film (Wikipedia). The franchise had a real streaming resurgence in the last few years, so the baseball uniform reads as recognizable even to people who skipped the theatrical run.
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The wig is the first thing people clock, and if it’s the wrong shape the rest of the uniform just reads as “someone in a baseball jersey.” Get the spiky cut close and the jersey and cap fall into place around it. At a party where the lighting is bad or you’re standing at a distance, a plain ponytail under the cap loses the character entirely and you become a person who really likes the Cubs.
Alice sees a vision, says “It’s time,” and the family walks out to play baseball in a thunderstorm because the impact of a vampire hitting a ball sounds like a gunshot and needs the thunder to cover it. She pitches. If someone asks why you’re dressed for baseball in October, that’s the one-line answer that actually explains it.
Order the wig at least two weeks out
Short pixie-cut wigs in this exact spiky shape sell out fast every September and October. If it arrives flat, work dry texture powder or a strong-hold paste into the ends and blast it with cool air from underneath to get the lift back.
Skip the baseballs if you’re dancing
Holding a couple of baseballs looks great for the first ten minutes of photos and then becomes something you’re setting down on tables and losing track of all night. Bring them for the arrival photo, then stash them in a bag.
Group Idea: The Cullen Baseball Team
Excellent group concept if you can get five or six people committed. This is a full recognizable scene from the film, not just a family lineup, and the uniforms plus one obvious human (Bella, no vampire speed, normal batting stance) sells the joke on its own. It falls apart fast with only two or three people though, since the “team” reading needs the numbers.
Couples Idea
Strong pairing since they’re a canon couple throughout the series and Jasper’s Civil War-soldier backstory gives him a completely different silhouette from Alice’s baseball uniform, so the two don’t blend into each other visually. Works best with people who already know the books or films, since nothing about the pairing explains itself visually.
Might Work, But
Might work, but the two vampire aesthetics are close to opposites, Alice is bright, athletic, and daylight-adjacent while Selene is head-to-toe black leather and night-action. Put them side by side and a stranger won’t clock “vampire duo” without being told, though the contrast itself can be a fun conversation starter if you’re both willing to explain it.
Solo Note
Might work, but solo Alice reads as “baseball player” more than “vampire” without at least one other Cullen nearby for context. It still works fine as a standalone costume, just don’t expect strangers to place the character without asking.
Most of this is a real baseball uniform you can thrift or borrow. The wig is the one thing worth buying new.
She sees things before they happen and announces them like weather reports. That’s the whole bit.
Start with the black mock neck base layer under the white and black baseball jersey, then add black leggings, knee-high socks, and the Cubs cap. The short spiky dark brown wig is what actually reads as Alice rather than a generic ballplayer, so do not skip it.
Yes. Twilight had a real streaming-driven resurgence in the last few years and the baseball scene specifically keeps circulating as edits and reaction clips online. Most people at a party will place the jersey and cap combo immediately, even ones too young to have seen it in theaters.
“It’s time” is her line right before the baseball game starts in the first film, said as thunder cracks overhead. She also tells Bella early on, “Bella and I are going to be great friends,” a line that turns out to be true for the rest of the series.
Ashley Greene plays Alice Cullen across the Twilight Saga, starting with the first film in 2008, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel (Wikipedia).
The Cullens can only play baseball during thunderstorms, because their vampire strength and speed need the thunder to cover the sound of the impact. Alice pitches during the scene, which is why her uniform gets the most screen time of the family.
If your hair isn’t already short and dark, yes. The short spiky cut is one of the only things that makes this costume read as Alice instead of a random Cubs fan, so it’s worth getting right.
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