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Halloween Costume Moments From Our Fashion Friends. Boo!

By Christene Barberich & Piera Gelardi

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After scanning our photo album of memorable, clever, silly and infinitely awesome Halloween costume moments, you'll never again think fashion people take themselves too seriously. We've got the expertly staged Chain Saw Massacre dude, a yes-we-think-you're totally sexy Rod Stewart, an 8-year-old Cyndi Lauper, and a 4-time gold-medal-winning figure skater…looks like the dress-up gene runs deep!

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"This is me dressed as Cyndi Lauper when I was 8. I was very committed to this look and would wear an armful of colored jelly bracelets to school daily. My costume was inspired by my deep and meaningful love of that accessory." —Melissa Coker, Designer, Wren


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"This is me as Rod Stewart in 2006. Yes, that's my real hair. When I walked into the party we were attending, 'Do You Think I'm Sexy' was playing and I got to full-on karaoke it on stage. It was awesome. I'm a huge Rod Stewart fan. I even have a framed DC Rod Stewart comic book!" —Sam Shipley, Co-Designer, Shipley & Halmos


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"I was super happy about my costume of Annie Leibovitz's John and Yoko. The craziest parts of my night in costume was taking the subway from party to party. People really seemed to think i was into some sort of kinky stuff!" —Gia Bahm, Jewelry Designer, Unearthen



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"I've always been a cat person so this full body Cat in the Hat costume seemed perfect for this big Halloween bash in Westchester. Here's a picture of me during a haunted forest walk." —Kathy Lo, Photographer


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"My only excuse is that at this age I didn't dress myself...plus who didn't love the Karate Kid?" —Lisa Dionisio, R29 Listings Editor


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"Last year's Dia De Los Muertos party—thrown by Taavo, Carlos, and Hornitos—inspired these costumes. Johnny and I dressed up like the traditional Day of the Dead Mexican bride and groom skeletons. I based our makeup off of some tattoo I found on Google images." —Roanne Adams, Graphic Designer


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"I'd been working on a Halloween party at the Bowery Hotel for two days and as people were coming the night of, I ran across the street to the Lafayette House with Courtney's brother-in-law (Scott Stoddard), who as luck would have it, is THE Hollywood special effects artist that did Leather Face in the 2003 version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He had a mold of the original, I made a leather apron in 5 minutes, I put it on, stood in the bathtub and he start splattering me with Hollywood fake blood. I was ready to go. Took about 30-40 minutes. It was neither cool or sexy, so people just avoided me, which was fine." —Taavo Somer, restaurateur


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"Bet you didn't know Little Orphan Annie was so totally terrifying, did you? I look like Annie and Chuckie's psychotic killer baby." —Piera Gelardi, R29 Style Editor


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"This is me in 2005 as an Olympic figure skater. I had a professional costume that needed to be sewn on to me…I could not go to the washroom all night, then cut myself out of it later on." —Maayan Zilberman, Co-Designer, The Lake & Stars

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