It's official: these little kids win Halloween.
Dressed as your favorite characters from the hit movie Crazy Rich Asians -- Araminta, Peik Lin, Rachel and Bernard -- their costumes boast the lethal combination of hilarious, cute and culturally relevant. Posted on Instagram by Jessica Gueco Klein, the photos have even received a social media seal of approval from the stars of the movie themselves, including Awkwafina and Jimmy O. Yang, and director Jon M. Chu.
That's when you know you're having a cultural moment -- when you've inspired a Halloween costume. When I was growing up, aside from a few notable exceptions, Asian American pop culture-inspired costumes were few and far between. I'm not talking about generic ninjas and stuff. But the past couple of years have given way to some pretty great costume-worthy Asian characters and icons.
Each Halloween, we run a reader-submitted costume gallery that has become a popular annual feature. Given the great pop culture options out there, here's a wish list of some of the costumes we'd love to see this year. Some of you creative and resourceful readers have already got it done. Please, send in your awesome, cute, spooky, fun and non-offensive Halloween costume photos (of course, they don't have to be on this list).
Send them in, and some of the photos will be updated here...
Bernard Tai from Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin as Bernard Tai.
Araminta Lee from Crazy Rich Asians
Peik Lin from Crazy Rich Asians
"New York in the houuuuuuse!" Christine as Peik Lin.
Rachel Chu from Crazy Rich Asians
Christine's daughter as the lovely Rachel Chu.
Captain Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery
Mirror Universe Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery
David Kim from Searching
Will as David Kim.
Rose Tico from Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Paige Tico from Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mantis from Guardians of the Gallery
Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel
Kazuda Xiono from Star Wars Resistance
Jason Mendoza as Jianyu from The Good Place
Jason Mendoza from The Good Place
Tahani Al-Jamil from The Good Place
Melinda May from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Colleen Wing from Iron Fist
Lara Jean Covey from To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Yakult
Maia and Alex Shibutani
Chloe Kim
Ali Wong
Eve Polastri from Killing Eve
Kimchee from Kim's Convenience
Cardboard Jung from Kim's Convenience
Jon as "Cardboard Jung," beloved son and spokesperson for Handy Car Rental.
Aiko Hakari from The First
Kenan Kong from New Super-Man
Sun Bak from Sense8
Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6
Go Go Tomago from Big Hero 6
Glenn from The Walking Dead
Resistance Auntie
Jane as "Resistance Auntie," as rendered by by artist Shing Yin Khor.
