Create a women's genie costume beginning with flowing pants. Palazzo pants, gaucho pants, or wide-legged linen or jersey pants are perfect for this costume. For an added touch, tighten the pants at the ankles using elastic. For a sexy top, a bathing suit or bra is characteristic of belly-dancer-style genies. You could also fold a tube top in half, or don a bandeau top. Wear a loose vest over the top. To add extra glamour to the costume, add gold trim or attach tassels to some of the clothing.
Create a men's genie costume out of similar flowing attire. Wide-legged pants are a suitable beginning. Choose blue pants for an "Aladdin"-style genie costume. You may choose to go topless, don a vest over your bare chest, or wear a flowing peasant-style shirt with a vest. For drama, choose clothing in a regal color scheme of black, red, and gold, or go with a more ghostly spirit style in all white, with gold accessories. Tassels and braids attached to your vest add flair.
Accessorize the costume with gold jewelry, gauze, and barely there sandals. For women's costumes, gold earrings, heavy gold bangles and a heavy gold chain belt are perfect touches. A gold sequin or metallic belt could also do the trick. Don a headdress made by wrapping gauze about the head, face and shoulders to add spirit-like mystery. Finger cymbals are another impressive touch. For men's costumes, curved swords, hung from a thick, low-slung belt, are a fitting accent. A tightly or casually wrapped turban is the perfect headdress. Both men's and women's costumes should include some kind of curved lamp.