In creating the perfect Batman Dark Knight Joker costume for yourself, you need to decide upfront how much detail you want in your costume. Most all pre-packaged costumes will include a mask, a purple jacket and a shirt/vest/tie combination. Some packages will have pants as well. Vinyl masks come with molded hair. Latex masks include synthetic hair and look more realistic.

The basic costume packages have a printed shirt that creates the illusion of wearing a shirt, vest and tie. (You may have seen a similar effect with "tuxedo" shirts.) An improved version includes what looks like a real shirt, vest and tie. However, they are attached together into one chest piece and are not whole articles of clothing. The grand costume includes everything whole and intact - a mask with hair, addtional makeup, a purple jacket, a green vest, a hexagonally-patterned shirt, purple pin-stripped pants and a tie.

You could try to find individual articles of clothing that resemble the ensemble of Batman's nemesis at various clothing stores and vintage clothing shops. This could take quite a bit of time though and you wouldn't necessarily save much money versus going with the grand costume.

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By far the best Dark Knight Joker costume for the price for this Halloween is the Grand Heritage Collection version. This authentic Joker costume comes with everything to make you look exactly like the evil clown prince of crime from the movie, The Dark Knight. You'll be sure to put a smile on everyone's faces.

From top to bottom, the ensemble includes a latex mask with realistic hair, a patterned gray shirt, a neat tie, a goblin green vest, a menacing purple jacket, and matching pin-striped pants. There's also a complete make-up kit that includes:

• White cream make-up for your face
• A smalll black make-up stick for the area around your eyes
• A large red make-up stick for your lips
• Fake mouth scars with adhesive

This is an officially licensed product from the movie Batman The Dark Knight. So, pair up with your friend in a Dark Knight Batman Grand Heritage Collection costume go for the ultimate showdown on Halloween.