Last updated: June 20, 2026·🔄 Guide reviewed and refreshed ahead of Halloween 2026.· By Seckin Peker

Halloween Costume Guide

Nicholas Scratch from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Halloween Costume Guide

Gifted warlock. Loyal to a fault. Has been to Hell and back, which explains the coat.
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Quick Answer: The Nicholas Scratch Halloween costume is a clean dark academia warlock build anchored by a black coat over a light blue dress shirt and gray chinos.
  • Black Coat (essential)
  • Light Blue Dress Shirt (essential)
  • Black Dress Belt
  • Dark Gray Chino Pant
  • Black Oxford Shoes

Nicholas Scratch is Sabrina Spellman’s love interest at the Academy of Unseen Arts, one of the most gifted warlocks of his generation, and a man who voluntarily trapped Lucifer Morningstar inside his own body to keep the world safe. This build captures his Academy formal look: a sharp black coat over a light blue dress shirt with gray chinos and Oxford shoes. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ran four parts on Netflix between 2018 and 2020, and recognition at a general party is limited to people who watched the show closely.

Items Total5 Items
DifficultyEasy
VibeDark Academia Warlock
Cost$40-$130

Nicholas Scratch Halloween Costume Items

Nicholas Scratch from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Halloween costume infographic showing black coat, light blue dress shirt, black dress belt, dark gray chino pants, and black Oxford shoes

Nicholas Scratch Costume Items

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Nicholas Scratch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Gavin Leatherwood Warlock
  • 1 Black Coat (essential)The black coat is the centerpiece of this build and the item that anchors the warlock student aesthetic. Nicholas has two visual modes in the show: his everyday leather moto jacket look and his Academy formal look, which this build replicates. The coat should fit cleanly at the shoulder and be worn closed. A coat that bunches or sits loose at the shoulders changes the silhouette from sharp to generic. Check the shoulder seam placement before buying and adjust with the return window if needed.
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  • 2 Light Blue Dress Shirt (essential)The light blue worn under the black coat creates the visual contrast that defines this specific look. Nick’s Academy formal appearances typically feature a dress shirt in a muted or cool tone rather than white, which would read as too clean for his particular version of warlock student. Wear it fully buttoned but leave the top collar button open. A buttoned-to-the-throat collar reads as formal in the wrong direction for Nick’s personality.
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  • 3 Black Dress BeltA plain black leather belt with a simple buckle. Sit it at the natural waist and buckle it cleanly. Check your wardrobe before buying: most people own something close enough.
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  • 4 Dark Gray Chino PantSlim or straight fit in a medium-to-dark charcoal gray. The gray reads as deliberately chosen rather than a neutral default when it sits against the black coat and light blue shirt. Check your wardrobe before buying. Any dark gray trouser without prominent branding or distressing reads correctly here.
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  • 5 Black Oxford ShoesClassic low-profile Oxford in black leather or faux leather. The shoe silhouette completes the dark academia warlock student read and keeps the look from drifting toward casual at the feet. Any clean black dress shoe works. Check your closet before buying.
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Gavin Leatherwood as Nicholas Scratch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, showing the dark coat over dress shirt and tailored trousers that define his Academy of Unseen Arts formal look

How to Style the Nicholas Scratch Halloween Costume

The coat needs to fit correctly at the shoulder seam. If the seam drops past the shoulder point, the coat reads as oversized rather than tailored, and the sharp warlock student quality disappears. The light blue shirt at the collar is the visual detail that distinguishes this from a generic black coat look, so it needs to be visible above the coat’s lapel line. A shirt collar that disappears inside the coat loses the contrast effect the color combination is doing.

Nick tells Sabrina early in the series that witches are good at passion and lust but struggle with love because the Dark Lord does not allow it. He then falls completely in love with her, traps the Dark Lord in his own body, and goes to Hell. He delivers this observation as though it applies to everyone else. It does not appear to occur to him that he is describing himself.

Check the coat shoulder fit before the event

Coat shoulder fit is the detail most people do not check until they are already dressed and standing in front of a mirror with no time left. The shoulder seam should sit exactly at the edge of your shoulder, not past it. Try the coat with the dress shirt underneath before the party, not over a t-shirt, because the shirt adds just enough layer to change how the coat sits. If the coat is slightly large at the shoulder, there is no easy fix on the night.

Leave the top collar button open

Nick’s formal wardrobe is sharp but not stiff. A fully buttoned collar on the dress shirt changes the character read from confident warlock student to someone attending a job interview. One button open at the collar is the correct setting. It also makes the light blue more visible above the coat’s lapel, which is what creates the color contrast the look depends on.

Nicholas Scratch Group Halloween Costume Ideas

Couples Idea

Nicholas Scratch & Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Excellent couples pairing and the central romantic relationship of the show from Part 1 onward. The visual contrast between Nick’s dark formal coat and Sabrina’s bright red coat is immediately distinctive as a pair. Both costumes have CostumeRealm guides, which makes this one of the more complete couples builds available from the franchise.

Nicholas Scratch Sabrina Spellman

Duo Idea

Nicholas Scratch & Ambrose Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Strong warlock duo from the same show. Nick and Ambrose are both warlocks close to Sabrina, and their visual contrast is clear: Nick’s tailored dark formal look against Ambrose’s bohemian layered leather and floral shirt aesthetic. Both costumes have CostumeRealm guides. The pairing reads well to anyone who watched the series and holds together visually even without that context.

