If you haven’t decided on a Halloween costume yet, Urban Outfitters has an idea for you: go as an influencer. The retailer is selling an Influencer Halloween Costume that starts at $59 plus tax. The get-up includes a pair of Yeezy-inspired grey leggings and a sports bra, à la Kim Kardashian. For those going for authenticity, they may want to add a $10 black baseball cap, a $16 blonde wig, and a pair of $70 Fila Disruptors.

The dress up idea has been widely mocked on social media. Kim Lee tweeted, "Urban Outfitters selling “Influencer” Halloween costume 💀😂Does it come with 100k followers too?" Meanwhile, Marianela advised people, "Don't Wear This 'Influencer' Halloween Costume Unless Someone Pays You To."

Considering you can probably find a pair of grey leggings and a sports bra at Target for under $30, the Urban Outfitters costume set is a bit absurd.

The outfit was met with some pretty big laughs from actual influencers online. Adelaine Morrin, who has over one million followers on her YouTube Adelaine's Camera Roll page, actually ordered the influencer costume, which honestly does look like what the Yeezy outfit Kim Kardashian wears. As expected, Morrin noted that despite the getup being wearable, the quality was way off and recommended that those interested go to Forever21 and buy a discount pair of leggings and a sports bra.

On Twitter, the comments were relentless from would-be influencers with many observing that “Urban Outfitters launches 'influencer' costume for people too lazy to dress up,” while others remarked that “Urban Outfitters is selling leggings and a bra as an influencer Halloween costume.” Reactions to the getup seem to echo a general fatigue regarding influencers, as well the obvious fact that this costume is just a veiled attempt to dress up as Kim K. dressed up in Yeezy.

The weariness, however, may be a sign of a larger problem. In June, it was reported that many brands are considering dropping influencers. According to a UK-based digital content marketing agency, Zazzle Media, which has 10,000 influencers signed, not one of the 10,000 British marketers it surveyed wanted to focus on influencers over the next 12 months.

"We think there are two key reasons for this," Zazzle's founder and managing director Simon Penson said. "One, it's difficult to measure how influencers affect sales, and two, there's this underlying issue about bots behind it that's prevalent and growing."

The bots Penson is referring to are the “followers" influencers have been buying from firms that use automated bots to create fake accounts and replicate interactions, also known as engagement, which is a metric used to assess influencers.

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Considering some influencers with a million or more followers can earn $20,000 per post, says social insights firm Captiv8, the existence of bots is problematic, to say the least. Other brands have complained about being flooded with requests for free products from influencers. Several hotel brands recently told The Atlantic that they no longer plan to work with influencers after receiving endless demands for free all-expenses-paid stays.

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Even the Federal Government announced a ban on influencers in government campaigns after it was slammed for spending more than $800,000 on a health initiative, called Girls Make Your Move, which featured influencers who were not properly vetted, including one who promoted alcohol on social media and another with a history of racist tweets.

As for the Urban Outfitters influencer costume, the general consensus seems to be that it’s not worth the money. Also, given the endless parade of outfits that Kim K. wears, there’s a chance you can come up with something better.

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