Make Your Own Sue Sylvester Costume | Glee Costumes

I've made it pretty easy to figure out your own Sue Sylvester costume, but I just ran across an official Glee Sue Sylvester Adult Halloween Costume that gives you a jump start on the look. But ... also makes you a little conformed because everyone who gets this one will have the same red track suit.

Still, it's relatively inexpensive - just $29.97 at Walmart.com - and includes the track suit and the wig, reducing a lot of thinking. Walmart offers free site to store shipping as well, which I've always found a nice benefit. The track suit has the Glee logo on it rather than an athletic apparel brand and comes in sizes small to plus.

Make your Sue Sylvester costume just that much better (and a bit more unique) by adding in a few of the accessory items I've suggested.

Sue has worn numerous colors of track suits in the two seasons of Glee - everything from pink to black to green to white. So pretty much any color of track suit will work. The key thing is that you have to have a matching pant and jacket set. Must. Won't work otherwise. You'll just be a standard, ordinary high school coach then.

Sue's favorite brand seems to be adidas; it's the one we see most commonly, specifically the adidas Originals Firebird Track Suit. It's available in men's and women's styles, the big difference beyond fit being the color selection. Sadly, none of those colors is pink. But still, good selection of colors.

If your suit has a collar, try popping it up for additional attitude.

The cool thing about coach accessories is that you're more likely to have them on hand. Or they're easily borrowed. Everything but the bullhorn. (And if you actually own one of those, I hope you have a good reason!) I liked the look of this Pyle-Pro bullhorn for Sue. It has a strap to make it easy to keep track of at a party and includes a siren to really get people's attention. Although, you're Sue. You shouldn't need it.

The rest is pretty simple. Add in a clipboard for your Cheerios tryouts - you could walk around judging people's costumes for full effect - a stopwatch and a whistle. You might want to pick and choose among these as you only have so many hands.

None of these items are required by any means. But they can add more authenticity to your Sue Sylvester costume or just some hilarity. Start by heading down to the 7-11 and getting a slushy - red seems to be the color of choice on Glee - and threaten to toss it on anyone who crosses you. The hair isn't a key feature of Sue's character, but if you want, add a blonde feathered wig to make you look more like her. (Frankly, she doesn't care much about her hair, so why should you?)

The only accessories we ever see Sue wearing are her megaphone charm necklace, a class ring on her left hand and occasionally reading glasses. Take them off often and glare at people. Oh, and of course, the headband set she and Olivia sported in their "Let's Get Physical" video; perfect touch if you're going with a baby blue track suit. It'll identify the real Gleeksters in the crowd.

Again just on the fun factor, see if you can find a big, huge, Sue-worthy trophy. One as tall as you would be best. If you have an in with a local coach, you might be able to borrow one, because who besides a school would have one? And turn your Sue impression into a group costume by getting some friends to dress up as Cheerios and follow you around.