As Halloween approaches, many of us are in dire need of a costume idea other than “Caribou Barbie” (complete with flute, pageant sash, and hunting rifle, of course!).Designers, perhaps unwittingly, provided plenty of fabulous dress-up options.
At right: Night of the Living Dead at Rick Owens
First photo courtesy nytimes.com. Other runway pictures via style.com except where noted.
Batgirl 
Luella
Supergirl
Sonia Rykiel
Flapper
Jesús del Pozo, via Spanish Vogue
Dominatrix
Matthew Williamson
French Maid 
Paul Smith
Schoolgirl 
J-C de Castelbajac, via Paris Vogue
Cowgirl 
Hermés, via nytimes.com
Left:Punk Rocker
Anna Sui
Right:
Clown
Galliano
Surfer Dude Michael Kors The Headless Horseman
Maison Martin Margiela
Greek Goddess 
Temperley London
Chiquita Banana 
Junya Watanabe
Pirate
John Galliano
Princess
J-C de Castelbajac, via nymag.com
Hula Girl
Louis Vuitton
Chauffer 
Loewe
Buckingham Palace Guard 
John Galliano
Credit Card 
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, via nymag.com
Nun 
Rick Owens
Big Bird
Sonia Rykiel
Witch 
Luella
So darlings, what are you (or your kids) planning to dress up as this year? What was your fave Halloween costume of all time? CC must admit, she has the Sarah Palin suit and glasses all ready...
the credit card dress is hilarious..
ReplyDeletei love how all of these looks take normal costumes that are typically more sexual and make them creative and beautiful! i love the french maid...looks nothing like the little number i wore in college :)
ReplyDeleteLove-love-love this post!! I want to be Hula girl or big bird. :-)
ReplyDeletewLove the Greek Goddess inspiration! Perfect - I'm going as Cleopatra and in the midst of making my dress!
ReplyDeleteI really like your blog and wanted to say I'm adding you to my blog roll. Hope you don't mind. :D
ReplyDeleteps: I love that pink hair. I want pink hair someday!
xNina.
lol wow some of those are definitely costumes on the runway...i have no idea what i'm going to be yet!
ReplyDeletegreat post! thanks for helping out with some stylish costume ideas!
ReplyDeleteI have a costume in mind, but we'll see once the 31st rolls around... ;)
♥ R
Hi there-I so love the dominatrix and flapper looks!!
ReplyDeletethey're all so great! can't decide what's my favourit dress ;)
ReplyDeleteThey are all so funny!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the schoolgirl one. She's actually smiling for a change.
But such a volume of clothes to choose from. I'm certainly swinging towards the credit card!
amazing haha!:D
ReplyDeletelove the batgirl!
This was such an awesome post! I'm really geared up for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteAs for costume, my boyfriend and I are being The White Stripes this year. I'll be making my Meg White half of the deal a little sexier, white skirt, red American Apparel ruched front bra and a white zip up over that.
AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeletehahahahaha, perfect.
this post was so creative! great job. oh, and in my first entry for my blogspot i mention redcarpetfashionawards as one of my favorite fashion blogs, yours is one of my favorites as well (honestly, i'm not sucking up). before i commented you from my livejournal (dorqq) but now i can comment from my blogspot (www.fashionforwarddd.blogspot.com).
ReplyDeletewe don't have Halloween in South Africa ! Well it is somewhat recognized, but no one dresses up. crazytown.
ReplyDeletei love the dominatrix!
my favourite Halloween was i think grade 1 or 2- when I was PUNK! it was awesome.
happy halloween hunting.
x.
rick owens show was just brilliant and timeless ! i love it
ReplyDeleteyou know with all the lame stuff I have I was totally gonna go for a dominatrix halloween
ReplyDeleteand then i remembered I live in Israel where we don't celebrate Halloween
hehe.
headless horseman and hula girl, please! and the witch is adorable.
ReplyDeletehhhaaa with the big bird dress. gucci made a yellow fur jacket years ago with the same big bird idea. while my friends were on the floor rolling with laughter, the sa was telling me with a straight face how great i looked.
ReplyDeleteanyway, i want to be the greek goddess... : )
fabulous and fun post!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei have no idea what to be for halloween. karl lagerfeld was one idea. haha
ReplyDeleteMy favs are the Superman dress and the credit card! I love it!
