How to Dress Like Alice Cooper for Halloween!

By eHow Contributing Writer

Alice Cooper was the forerunner for most of the major Goth bands today. Widely famous and instantly recognizable, Alice is a celebrity among celebrities. If you're ready to make a big splash at your favorite Halloween bash, try the original King of Goth on for size. With little preparation, you can dress like Alice Cooper for Halloween.

Paint your eyes. Alice wears trademark makeup when appearing onstage. Completely cover the eyelids (upper and lower) and surrounding area with black face paint. Form drippy eyes by dragging the paint down the center of your face, beneath the eyes. The effect looks similar to a leaking eye. Add matching leak marks above the eyes to change it to an evil clown effect.

Step 2

Shave. Alice is always clean-shaven. Add drips to the sides of your mouth. Although his makeup is normally black, Alice appears to have blood dripping out of the sides of his mouth. Feel free to smear the makeup just a bit—Alice commonly wears sweaty, runny makeup onstage.

Step 3

 Find a good outfit. Fortunately for you, Alice wears a variety of stage costumes.  You can get away with just about anything as long as it's snug. Ripped blue jeans, leather pants, "blood" spattered straitjackets, top hat and tails or even Lycra one-piece outfits are all fair game for Alice Cooper costumes. Throw in a dog collar and black leather gloves and then sew on a few wicked looking restraint straps to round out the outfit.

Step 4

Wear a codpiece. You have probably seen Alice Cooper wearing a fancy cup over his nether regions. Spray paint a standard athletic cup black and wear it on the outside of your outfit. (Consider "blood" spatters an optional feature.)

Step 5

Get a black wig that falls past your shoulders. It must have bangs and stringy, uneven layers. Cut it if necessary to get just the right look.

Step 6 

Add accessories. Carry a fake severed head. Wear a noose hanging from your neck. Alice was the original shock jock, so the more gruesome the better.

Step 7

Borrow a boa. And no—we don't mean a feathery scarf. Alice uses a number of snakes on tour and large boa constrictors are a crowd favorite. If you're dressing like Alice Cooper, you're going to make a statement. Drape a big snake across your shoulders and it's almost guaranteed you'll be the biggest attraction in the room.