What are some Edgar Allan Poe costume ideas?

Answer 1

• You could dress as Poe (black jacket, white shirt, scarf tied around the neck, mustache) with a black raven glued to your shoulder
• You could dress as an actual raven (black bird) from "The Raven"
• You could dress as Ligeia from "Ligeia" - wear a long, flowing dress, long black hair, and some sort of reference to death (she dies in the story)
• You could dress as an evil court jester from "Hop-Frog"
• You could wear a red masquerade mask, from "The Red Masque of Death"
• You could dress as a black cat from the poem "The Black Cat"
• You could dress as a bloody, murdered body from "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• You could dress as a gold-colored insect from "The Gold-Bug"
• You could reference Poe by dressing as a typewriter
• You could write some of his short stories or poems on fabric, and wear it as a shirt or dress

Answer 2

Some Edgar Allan Poe costume ideas could include dressing as the author himself with a black suit, ruffled shirt, and maybe a fake crow or raven perched on your shoulder. You could also go as one of Poe's famous characters like the narrator from "The Tell-Tale Heart" with a blood-stained shirt or as the narrator from "The Raven" with a feathered cape and dark makeup.