The phrase refers to coordinated or complementary costumes worn by pairs in the course of the Halloween season of that yr. These ensembles are designed to be visually linked, typically depicting characters from the identical movie, tv present, or historic occasion, or sharing a typical theme. For instance, a pair would possibly gown as Danny and Sandy from the film “Grease,” or as a pirate and his parrot.
The idea’s recognition stems from a number of elements, together with the will to take part within the vacation’s spirit of enjoyable and creativity as a unit, to showcase a shared curiosity or humorousness, and to reinforce social interplay at Halloween occasions. Within the context of 2017, the development was influenced by fashionable tradition developments, reminiscent of trending motion pictures, tv collection, and web memes of that point interval. These influences considerably formed the choice of themes and characters adopted for these themed outfits.