Nicholas Scratch Ambrose Spellman

Group Idea: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cast

Nicholas Scratch, Sabrina Spellman, Ambrose Spellman, Prudence, Zelda Spellman

Strong group for a Sabrina watching crowd. Sabrina and Ambrose Spellman both have CostumeRealm guides. Prudence and Zelda would need to be built from reference material, which requires some effort but produces a complete and visually varied group. The five characters together cover a wide range of aesthetics that reads clearly as a themed group.

Nicholas Scratch Sabrina Spellman Ambrose Spellman Prudence Zelda Spellman

Group Idea: Iconic Mysterious Love Interests

Nicholas Scratch, Edward Scissorhands, Jareth the Goblin King, Lucifer Morningstar, Connell Waldron

Might work, but the visual range across these five is extreme and the source properties are decades apart. Edward Scissorhands is a gothic Tim Burton character from 1990. Jareth is a glam rock Goblin King from 1986. Lucifer Morningstar is a suited TV antihero. Connell Waldron is a college student from an Irish literary adaptation. Nick is a warlock in a black coat. The shared quality of being compelling love interests with complications is the concept, but it will need explaining at most parties.

Nicholas Scratch Edward Scissorhands Jareth the Goblin King Lucifer Morningstar Connell Waldron
Nicholas Scratch and Sabrina Spellman from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, showing the visual contrast between Nick's dark formal coat and Sabrina's red coat for a couples Halloween costume pairing

Nicholas Scratch Halloween Costume DIY Tips

Building the Look

Five items, almost all of which most people already own in some form. This is one of the easiest builds in the Sabrina lineup. The coat is the only item worth buying specifically, because fit at the shoulder matters and thrift store coats require trying on before committing.

  • Black coat: worth either buying new or carefully thrifting. Try it on before buying secondhand and check the shoulder seam placement specifically.
  • Light blue dress shirt: check your wardrobe. A pale blue or chambray dress shirt in any reasonable condition reads correctly. The color matters more than the cut.
  • Black dress belt: check your wardrobe first. A plain black leather belt with a simple buckle is common enough that buying specifically for this costume is usually unnecessary.
  • Dark gray chino pant: thrift this or check your wardrobe. Dark gray trousers are common in second-hand stores. Avoid anything with heavy distressing or visible logos.
  • Black Oxford shoes: check your closet. Any clean black dress shoe works. This is the most substitutable item in the build.
  • Optional addition for recognition: Nick’s everyday look uses a black leather moto jacket over dark knitwear rather than a dress coat. If you own a black leather jacket and prefer the street version, swap the coat for the jacket and add a dark crewneck underneath. The leather jacket version is arguably more recognizable to people who know the show.

Playing Nicholas Scratch at the Party

Nick is confident, laid-back, and slightly fatalistic about the world he grew up in. He has progressive views for a warlock, genuinely good instincts about people, and a tendency to fall completely in love with someone and then end up in Hell about it.

  • When asked who you are: “Nick Scratch. Academy of Unseen Arts. Currently between dimensions.” Do not elaborate unless someone follows up.
  • His best lines both involve Sabrina directly, which makes them situational. If your couples partner is playing Sabrina: “You taught me how to love.” Say it plainly and move on. The understatement is the whole point.
  • Nick’s laid-back quality comes from genuine confidence, not from not caring. He cares about the things he cares about more than almost anyone else in the show. Playing him as detached misses the character entirely.
  • He suggested to Harvey, the mortal boy Sabrina was dating, that Harvey forgive her, even though he had feelings for her himself. That kind of behavior is what makes the character work. It is also a useful social posture at a crowded party where things are getting complicated.

Nicholas Scratch Halloween Costume: FAQ

Put on the Light Blue Dress Shirt with the top collar button open, add the Dark Gray Chino Pant with the Black Dress Belt, and pull the Black Coat over the top, worn closed. Finish with Black Oxford Shoes. The light blue shirt visible at the collar above the black coat lapel is the detail that gives the look its specific dark academia warlock quality rather than reading as a generic formal build.

Niche without context. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ended in 2020 and recognition at a general party is limited to people who watched the show closely. The costume itself reads as a clean dark academia look regardless of character recognition, which means it holds up visually at most events even without the reference landing.

Two define him. To Sabrina: “You taught me how to love.” And separately: “I really did fall in love with her hard. You are the reason I am still safe and alive, Sabrina Spellman.” He says the second after voluntarily using his own body as a prison for Lucifer Morningstar and spending time in Hell. His threshold for what constitutes being safe and alive is, by this point, doing meaningful work for him.

Nicholas Scratch is played by Gavin Leatherwood, who appeared across all four parts of the Netflix series (IMDb).

Nick is a student at the Academy of Unseen Arts and Sabrina’s primary love interest across the series. He is initially assigned by the Dark Lord to guide Sabrina toward the Path of Night, but genuinely falls in love with her and abandons that assignment. At the end of Part 2, he traps Lucifer Morningstar inside his own body as the only available vessel and is dragged into Hell, which then becomes Sabrina’s problem to fix.

Not straightforwardly. He starts the series working an assignment from the Dark Lord, which is not a great introduction. He abandons it because his feelings for Sabrina are genuine, and he ends Part 2 by sacrificing himself to keep everyone safe. Whether the original deception cancels out the eventual self-sacrifice is a question the show leaves mostly open.

Nick’s everyday look is a black leather moto jacket over dark knitwear with slim black jeans and combat boots. His Academy formal look, which this build replicates, is a sharp tailored black coat over a dress shirt with clean trousers and Oxfords. The leather jacket version is arguably more recognizable to fans of the show, but the formal version is more practically wearable and reads clearly as dark academia even without the character context.

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