How to Select Clothing for Zombie Costumes

Video Transcript

"Hello! I'm Matt Cail on behalf of Expert Village. I'm here today to show you how to make a zombie costume. The nice thing about a zombie costume is after you have all your makeup supplies to go, you probably spent most of the money you're going to need on a zombie costume because next we're going to go over to the thrift store. Hit a local thrift store, and this is going to be where you get your zombie gear getup. I recommend first off getting an older pair of pants. All of the colors you're going to use in the zombie are going to be very neuted. The only really flashy parts in the zombie are the gore. The rest is very subdued. Every single color you have is going to have a lot of grays in it. It's going to have a very decayed effect. The first thing we're going to do is pants, which these pants are gray and are going right in the direction I'm talking about. Next, you're going to need an undershirt. Just as long as it's long sleeved and again, doesn't have lots of bright flashy colors. That'll meet our purposes. All this clothing just has to generally fit. It's actually even better if it doesn't fit perfectly because again, a zombie would have been in the ground for a while, some decomposing, and the body would have changed it's proportions a bit. Actually ruffled, lumpy clothes are very good. Lastly, get an over coat. Get a cheap blazer or overcoat. Both of them are fine. Most people are buried in finer clothing rather than just their Sunday gear. A nice overcoat will provide a layered effect. Also will allow us to some more gore and different layers so that it doesn't think you have an outside blazer and everything's normal underneath. No, this zombie gear is going to be very layered and you're going to have a lot of different clothes and really a matching outfit that you're going to have as your zombie."