Taxi Driver Costume with links to each item
If you are looking for a solo costume for Halloween or other costume parties, consider choosing a Taxi Driver costume. ‘Taxi Driver‘ is an iconic Martin Scorsese movie with Robert De Niro as the main character Travis Bickle. Another solo men’s idea is Patrick Bateman’s costume.
In this post, we will describe each item of Taxi Driver Costume. We will concentrate on Travis Bickle’s outfit during the final scenes as it’s the most recognizable outfit of this character.
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Taxi Driver Costume
Military Jacket
This jacket is an exact match with the one Robert De Niro is wearing in Taxi Driver. It includes all necessary badges, which will save you time and money on searching for them separately.
Cowboy Shirt
Wearing an identical Shirt and belt is unnecessary as you will wear it all underneath a huge military jacket. Still, if you want your costume to be more accurate, you should get a cowboy shirt and brown belt with a western buckle.
Regular Fit Jeans
This one will be pretty simple to find as you might already have regular dark blue jeans. Avoid wearing slim-fit jeans as with this costume you will wear cowboy boots.
Cowboy Boots
I think that the best way to get identical boots for a reasonable price is to search on marketplaces and thrift stores. Travis Bickle is wearing Schrader’s cowboy boots in Taxi Driver. Here I will share a link to the most affordable brown cowboy boots you can get quickly and will fit a Taxi Driver Costume.
Taxi Driver Costume Accessories
Sunglasses
Robert De Niro is wearing American Optics Original Pilot sunglasses in Taxi Driver. This option will be a bit pricey for a costume party, so I picked sunglasses that look similar but have a reasonable price tag.
Mohawk Wig
If you are not ready yet to get a mohawk haircut, no worries, you can use for your costume party a mohawk wig that looks similar to Travis Bickle’s haircut in the final scene.
Toy Knife
Tape a toy knife to your cowboy boots, as you can see in the movie scene. This small detail will let you have more photo ideas except for regular standing pose.
Toy Revolver
This toy revolver can fire sponge bullets and water gel beads. It will bring more action to your party, so don’t forget to add it to your Taxi Driver costume!
Conclusion
Martin Scorsese paid a lot of attention to Taxi Driver Costume in this movie, however, if you want to wear identical items it will get really expensive. So in this post, I tried to find similar outfit items that will be more reasonable to wear to a costume party.
I believe that the jacket and hairstyle are the most important details in this costume, so the jacket is identical to the one you can see in the movie but not the most affordable one. Still, if you want your outfit to be recognizable it is worth each penny.
If you think that Taxi Driver outfit will not fit you well, check out our 3 Tyler Durden outfit ideas.
