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Choosing a Boston look
Don’t forget those framless glasses if you’re going out as Elizabeth Warren this Halloween. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Ben Affleck? Puffy eyes, despondent stare are musts. (Emily Berl/New York Times)
Suspended Tom Brady costume only requires a towel. (New york post/twitter)
By Dugan Arnett
Globe Staff

With less than two weeks to go until Halloween, there’s a good chance you’ve already settled on a costume. Maybe you’re going as a bat-wielding Harley Quinn. Or a Ghostbuster. Or Donald Trump’s hair.

But for those still in search of the the perfect getup, allow us to recommend a more Boston-centric approach. This year has been fertile ground for Halloween costume-ing, and after plumbing the depths of the city’s biggest stories, we’ve compiled a list of a few Hub-inspired options.

Sad Affleck

Ben Affleck’s on-camera meltdown earlier this year might have been tough for fans of the Oscar-winning actor/director. But for those in search of a cheap, easy Halloween costume, it was a godsend. On the heels of some not-very-nice reviews of Affleck’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,’’ the actor famously stared off into space for a good portion of an interview, leaving his co-star, Henry Cavill, to gamely answer a press questions about the film’s lowly critical reception. Online jokesters, you may remember, quickly paired the footage with some Simon & Garfunkel — “Hello darkness, my old friend . . .’’ — and the rest was meme history.

What you’ll need to pull it off: Olive green crew-neck sweater; puffy eyes; despondent, 1,000-yard stare

Suspended Tom Brady

We’ll probably never know everything Patriots quarterback Tom Brady did during his four-game suspension earlier this season. But thanks to a sneaky paparazzo, we know that he spent at least part of it in Italy sunbathing nude. In photos published by the New York Post, Brady can be seen lounging naked on a beach chair during a Week 3 vacay. Later, he said he’d learned from the experience — though you sort of wonder why a 39-year-old national celebrity wouldn’t have learned the don’t-be-naked-where-people-can-see-you lesson already.

What you’ll need to pull it off: Blue beach towel (or not!); Ugg boots; butt-chin

Dirty Water

Even though it’s apparently pretty clean these days, it’s still sort of fun to think of the Charles River as a cesspool littered with old car tires and washing machines. The Standells loved that dirty water — and you’ll love dressing up like it this Halloween!

What you’ll need to pull it off: Brown sweatshirt; brown sweatpants; brown stocking cap; a small collection of disgusting personal items — toilet paper, syringe, human toenail — to be haphazardly fastened to your body.

Angry Elizabeth Warren

The US Senator for Massachusetts doesn’t mince words. If she’s not needling Scott Brown over his Senate race performances, she’s calling for the resignation of “gutless’’ bank CEOs. But no one has drawn her ire quite like Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. In recent days alone, she’s called Trump a “selfish little sleazeball’’ and clucked like a chicken to mock the one-time reality TV star’s refusal to make his tax returns public.

What you’ll need to pull it off: Ajewel-toned blazer; frameless glasses;fully charged cellphone for nonstop tweeting.

Somerville Hipster

Hipsters, of course, are all over Somerville. You’ve probably seen them hanging outside of bicycle shops, smoking hand-rolled cigarettes, and shaking their heads solemnly as they talk about what a Bernie Sanders presidency could have meant for this country. It’s important to note that this costume would only work outside of Somerville; wear it in Davis Square, and you run the risk of being approached by a real-life Somerville hipster eager to share his thoughts on the thematic implications of the latest Wes Anderson movie poster.

What you’ll need to pull it off: Flannel shirt; purple bicycle with ironic basket; a strong opinion on organic Guatemalan coffee beans.

Dugan Arnett can be reached at dugan.arnett@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @duganarnett.