Librarian Costume

A librarian is a professional charged with organizing and managing books, periodicals and other information within a specific system. While the word librarian comes from the Latin name for book “liber”, librarians take care of all sorts of information including music, newspapers, digital information and more. You can put together a librarian costume that will fit both women and girls; and we don’t discriminate because men can dress up in a librarian costume too!

For the hardcore bibliophile, a traditional librarian costume is in order. For the classic librarian costume, wear a dark, knee-length skirt along with a proper button down shirt and cardigan. Slip on some sensible shoes with you librarian costume because you may be on your feet all day re-shelving books. A pair of eyeglasses on a long chain and a bun hairstyle will give you the old-school librarian costume style. A traditional librarian costume often are modeled after older women, so choose a grey wig and adjust your mannerisms if this is the librarian look you seek. Practice saying “shhhhh” with various stern looks as you’ll now be the long arm of the library law in a librarian costume.

For the gal who wants to put a little diva into the dewy decimal system, there is a naughty librarian costume that features a short little dress that is buttoned down low and has a little cape in case it gets chilly in the library. The cute thing about this librarian costume is that the skirt looks like a shelf lined with classic books, only shapelier.  Add a pair of reading glasses (in a fun bright color) to this librarian costume as well as lace-up high-heel ankle boots and your hair pulled into a chignon on your head.

As a version of the sexy school teacher look, a naughty librarian costume can be fashioned with any prim and proper clothing that his been hemmed up to appear more alluring. One of men’s top fantasies is of the prudish-appearing librarian in an uptight librarian costume who, after dark, lets down her hair with a flirty shake and puts aside her profession to prove that you can’t judge a book by its cover. If you want to create a librarian costume that will totally flip some guy’s pages, then add all the sexy librarian costume accessories you can imagine, even sexy garters peeking out of your pencil skirt.

Reverse the roles and encourage a guy to dress up in a librarian costume. A man’s librarian costume might consist of a “nerd” look, such as high-water trousers, white socks and loafers, a Mr. Rodgers-esque cardigan. Comb your hair over in a dorky style with this librarian costume and assume a quiet demeanor, it is the library after all! Add some thick, horn-rimmed glasses with this librarian costume as well as a name badge indicating that you are “the” man to see about a book. For a fun Halloween idea, pair up your male librarian costume with an airhead blonde bimbo for an unlikely looking couple.