Photograph: Trevor Mattea/Flickr
Photograph: Trevor Mattea/Flickr

The icon: The massive half graceful ballerina, half manly clown sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky watching over a Venice street corner.

What you’ll need: Blue tutu, white gloves, ballet shoes, bowler hat, red clown nose, white make-up, blue crop top or corset, 5 o'clock shadow and the delicate stance of a ballerina.

10 last-minute Halloween costumes inspired by LA landmarks

Break away from the cliche costumes this year with these fun and easy DIY ideas based on neighborhood landmarks

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Before you succumb to those cliché cat ears or standard white button up and Ray-Bans for that "Risky Business" costume we all know (and don’t really love enough to see every October), let’s search our archives for something awesome and creative. Since Los Angeles is inextricably, hands down, the best city in the nation, why not pay homage to the taco-eating, sunset-loving, juice cleansing characters of this city by embodying one of its landmarks? A nod to any of our friendly local celebs would be a good choice, but for something worthy of a standing ovation, check out this list of Halloween costume ideas inspired by our fair city.

RECOMMENDED: See more of our Halloween recommendations, including haunted houses, parties, trick-or-treating and more.

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