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Zombie Office Worker costume idea
Monday morning, but worse: a rumpled shirt, crooked tie and a tired, shuffling zombie coworker.
Funny, exhausted zombie who never left the office.
Easy20 min
What you need
Required
- White button-up shirt
- Tie
- Black pants / Khaki / chino pants / Black jeans
Optional
- Fake blood
- Blazer / suit jacket
- White face paint
- Black eyeliner
- Briefcase / laptop bag
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Substitutions
- any of: Black pants / Khaki / chino pants / Black jeans
The look
- Top
- White button-up shirt, untucked and rumpled
- Bottom
- Black pants, khaki pants or black jeans
- Shoes
- Any everyday shoes
- Accessories
- Crooked, loosened tie
- Makeup
- Optional pale face and shadowed eyes
- Hair
- Messy and tousled
Makeup
- Dab pale face paint over cheeks and forehead and blend the edges.
- Smudge black eyeliner into dark circles under the eyes.
- Add one or two small red stains near the collar if you like.
Hair: Rub your hair with dry hands until it is messy and flat on one side.
How to put it together
- Wear the white shirt untucked, with one sleeve slightly rolled.
- Loosen the tie and let it hang crooked.
- Pull on your pants and everyday shoes.
- Mess up your hair and practice a slow, shuffling walk.
Two variations
Zombie Boss
Add a blazer and briefcase for a zombie who runs the meeting.
Zombie Intern
Skip the blazer, carry a notebook and stumble along with a lanyard-style paper badge.
Safety note
Use skin-safe face paint and do a patch test before applying. Keep paint away from eyes, and keep fake blood to tiny stains only.