VAMPIRE COSTUME ACCESSORIES

Vampires have fueled stories for centuries, first verbal, then written and finally celluloid.

Today, the bad boy (and bad girl) bloodsuckers are more popular than ever thanks to the Twilight and Underworld franchises, Daybreakers, 30 Days of Night and I Am Legend, along with blockbuster TV series like True Blood, Dark Shadows and The Vampire Diaries.

But there’s a lot more to transforming yourself into a vampire than simply throwing on a pair of fangs, although that is the BEST place to start when you start to consider Vampire Costume Accessories. If the fangs don’t look right, the bitter tooth is that the bloodsucker is gonna look as fake as cheap grillz!

On top of the teeth, you’ve got the makeup, the cape, the shoes, the jewelry, the ears and other components to the perfect vampire.

Here are some of the Vampire Costume Accessories for you to consider as finishing touches for your and/or your family’s great bloodsucker ensembles …

Vampire Costume Accessories: Fangs for the Memories!

Whole Tooth About Fangs!

“I VANT TO DRINK YOUR BLOOD!”

That oft-quoted vampire line cuts right to the chase – the thing that makes vampires SO terrifying is they go straight for the jugular to make a meal out of humans!

Naturally, when you are dealing with a creature who drains us of our life essence, you need something needle-like: sharp, hollow fangs that allow a creature of the night to sip away at their leisure – or even rip your throat out.

A lot of people aren’t too fond of needles, either, combining fears into something that’s doubly scary to some people! Vampire legends began long before the Wright Brothers first buzzed a North Carolina beach, but there’s no doubt that the ability most vampires seem to have to transform into bats isn’t exactly endearing to the “fear of flying” folks!

On the other hand, vampires are just so incredibly sexy!

For a physical context, vampires go for the throat with their lips and leave marks.

That just happens to be a perfect description of a hickey, or a love bite, that people often leave on their significant others, or someone else’s other.

Then there is that whole mesmerizing eyes thing that Bela Lugosi’s Dracula had going for him.

Of course, there are many people who think that never aging and living forever is pretty sexy – especially if your girlfriend/boyfriend is a super-hot 20-something who will never age or change in appearance. Now THAT’S eternal bliss!

As you can see in these photographs, fangs are various types are well represented, including a fang-tastic pacifier for the littlest vampire in the house … yeah, that’s right – binky got bite!

Vampire Costume Accessories: Ears Looking At You, Vlad!

Ear Comes Trouble!

Ah, who can resist the sight of pointy ears?

However, ear’s where some major bones of contention can be seen and heard among hardcore bloodsucker buffs – not all vampires seem to come equipped with them these days!

Naturally, the sharp-looking sharp hearing apparatus are like fangs – they only appear when the bloodsucker means business and not when the vamp is trying to blend in with its prey, humans.

However, it seems these days that when the fangs come out, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to get to see Mr. Spock with long teeth and a bad disposition. Normal ears seem to suffice for the non-so-normal creatures even when in vampire-mode.

So, should a proper vampire be blessed with pointed ears? The answer is simple: pointy ears ARE a feature of the most important vampire of all – COUNT CHOCULA!

Vampire Costume Accessories: Bites & Blood & Makeup, Oh My!

Love Bites, Then Sucks!

Blood … it’s what’s for dinner, for a vampire that is!

The tales of bloodsucking demons has been around since B.C. The term “vampire” has not. Well, that bites, say Team Edward fanatics. What gives?

These tales culminated in an influx of interest in the fanged fiends in 18th Century Europe and spawned the true birth of the bloodsucker lore as we know it today – John Polidori’s 1819 novel Vampyres.

From that work branched the legends that eventually fueled the penultimate vampiric writing … Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula in 1897. This quintessential book launched the vampire genre with a legion of faithful fans and allowed authors such as Anne Rice, Stephenie Meyer and L.J. Smith to put their own pointy-toothed spins on the ancient legends, and blessing us with a plethora of Team Edward souvenirs to collect!

Of course, traditional lore – and most of the tales spun by most of the modern storytellers – reveals the method of vampire creation: being bitten by one.

This gives opportunity to honor and visualize in cool graphic detail the tell-tale bloody fang marks left on the necks of vampires and their new victims.

As you can see in these photographs, there are many different ways to represent a “vampire’s kiss,” from the quick and simple to the ornate and realistic for your Vampire Costume Accessories. Select your own cup of tea, er, type, Drac, or Lestat, Edward, Alice, Jane or Bill.

Vampire Costume Accessories: The Cape Is Lovely This Time of Year!

Cape Fear!

OK, let’s face fact: capes are simply cool!

Sadly, this wardrobe accessory has fallen out of fashion and we hardly get to wear capes these days, which makes perfectly good sense to use late October as an excuse.

Capes are representative of the wings of bats, the form which vampires are able to assume at will, according to several branches of vampiric lore.