ReplyDeleteBig bird!!ajjajajaja,This halloween I'm gonna be a black fairy(made by me Not the typical black fairy costume).Very fun post!!xoxoxo:)
ReplyDeleteme encanto la tarjeta de credito, muy buenas ideas
ReplyDeleteAh halloween! Too bad we don't celebrate it here in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI love the dominatrix outfit..Rawr! The headless horseman cracked me up. Pretty cool! And Chanel in the chauffeur and the school girl outfit are great too :)
i'm always a fan of the flapper! but we are not big on halloween over here.
ReplyDeletei thoroughly enjoyed the credit card though haha.
There are some looks very funny!
ReplyDeleteThis has been utterly entertaining, CC. I'm with you on 'office' outfit but I went crazy today wearing a pair if skin tight jeans with high heel sandals.. scandalous.
ReplyDeletehwahaha...loving this post CC. I don't mind being the Chiquita Banana this year... Damn Pineapples costume last year was a disaster! I got splinters all over my body! ;)
ReplyDeleteall of your choices are genius! Especially the big bird ensemble, i couldn't stop laughing, however, i wouldn't mind dressing up as a princess, that dress is very strange yet interesting =]
ReplyDeleteLove the sexy flapper! I will be a flapper this year as I am every year.
ReplyDeletewhat a cute post!!! i'm going as an old fashioned harlequin clown a la goldfrapp! that is if i get around to sewing my costume. . .
ReplyDeleteI wanna be a SuperHero! Nice outfits!
ReplyDeleteXOXO
Isa
Oh these costumes (or outfits really) were so fun to look at! And I don't really celebrate Halloween but I do love costume parties! Next time I attend one I think I'll finally cave and be Galadriel from Lord of the Rings: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk270/susannacole/fotr25.jpg (well you've probably seen the movie, so you know what I'm talking about, but included a picture, just in case ;)) because ever since the movies, I often have people go, "You know... you really look like a elf from Lord of The Rings!" I think it's the super fair skin and long blonde hair and what not... but anyway, would be a pretty easy look to do! :)
ReplyDeleteOk wow, rambling here aren't I? ;)
Thanks for your sweet comment! :)
xoxo,
S-C
Harharharhar! you're crazy, you know that! hmm... tough choices..
ReplyDeletethe credit card is very tempting..
but i think i'd do the pirate! that sounded dirty! haha! i want the pirate hat!
haha credit card is hilarious...I should SO do that!
ReplyDeleteI'll probably end up as a vampire...I do vampire every ear for Hallowe'en...what can I say, I'm boring :)
haha!!! i love these ideas! it's going to be a very fashionable halloween!
ReplyDeletePure greatness.
ReplyDeleteYour post of the month!
;)
oh these are awesome.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me want to dress up so badly!
thanks for your nice comments too sweet.
you are amazing. so i am thinking of being coco chanel or karl lagerfeld or maybe both. thoughts?
ReplyDeletethese runway costume inspirations are whoa! nice blogbtw!! wanna trade links?
ReplyDeletethat vuitton maribou dress is gorgeous! also ive never been a massive matthew williamson fan but im liking that black pvc!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post! My plan is to dress up as a little girl from the 60s or 70's and dress my one year old daughter up as my Holly Hobby doll :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom made me a pretty cool Raggedy Ann costume when I was about 5, also one of my favorites was when I dressed up as the Daryl Hannah character in Kill Bill with the nurse uniform and the eye patch.
Costumes are always fun and exciting ... so I suppose that's a positive to see them on the runway :)
ReplyDeleteThe Dominatrix and the Hula Girl ae my fave ones ahah!
ReplyDeleteFascinating Outfits their all so gorgeous.
ReplyDeletesweet post.
Good info on costumes inspiration. I was so pleased to find this information today!
ReplyDeleteGreat!
ReplyDeleteLoved the schoolgirl lookl but my favourite was Paul Smith, He's fantastic, and (if he's telling the truth) My stepdad used to own a clothing shop just over the road from him and they were friends! But if that's true, who knows!?
Great post, loved it! :)
xo
Freya
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