Page Count/Countess: Starting with a standard Count/Countess Dracula look, complete with sash and medals, add pages torn (or lovingly cut) from a secondhand paperback novel to the cape using safety pins.
Footnotes: Keep it simple by attaching yellow ‘post-it’ notes to your shoe laces by punching a hole in each sheet and threading them on as you relace your shoes, or extend the effect by repeating a footprint- or shoeprint-plus-notes motif throughout your costume.