Barbie movie costumes, miniature sets and props on display...

In 2023 director Greta Gerwig brought Mattel's iconic doll 'Barbie' to the big screen and grossed over $1.4 billion at the global box office. Margot Robbie starred as the titular toy icon and Ryan Gosling played her wannabe boyfriend 'Ken'. The film garnered eight Oscar nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design for Jacqueline Durran.

Oscar-nominated Barbie movie costumes

worn by Margot Robbie as Barbie

and Ryan Gosling as Ken

Two of the screen-worn costumes from Barbie were captured on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025. The featured costumes included the one worn by Barbie when she leaves Barbieland and drives to the real world, along with Ken's double denim look from the feature film.

If you want to see more of Jacqueline Durran's Oscar-nominated costumes designs from the movie, be sure to also check out these other Barbie movie costumes that were previously on display at the ASU FIDM Museum in Downtown L.A.

Plus you can see more of her design work with these Oscar-winning Anna Karenina movie costumes, these Oscar-nominated 2019 Little Women movie costumes, these Oscar-nominated live-action Beauty and the Beast movie costumes and these 2015 Macbeth movie costumes, to name a few.

Barbie movie poster

Production Designer Sarah Greenwood and Set Decorator Katie Spencer were also nominated for the Oscar for Best Achievement in Production Design for the movie. When I visited the Academy Museum it was also fun to see some of the Barbieland miniature sets and film props showcased in their own exhibit.

Barbieland miniature sets and props

from Barbie

The production team created a whimsical artificial colorful world with no water, no electricity, no black and white and no chrome, absolutely true to the Barbie brand.

Barbie movie poster

10 men's Halloween costume ideas from the big screen from recent times...

At the weekend we received our first invite to a Halloween party, so of course I immediately thought "what am I going to wear?!?". As luck would have it I was able to turn to some recent movie exhibits I've encountered to provide some inspiration that could work.

Dojo Mojo Casa House Ken costume

from Barbie

Ryan Gosling wasn't just 'Ken' in 2023's blockbuster Barbie movie, he was more than "Kenough" in the role, even earning himself an Academy Award Supporting Actor nomination.

Jacqueline Duran was the Oscar-nominated Costume Designer on director Greta Gerwig's film, but I'm not sure I have the abs to pull off Ken's "Dojo Mojo Casa House" costume (plus Palm Springs can still be super hot in October so I'm uncertain all that faux fur would work).

Napoleon Bonaparte costume

from Napoleon

After a summer of Paris Olympics, maybe a little something French is in order, like Napoleon Bonaparte.

Joaquin Phoenix wore this Napoleon costume in director Ridley Scott's historical epic and Janty Yates and David Crossman were the Oscar-nominated Costume Designers on the film.

Willy Wonka costume

from Wonka

With something with a bit more whimsy, there's a young 'Willy Wonka' from 2023's Wonka, played by Timothée Chalamet.

Lindy Hemming was the Costume Designer on this musical fantasy comedy, which depicts the early days of Roald Dahl's character as a chocolatier.

Phil Knight costume 

from Air

In 2023's biographical sports drama, Air, which tells the story of the partnership between basketball rookie Michael Jordan and athletic apparel brand Nike, Ben Affleck played the company's co-founder Phil Knight.

This sporty 1980s ensemble would make for a fun Halloween look, and Charlese Antoinette Jones was the Costume Designer responsible for helping the film step back in time fashion wise, so be sur to check out more screen-worn Air costumes on display.

David Von Erich costume

from The Iron Claw

For another sporty look, what about this flamboyant wrestling costume worn by Harris Dickinson in 2023's biopic about the Von Erich brothers, The Iron Claw.

Jennifer Starzyk was Costume Designer on the film, so be sure to enjoy more of her flashy pro-wrestler costumes from the movie on display.

Oliver Quick Midsummer Night's Dream Party costume

from Saltburn

In writer-director Emerald Fennell's 2023 dark psychological comedy, Saltburn, Barry Koeghan plays the cuckoo in the nest character, 'Oliver Twist', who ingratiates his way into an wealthy and eccentric English aristocratic family by deceit and slowly eliminates them one by one to claim their fortune and family estate.

This leafy embroidered white outfit he wears for the Midsummer Night's Dream Party would be a great Halloween costume if you added the deer antlers he sports in the film, designed by Sophie Canale.

Dr. Godwin Baxter costume

from Poor Things

If mad scientist is more your thing, then maybe the Frankenstein-inspired 'Dr. Godwin Baxter' from 2023's Poor Things is for you, especially if you recreated Willem Dafoe's character's scarred face from the movie.

Be sure to check out more of Holly Waddington's Oscar-winning Poor Things costumes on display for more inspiration.

Prince Eric costume

from The Little Mermaid

If you want to be a real charmer this year, then maybe this 'Prince Eric' costume worn by Jonah Hauer-King in Disney's live-action version of The Little Mermaid is for you.

Colleen Atwood was Costume Designer on the reimagined 2023 movie, and for more regal looks be sure to check out these Prince Charming costumes from the big and small screen.

Drax spacesuit

from Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

For a more out-of-this-world look, then maybe one of the colourful spacesuits worn in 2023's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, like this red one worn by Dave Bautista's 'Drax', evoking 2001: A Space Odyssey's astronaut 'Dave Bowman'.

Judianna Makovsky was the Costume Designer on this third installment in James Gunn's MCU GOTG trilogy.

Andy costume

from Alien: Romulus

For another futuristic, yet easier to recreate look, maybe it's the Weyland-Yutani Corporation jumpsuit worn by David Jonsson as the android 'Andy' in 2024's Alien: Romulus on display.

Carlos Rosario was the Costume Designer on the movie responsible for evoking the fashion of the original Alien and Aliens franchise movies.

There's some great looks here, I'm still not entirely convinced about a party costume for this year, so I think I'll peruse through my archives of previous men's Halloween costume ideas for more even inspiration. 

Wonka movie costumes on display...

In 2023's musical fantasy, Wonka, Timothée Chalamet plays a young magician, inventor and chocolatier named 'Willy Wonka' who has a hatful of dreams and handful of coins to his name who arrives in Europe to establish his unique chocolate at The Galéries Gourmet. Tricked into working at a boarding house launderette when he signs a contract he can't read, he meets an orphan girl named 'Noodle' (Calah Lane) and other indentured captives who help him to escape and achieve his dreams of having a chocolate store, taking on a Chocolate Cartel led by corrupt businessman 'Arthur Slugworth'.

Willy Wonka costume worn by Timothée Chalamet,

Noodle costume worn by Calah Lane and

Arthur Slugworth costume worn by Paterson Joseph

in Wonka

Lindy Hemming is Costume Designer on this origin story directed by Paul King and this trio of screen-worn costumes were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s ASU FIDM Museum on March 5, 2024.

Anthony Brookman, Charlotte Child, Rosie Grant, Joanne Lees and Nat Turner were Assistant Costume Designers, with Brendan Handscombe Costume Supervisor.

Fans of Timothée Chalamet can also enjoy a closer look at his Dune movie costume and his film costume from The French Dispatch on display.

Wonka movie billboard