'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world.'
Shakespeare, Hamlet
Uncharacteristically for me, I've been invited to a huge halloween party this year. Characteristically for me, I have no idea what to go as. Costume parties ultimately defeat me, because I never want to buy anything and thus want to piece something together from my current wardrobe. This results in the same costume over and over again, or silly ones that aren't really any good. I've been a gypsy fortune teller and Marie Antoinette more than I can tell, mostly because I have a long ballgown that can be appropriated a few different ways. This year, I have a couple of thoughts, each as silly as the last, but ultimately achievable without spending any money (the in thing for me right now).
So i've thought of three options, presented below, all relatively achievable (with a bit of playing around in my wardrobe). Of course, I don't really have exact replicas of the items in the polyvore sets, but you know, if money was no object... *sigh*. The burberry taffeta trench is just divine. I love taffeta in a jacket. Something so silly, so superfluous about it.
Killer it-girl
burberry trench coat, christopher kane for topshop gem tee shirt, kenneth lane cuff, yves saint laurent lipstick, acne leather skirt, balenciaga thigh highs, chanel 2.55, party hire plastic knife.
Sometimes life just gets you down. Having to go to all those parties is really tiring, living in a fabulous city away from your friends can be stressful, and getting up at all hours for your journalism job is just a bore. I mean, yes, you are a bright young thing and bit of a champagne bubble around town, but it takes a lot of hard to work to stay that way darling, and frankly there are a lot of young upstarts getting in your way and stealing your (hard-earned) limelight. Well, not anymore that is. All those mysterious deaths. Those aspiring chic-clique girls just keep disappearing, at parties, at their country houses, on the way to interviews with you. It's sad, isn't it, how some people just can't hold their arsenic. (inspired by alexa chung's constant complaining about how bad life is for her in new york. wouldn't it be hilarious if she turned into a killer it-girl, i hope she takes out olivia palermo first!)
Black Widow
karl donaghue rabbit fur gilet, yves saint laurent bustier, vintage veiled hat, party hire revolver, bottega veneta clutch, marc jacobs skirt, christian louboutin heels, monsoon 'engagement' ring.
You've had seven husbands, and keep 'em coming. Each subsequent death leaves your net worth a little bit richer, and you're able to buy such fabulous things like this yves saint laurent leather bustier, or these rabbit fur jacket, or those little frou frou red-soled clickety-clack heels. Of course it's sad that you're alone know, as you mourn your last hubsand's terrible passing, a robber shot him in the library you know, while you slept off a martini hangover in the bedroom. Quel horeur. You pull your veiled hat a little further over your face, hiding crocodile tears. You spy a well-suited gentleman paying his respects near the coffin. You spy dolce shoes, brooks brothers shirt, a suit that could only have been cut by hedi slimane... you bite your lip. Number 8, here we come.
Vianne Rocher from Chocolat
acquascatum cloak, moschino cardigan, basile pashmina, marni necklace, ae belt, bottega veneta dress (worn as skirt), errickson beamon earrings, pour la victoire shoes.
I'm kind of a little bit desperate to go as Vianne, because I love Juliette Binoche and chocolate, so it seems like a happy combination! For those of you who haven't seen the movie or read the book, she's kind of a benign witch, who travels from town to town (restless and flighty) dispensing ancient chocolate remedies and changing the towns folk's lives in the process. She wears these glorious colourful costumes in the movie to differentiate her from the stuffy village people with their browns and french navies. Circle skirts, shrugs, little polo shirts, colour, colour, colour. Red suede pumps. It's delicious, just like all that yummy chocolate food. Even though she's not technically scary and/or a killer (unlike the other two, macabre much?) i think she's typically magical for halloween, no?
As Arthur Conan-Doyle said, 'where there is no imagination, there is no horror'. I'm not quite sure what i'll go as yet, but i'll be sure to trick and treat. Can't wait.
X
Shakespeare, Hamlet
Uncharacteristically for me, I've been invited to a huge halloween party this year. Characteristically for me, I have no idea what to go as. Costume parties ultimately defeat me, because I never want to buy anything and thus want to piece something together from my current wardrobe. This results in the same costume over and over again, or silly ones that aren't really any good. I've been a gypsy fortune teller and Marie Antoinette more than I can tell, mostly because I have a long ballgown that can be appropriated a few different ways. This year, I have a couple of thoughts, each as silly as the last, but ultimately achievable without spending any money (the in thing for me right now).
So i've thought of three options, presented below, all relatively achievable (with a bit of playing around in my wardrobe). Of course, I don't really have exact replicas of the items in the polyvore sets, but you know, if money was no object... *sigh*. The burberry taffeta trench is just divine. I love taffeta in a jacket. Something so silly, so superfluous about it.
Killer it-girl
burberry trench coat, christopher kane for topshop gem tee shirt, kenneth lane cuff, yves saint laurent lipstick, acne leather skirt, balenciaga thigh highs, chanel 2.55, party hire plastic knife. Sometimes life just gets you down. Having to go to all those parties is really tiring, living in a fabulous city away from your friends can be stressful, and getting up at all hours for your journalism job is just a bore. I mean, yes, you are a bright young thing and bit of a champagne bubble around town, but it takes a lot of hard to work to stay that way darling, and frankly there are a lot of young upstarts getting in your way and stealing your (hard-earned) limelight. Well, not anymore that is. All those mysterious deaths. Those aspiring chic-clique girls just keep disappearing, at parties, at their country houses, on the way to interviews with you. It's sad, isn't it, how some people just can't hold their arsenic. (inspired by alexa chung's constant complaining about how bad life is for her in new york. wouldn't it be hilarious if she turned into a killer it-girl, i hope she takes out olivia palermo first!)
Black Widow
karl donaghue rabbit fur gilet, yves saint laurent bustier, vintage veiled hat, party hire revolver, bottega veneta clutch, marc jacobs skirt, christian louboutin heels, monsoon 'engagement' ring. You've had seven husbands, and keep 'em coming. Each subsequent death leaves your net worth a little bit richer, and you're able to buy such fabulous things like this yves saint laurent leather bustier, or these rabbit fur jacket, or those little frou frou red-soled clickety-clack heels. Of course it's sad that you're alone know, as you mourn your last hubsand's terrible passing, a robber shot him in the library you know, while you slept off a martini hangover in the bedroom. Quel horeur. You pull your veiled hat a little further over your face, hiding crocodile tears. You spy a well-suited gentleman paying his respects near the coffin. You spy dolce shoes, brooks brothers shirt, a suit that could only have been cut by hedi slimane... you bite your lip. Number 8, here we come.
Vianne Rocher from Chocolat
acquascatum cloak, moschino cardigan, basile pashmina, marni necklace, ae belt, bottega veneta dress (worn as skirt), errickson beamon earrings, pour la victoire shoes. I'm kind of a little bit desperate to go as Vianne, because I love Juliette Binoche and chocolate, so it seems like a happy combination! For those of you who haven't seen the movie or read the book, she's kind of a benign witch, who travels from town to town (restless and flighty) dispensing ancient chocolate remedies and changing the towns folk's lives in the process. She wears these glorious colourful costumes in the movie to differentiate her from the stuffy village people with their browns and french navies. Circle skirts, shrugs, little polo shirts, colour, colour, colour. Red suede pumps. It's delicious, just like all that yummy chocolate food. Even though she's not technically scary and/or a killer (unlike the other two, macabre much?) i think she's typically magical for halloween, no?
As Arthur Conan-Doyle said, 'where there is no imagination, there is no horror'. I'm not quite sure what i'll go as yet, but i'll be sure to trick and treat. Can't wait.
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