niche halloween costumes

insight into my aesthetic aspirations

An archive of some costume ideas, because Halloween is a time of fulfilling girlish & morbid fantasies alike, and it must be respected… Samhain is for cemetery rites, hauntology, communion beyond the veil — but Halloween is for play & pretence.

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• sea-pearl in a clam, or Botticelli’s Venus

• Angela Carter’s Wolf Alice (fur pelt, feral aura) or the French aristocratic wolves in The Company of Wolves (1984)… or Little Red Riding Hood, tried and true

• Princess and the Pea (nightdress, pillow & pea, inspired by Sister Bella…)

• deer-girl hybrid (or rabbit-girl — Leiko Ikermura sculpture)

• bride of Dracula (for a trio) or Mina Harker (Bram Stoker), or Carmilla (Sheridan la Fanu) — blood-stained dresses and Sapphism…

• bride of Frankenstein

• the Tooth Fairy (gauze bag full of teeth)

• girl with the green ribbon tied about her neck

• Bo Peep and lamb

• Strawberry Shortcake, My Melody, Gloomy Bear… <3

• the shadowy figure from the recurring nightmares you had as a child

• Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn (book & 1982 film)

• ballerina (worn slippers, bandaged feet): The Red Shoes (1948), Nina from Black Swan (2010), a Degas painting…

• Odette, or the Hilma af Klimt white/black swans…

• the Princess Annika or Titania barbie doll

• deep sea mermaid or nereid — tears of mother-of-pearl, salt-crystal encrusted trident…

• Sylvanian Family animal (the chocolate rabbit series)

• biblically accurate angel (many eyes) or Miltonically accurate angel (armour, pride)

• Jan Švankmajer’s Alice (1988)

• Elaine, from The Love Witch (2016) (blue eyeshadow, psychedelic coat, love potion inc. menstrual blood)

• rabbit who lives on the moon

• The Green Knight (holly & axe)

• the pearl maiden

• medieval saint or anchoress (stigmata)

• tarot card — blindfolded Two of Swords, the Hermit, the High Priestess with her crescent moon diadem

• Anne Boleyn, inc. pearl initial necklace

• Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu from the anime Nana

• doppelgänger with antique doll (haunted, vengeful, yellowing ruffles)

• Psyche, Circe, Calypso…

• witch from Hansel and Gretel (carry a bag of sweets, lure children astray)

• Miranda from Picnic at Hanging Rock (lace parasol, white dress, St. Valentine's card)

• Anna Karina in Une femme est une femme (1961)

• marionette puppet

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happy October…

Anna x

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JAMES KALIARDOS | GEMMA WARD | HALLOWEEN | 2006 | V MAGAZINE