Either that, or 90 percent of vampires were on their way to the opera when they were first bitten!

And who could possibly believe such an outlandish tale as that?

When it comes to capes as Vampire Costume Accessories – you’re covered!

There are a wide variety of interesting wraps for men, women and children of all shapes and sizes, as you can see in these examples. So go out and get yourself wings!

Vampire Costume Accessories: Go Ahead, Make a Spectacle of Yourself!

House of Glasses!

If vampires prefer to view the world with rose-colored glasses, it’s only because you can’t see through blood-red ones!

Given the self-healing power of vampires, why would they need to wear spectacles, and why are they always a nice fashionable pair of designer shades? Product placement or just to look cool in the movies or on TV, no doubt.

In any event, a cool pair of shades can be just the right finishing touch.

Vampire Costume Accessories: Come On, Show Me a Little Glove Here!

Vamps Don’t Handle With Kid Gloves!

As with the cool shades, it seems that stylish opera gloves are a female fashion accessory that is an invention of Hollywood.

Not that anyone is complaining. No doubt bloodsuckers have a hard time deciding what to do with their hands in decent company … hide the claws, don’t hide the claws, if you don’t have claws that’s kind of embarrassing, too – and heaven forbid if you get a hangnail. (OK, I know, many of these gloves don’t have fingers, just go with it and let me have my little moment) Opera gloves just take all those worries away and make you look classy at the same time. And so can you with these Vampire Costume Accessories.

Vampire Costume Accessories: Here Are Your Crowning Jewels!

Look Like a Real Gem!

Vampires are like everyone else – we all like the bling!

Somehow, jewelry just seems to be more regal when worn by a bloodsucking monster … go figure!

As you can see in all these photographs, there is quite a variety of necklaces and jewelry to make you sparkle!

Vampire Costume Accessories: What a Lovely Shade of Pale You Are, Vlad!

Vampire Kiss
and Makeup!

Obviously you would expect a creature of the night who spends his or her days in a coffin to look a little on the light side. Or exactly white.

We always wondered, well what if the human had a really nice tan – or is Snooki – when he or she died? Won’t that tan be around forever?

Guess we’ll have to wait for a vampire spoof film or even a vapid vampire who is seriously concerned with their shade in a drama to find out the answer to that one.

Back to business, you CAN get really good Pressed White Powder and go from there with your accents.

Of course, many who add makeup to their list of Vampire Costume Accessories often place twin blood dribble lines running down their chin, but that simply signifies that as a bloodsucking demon you are quite the sloppy eater.

Vampire Costume Accessories: Don’t Go For Amateur Sthetics, Pick Prosthetics!

Like Chips, Vampire Heads Have Ridges!

When a great makeup job just isn’t good enough, some vampire perfectionists – and you know who you are (so does everyone else!) – along with amateur movie special effects buffs like to go all the way with facial prosthetics.

Done properly, and some kits can make that easier than you might think, the effect is breathtaking and bloodcurdlingly scary.

Of course, that whole bloodcurdling thing probably isn’t a good thing, because what vampire wants to suck spoiled, curdled blood?

Still, as you can see in these photographic examples, a bloodsucker who is well-prosthetic-ed (we’re making up words here so you don’t have to) is bound for gory, er, glory on Halloween, at the costume party, in the haunted house, on a date (Goth chicks totally rule!).

Vampire Costume Accessories: When All Else Fails, Hit ‘Em with Your Purse!

That Means You’re a Real Clutch-Hitter!

No, purses are not part of any vampire lore we’ve ever heard of … or ever want to.

However, we realize the practical side of modern life where cash, ID and other necessities, so you might as well make it all roll into the theme and look seasonably fashionable at the same time. Here are a couple of the battiest (that’s good in a vampire reference) bloodsucker-themed purses.

Vampire Costume Accessories: Drac Really Needs to Put Its Best Foot Forward!

Welcome to Bloodsucker Shoe Biz!

Tip toe through the tulips … sorry, for a demonic creature, that should be two lips!

The final step to tying on the perfect vampire costume is the perfect shoe that completes your look from head to toe.

You probably wouldn’t want to wear these clogs to work … and if you do, we really have to pay a visit to your job site because it has to be one fun, bizarre or both kind of place!

But they are fun, shocking and surprising and lets everyone know you take your Vampire Costume Accessories and Halloween dress-up to heart … or to jugular.

We hope you have enjoyed your visit to Vampire Costume Accessories and like the looks we’re presented here and understand our quirky sense of humor.

Our apologies to any REAL vampires out there, we mean no insult and beg you please don’t pay us any midnight visits … and if you must, at least give us a few weeks warning so we can try to peel off a few pounds before heading into all eternity.

Be sure to return from time to time and see our new finds.

Thanks all!

Vampire Costume Accessories