14 ’80s Workout Costume Ideas to Inspire Your Halloween Outfit

Take our advice and turn to your classic (but by no means boring) ’80s workout clothes this year for your Halloween costume. It’s easy enough. And while the season may be the best time of year for haunted houses, scaring your friends, and eating bat-shaped Reese’s peanut butter cups, it doesn’t have to be the most stressful — especially in the costume department.

Whether you are on the hunt for an easy, last-minute Halloween costume or just want to wear something comfy and stretchy to ring in All Hallow’s Eve this year, this dated athleisure wear is sure to meet your standards. Get ready to channel your inner Jane Fonda (or maybe ’80s suburban mom Karen Wheeler from “Stranger Things”), because this colorful lineup of inspiration from those neon-clad, leg-warmer-wearing, Jazzercise glory days will leave you feeling super confident.

The ’80s workout getup, after all, is a classic yet standout Halloween costume. This colorful eyesore of spandex and dance fever dreams represents what is basically the best, most nostalgic, and easiest, low-effort costume to pull off. Plus, it’s just so damn fun to wear. With stretchy material as its core component, how can it not be? So raid your closet, dig up those old mismatched workout clothes, and get ready to start layering on the spandex — it’s dance time.