Gomez & Morticia Addams

When The Addams Family premiered on ABC in September 1964, TV was full of perfect suburban couples who slept in separate beds and argued about the lawn. Then came Gomez and Morticia. He was a pinstriped romantic who kissed his way up her arm whenever she spoke French. She was a pale woman in a black gown who grew carnivorous plants and looked at him like he was the best thing in the house, which, in that house, was saying something. Sixty-two years later, they're still the most in-love couple on television, and they're a great pick for a couples costume if you'd rather be adored than scary. HalloweenCostumes.com sells both in their original black-and-white-TV versions under its Made By Us label: a 1960s Gomez Addams costume for $59.99 and a 1960s Morticia Addams costume on sale for $49.99, down from $59.99.

Together that's $109.98, before you add the wig, the white shirt and whatever you plan to use as a cigar.

There's one thing to know upfront. Neither of these costumes has a single customer review on HalloweenCostumes.com yet, or on its sister sites Halloween.com and Fun.com. So most of what follows comes from the product listings, the size charts, one review of the Gomez costume on Walmart and a lot of buyer feedback on an older Morticia dress the same store sells. That's less ideal than a stack of five-star reviews, but it still tells you a fair amount about what to check before you order.

Gomez, pinstripes first

The Gomez costume (item FUN96098AD) comes with four pieces: a jacket, pants, a tie and a mustache. Everything except the mustache is 100% polyester.

The jacket is purple pinstripe with a double-breasted front, a faux pocket and shoulder pads, which is exactly the kind of suit that says "I own a mansion and possibly a cemetery." The pants match the jacket, have an elastic waistband and a straight-leg cut. The tie is black and closes with an elastic band, so there's no knot to fight with, which is good news for anyone whose tie skills stopped at a middle school dance. The mustache is nylon fiber with a sticky back.

The listing calls the mustache the "pièce de résistance," and it kind of is. Gomez without the mustache is just a guy in a nice suit who's weirdly happy about thunderstorms.

What's missing is the shirt. The listing notes that the white shirt is sold separately, so you'll need to find one yourself. If there's already a white dress shirt hanging in your closet from a wedding in 2019, this is its moment. If there isn't, a basic one from Target or Old Navy will work fine, since only the collar and front really show under the jacket.

How the Gomez suit is sized

Gomez comes in Small, Medium, Large and X-Large, with plus sizes sold separately. The jacket chest runs from 40 inches on a Small to 52 inches on an X-Large, and the jacket waist uses the exact same numbers, which tells you it's cut straight rather than tailored at the middle. Jacket length goes from 29½ to 31¼ inches, and sleeves run 24¾ to 26¼ inches.

The pants waist is elastic, so each size covers a wide range: 26 to 34 inches on the Small, up to 38 to 46 inches on the X-Large. The inseam is 31¾ inches in every size. That's fine for average height, but taller buyers might end up with pants that stop a bit early. Gomez would call that "daring." Everyone else would call it "high water."

The one real review, and it isn't great

There's no feedback at all on the HalloweenCostumes.com page, but the same costume is sold on Walmart's marketplace by HalloweenCostumes for $67.98. There, it has exactly one review, a one-star rating from a verified buyer named Ana in October 2025. Her complaint was short: "Missing items in the package."

She didn't say which pieces were missing, and one review is never a verdict. But with a four-piece set, one of which is a small stick-on mustache, it's easy for something to slip out during packing. Open the package the day it arrives, lay out all four parts, and check. That's especially true if you order in October, when getting a replacement shipped in time gets harder every day.

Also worth noting: the price is lower on HalloweenCostumes.com itself, $59.99 against $67.98 on Walmart. Same costume, same seller, eight dollars less. That's roughly a white shirt from the clearance rack.

Morticia, in velvet

The Morticia costume (item FUN96096AD) is simpler on paper: it's just the dress. The listing says clearly that the wig is sold separately.

It's a pullover dress in stretch velvet, 93% polyester and 7% spandex, with sheer chiffon draping on the sleeves. The lower back of the hem is 100% polyester and has interfacing with a tattered, torn look. The site says the bottom hem has stitched "roots" detail, which is a nice touch for a woman whose idea of gardening was cutting the heads off roses and keeping the stems.

The copywriting is having fun, too. The listing describes Morticia as "the original mistress of the macabre from the black-and-white TV days" and says the dress comes with "velvet, chiffon, and just the right amount of disdain." The disdain, sadly, is not listed as a separate item.

Because it's a pullover, there's no zipper and no Velcro to fail you halfway through the night. That's a small thing, but anyone who's spent a party holding the back of a costume together with one hand knows it matters.

