Lifestyle of a Fashionista

Volume 4: Issue 10: October 2025

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” -Stephen King

Spooky Season

October is the month associated with witches, ghosts, monsters, and other spooky creatures. Now is the time to plan your Halloween costume, party, stream some scary movies, and get ready for the trick-or-treaters. And of course, decorate your house with spooky things.

Costumes

From GMA: 2025’s best Halloween costumes for adults

From Russh: 56 of the best Halloween costume ideas for ultimate inspiration this year. Some of these ideas may require planning and creativity. Remember, if your costume is hard to figure out, you will have to explain it to everyone. I think dressing as a Severance worker might be an easy costume.

Decorations and Party

From House Beautiful: 60 Halloween Decoration Ideas That Bring the Style and the Scary

From Yahoo Live: 50+ Easy Halloween Party Ideas That’ll Turn Your Bash Into a Spooktacular Celebration

Scary Movies

From The Boston Globe: Creatures, killer cars, and downright nasty witchcraft: Globe critic Odie Henderson’s horror movie picks

I created a list of scary movies in 2022. I’ve updated it and removed the information on where to stream them. You can use Google or IMDb to find the streaming service that currently has the movie. https://lifestyleofafashionista.com/2022/10/28/halloween-movies/

Seasonal Notes

Fall Trends

I wrote about fall trends in my September newsletter and in a separate post, Fall Vibes, Activities, and Trends.

Here is another round-up from The Strategist: The Strategist Fall 100. The coats, sweaters, and loafers we’re eyeing this fall.

In honor of spooky season and cat costumes, I will share one more fall trend: leopard print.

From Who What Wear: It’s Official: This Is the Most 2025 Way to Wear Leopard Print

Notes on Watching

Weekly series that are coming to a close in October, or have just wrapped up.

• Platonic (season finale on October 1st on Apple TV+)
• Task (Finale on October 19th on Max) 
• Slow Horses (season finale on October 22nd on Apple TV+)
• Invasion (season finale October 24th on Apple TV+)
• The Rainmaker, (Season 1 Finale on Peacock October 24th)
• Only Murders in the Building (season finale October 28th on Hulu)

See more lists of new, returning, and noteworthy movies and series to stream in my latest post: Notes on Watching – Streaming – Lifestyle of a Fashionista

Movies In Theaters

From The New York Times: 80 Movies to Watch This Fall

Visit Fandango to see all the movies in theaters. See the full list of 2025 releases: https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2025/

From Rolling Stone: The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2025

Events

The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift‘s new album, was released on Oct. 3rd.

Prime Day October 7-8

October 10th is a Federal holiday.

Halloween, on October 31st, falls on a Friday.