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For Fall 2009, Alexander McQueen riffed on the fashion system with ensembles that evoked Dior’s New Look and Chanel’s tweed suits. The pieces de resistance were the feathered dresses that closed the show, paired with sex-doll makeup and platform boots. In white and black, the extravagant dresses took seamstresses weeks to make—all the more reason to get started on yours now.
So you’ve waited until Halloween afternoon to try to make a slap-dash costume? You’re not alone. But rather than patch together some oddball combination of old dresses and colored tights, we’d recommend shelving Halloween 2016 and looking ahead—way ahead—to Halloween 2017. Take inspiration from couture runways past, start preparing now, and you’ll be heads, shoulders, and platform shoes above the rest come next October 31.