Morticia's sizing is the part to read twice

Morticia comes in X-Small through X-Large, with plus sizes sold separately. And the numbers run small. The X-Small has a 29½-inch chest, a 24-inch waist and 30¾-inch hips. The Medium is 33½ inches at the chest, 28 at the waist and 34¾ at the hips. Even the X-Large tops out at a 42-inch chest, a 34½-inch waist and 41¼-inch hips.

The stretch velvet will give a little, and the 7% spandex helps. But if you normally wear a Medium in regular clothes, check your actual measurements against this chart rather than ordering your usual size on autopilot. For a lot of people, this is going to be a size-up dress.

Length is the other number to watch. The dress runs 55½ inches on an X-Small up to 59¾ inches on an X-Large. Morticia's gown is supposed to pool around her feet like spilled ink. On anyone taller than average, this one may land at the ankle instead, so pick your shoes with that in mind.

What buyers of the older Morticia dress say

Since the 1960s Morticia has no reviews yet, it helps to look at the other Morticia dress on HalloweenCostumes.com. It's a Rubie's design (item RU702517), a black stretchy velour dress with tulle at the hem and on the sleeves, now on sale for $29.99, down from $49.99. It has 28 reviews and a 4.4-star average, and its buyers were not shy.

This isn't the same dress, so don't treat these reviews as a preview. But they do show what Morticia shoppers care about, and a few issues come up again and again.

The first is size. One buyer who's 5'5" and 135 pounds, and wears a size 6 "in pretty much every dress," ordered a Medium and wrote, "I could not even get this on. It is MAYBE a size 2, 4 if you've very slender with no shape whatsoever." Another reviewer titled her one-star review "Sizes run VERY small" and said the Medium "would have fit my 6th grader."

The second is length. Kara, who's 5'4", gave it one star and said it was "incredibly short." GB, who's 5'2", liked the dress but said, "I am 5"2 and wore 4-inch heels and it barely covered my feet."

The third is the back. Cilla, who loved the fabric and said it "fits like a glove," added: "the velcro that holds the back of the dress does not hold to well. Will put a safety pin to make sure it holds for Halloween night."

Plenty of people loved it, though. Fi wrote, "The quality was much better than I had expected. Crushed velvet and the bottom flare had good netting." And Terri left the kind of review every costume company dreams of. She said the dress "wasn't too revealing at the neckline, so that made it family-friendly for trick-or-treating," while being "very fitted, which makes it sexy enough for an adult party too." Her family went as a set: "My daughter and boyfriend went as Wednesday and Gomez and everyone loved us!"

She also flagged a practical problem nobody mentions in product photos. "Because of that snug part, the dress can't be pulled up for going to the bathroom." Plan accordingly.

What does that mean for the new 1960s version? It's a pullover with no Velcro to fail, and its size chart is published in detail, so you can actually measure yourself before you buy. That's an improvement. Length may still be tight for taller women, and small sizing is a pattern with Morticia dresses in general, so size up if you're between two sizes.

Finishing the look

Morticia's hair does half the job. HalloweenCostumes.com's Morticia page recommends several long black wigs, from a $12.99 Women's Long Black Witch Wig and a $14.99 40-inch version up to a $24.99 Adult Deluxe Witch Wig and a $39.99 Women's Deep Black Long Wavy wig. Straight, center-parted and very long is the goal. The same page also lists white foundation for $7.99 and black lipstick for $9.99, if you want the pale, dramatic version of the face.

For Gomez, you need the white shirt, and a cigar prop helps a lot. Gomez treated his cigar like a pointer, a microphone and a baton, depending on the scene. Slick your hair back, practice saying "Tish" with too much feeling, and you're most of the way there.

If you're bringing kids, the Netflix show Wednesday has made the youngest Addams more popular than ever, and Terri's review is proof that the family set works well at a trick or treat.

Summary

The 1960s Gomez costume is a complete-looking pinstripe suit with a tie and mustache, missing only a white shirt. The 1960s Morticia is a stretch velvet pullover gown with chiffon sleeves and a tattered hem, sold without a wig. Neither has reviews yet, and the single Gomez review on Walmart reports missing pieces. The older Morticia dress on the same site shows that sizing and length are the most common complaints with this kind of costume, so the size chart is your best friend here.

So, should you take the risk?

Probably yes, as long as you plan a little. At $109.98 for both, the price is fair for a couples costume that people will recognize the second you walk in, especially with the Morticia dress on sale. The designs themselves look right, and the listings are clear about what's included and what isn't.

I'll admit I'd feel better if either costume had even a handful of reviews. Buying something with zero feedback is always a bit of a gamble, and with Morticia's tight size chart, it's the kind of purchase where you want to measure twice before you order once.

So measure yourself, compare to the chart and size up if you're not sure. Check that all four Gomez pieces are in the box as soon as it arrives. Buy the wig and the white shirt at the same time so you're not hunting for them on October 30. And if everything fits, you get to spend a whole night as the one couple in the room that's more romantic than creepy, which is the most Addams thing of all.