5 Couture Halloween Costumes That Are Anything But Last-Minute Inline
Photo: Indigital.tv1/5Alexander McQueen Fall 2009
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.
Photo: Indigital.tv2/5Christian Lacroix Couture Fall 2009
Christian Lacroix pulled out all the stops and then some at his final runway show. The designer’s perennial muse, Vlada Roslyakova, had the honor of wearing his wedding gown, the sort of ceremonial dress that would pair nicely with some dramatic makeup on All Hallows’ Eve.
Photo: Indigital.tv3/5Christian Dior Couture Fall 2000
Created with a mix of body paint, stockings, and gloves, John Galliano s head-to-toe ensemble at Dior’s Fall 2000 Couture show gave new meaning to the term Pink Lady. Good luck finding matching shades of the rosy color for your DIY version.
Photo: Indigital.tv4/5Chanel Couture Fall 2010
Karl Lagerfeld typically reserves the theatrics for his atmospheric sets, but he made an exception at his Fall 2010 Couture show for Chanel, sending out models Iris Strubegger and Baptiste Giabiconi as a highbrow take on Beauty and the Beast. So what if your guy doesn’t measure up to Giabiconi—that’s what the lion mask is for.
Photo: Indigital.tv5/5Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Fall 2007
Model Milagros Schmoll appeared in Gaultier’s royal show in an outfit fit for a king. The semi-sheer outfit was oddly prescient of Hollywood’s naked dress trend, only it was a naked suit, not a frock. Call it a happy marriage between a sexy costume and one that packs a cool-girl punch.
