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From Al Capone and Babyface Nelson in the '20s and '30s to the Teflon Don, John Gotti in the latter half of the 20th century to television's Journey-loving Tony Soprano, gangsters and mobsters have long fascinated people with their mix of authority-defying power and bad boy allure.

Image is half the battle in becoming a costumed kingpin. Go for commanding, eye-catching color with a red zoot suit costume or a classic, pinstriped affair topped off with a gangster fedora hat. Punch up a black and white pinstriped ensemble with a bold white tie and matching suspenders. Add a toy tommy gun as a fun accessory to give your gangster costume that added bit of "muscle."

For a fun couple's costume, deck yourselves out as Depression-era bank robbing boyfriend and girlfriend, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker -- better known as When Fedora Met Beret. Or for a more modern twist on a crime-namic duo, dress as Tony Soprano with a sharp suit and a half-bald wig and his long-suffering wife Carmella with a blonde wig.