Generique - Pope Costume for Men

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Pope Francis has been circling the globe reinvigorating interest in the papacy, so what better time to try out a Pope costume than the present? This allows people dressing up as Ghost for Halloween to be a thing, a figure as unique as, say, Freddy Kruger or Captain America. The long white soutane (otherwise known as a cassock or robe) comes with a half cape to cover your Holy Father shoulders, a belt, and skull cap. The Papas, Cardinal Copia, the Namless Ghouls, these figures don’t exist offstage the way, say, Rob Zombie does. Recreating the Pope’s look is easier than you might think, and can be done using everyday items or costumes pieces that you can purchase.

You can create this by cutting a piece of cloth to the desired length and attaching it to the back of your robe. Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott provides guest vocals on Spillways, his favourite track from Ghost’s brilliant 2022 album Impera. This guide will show you how to put together a Pope costume step by step, and will include tips and tricks for making the costume as authentic as possible.Sure, you can wear any pope costume and face paint, but let’s be honest, it’s not quite right -- you want those sweeping winged arms and that 'G' with the inverted cross in the middle. At the end of the day, it's the characters that sell the costumes, and Ghost have done well to cultivate those. In 1566 he decided to keep wearing his Dominican habit (robes), and the tradition of seeing the pope in white vestments began.

Make a pope costume from a twin sheet and other craft supplies for a project, religious play or costume event. One would be hard-pressed to remember when “gothic devil pope” was so popular a costume before Ghost’s meteoric rise. But what’s especially impressive is the plastic weapons bin in the priest-and-devil section, filled with red pitchforks, plastic scythes -- and Papa Emeritus scepters. This Halloween proves that even if Ghost were to break up tomorrow, their legacy would live on in the skull-painted faces of trick-or-treating fans everywhere.

Copia’s unmoving facial prosthetic is deeply unsettling, and makes one wonder if any of the previous Papa’s faces have been painted, or are somehow overlaid with some sort of foam rubber. The robe is a narrow fit meaning you will have to take smaller steps, befitting of a man of your holy station.