Scenes from a Halloween

Today's definitely going to be a nice lazy Sunday chock full of guilt-free snacking and scary movies. After hitting up a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday night and going out again last night in full-on 80s cartoon glory I'm definitely ready to get vegetative.

If you're as geriatric as I am or simply an 80s maniac you should know who this is. It's Jem, from Jem and the Holograms! I even found some truly outrageous red rhinestone star earrings as a kiosk in the metro. A huge thank you to my amazing friend Nadia and my incredible Mom for whipping up this costume for me.

My make-up in progress...

 Friday night on my way to RHPS. Those beams of light are some sort of art installation at Place des Arts that had 95% of the Montreal population convinced that we were under alien attack.

Dueling Magentas

 Not-so-great shot of the costume contest. Check out Black Spy from Spy vs. Spy! So cool!

My RHPS make-up look. I was supposed to be one of the Transylvanians

My low-key Halloween decorations: a raven on my bookshelf and a hearty bowl of glittery skulls on my dining table.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, loves!xx

Get the Look: Blake Lively

Get the Look: Blake Lively by idlefascination featuring mid rise skinny jeans

 

Halloween Decoration Inspiration

I've been wanting to decorate my apartment for Halloween, which is my absolute favorite holiday, mostly for myself, seeing as I've been reluctant to have people over because I don't feel my apartment is quite finished enough. I seriously need to get over that. I just wanted to have a few glam-macabre touches here and there. I found a bag of magenta glitter skulls at winners yesterday but I was hungry and the line-up at the cash was gargantuan so I left them behind. Hopefully they're still waiting for me. The ravens have unfortunately all left the Dollar Store but there are some glitter spiders there I may fill a tall vase with. In the meantime, here's a little home decorating inspiration for my kindred Halloween spirits...

I'm in love with these glittered pumpkins via Made By Girl. Click here for an easy DIY.

Demonstrating that his time spent at Martha Stewart Inc paid off, Eddie Ross whips up
this to-die-for centerpiece. Love!

These gorgeous black candlesticks are lust-worthy all year round. They may just end up
on my Christmas list. via Remodelista.

Oddly, I've never considered myself as a skull person, but I think the glitter skull is my
favorite Halloween decoration. It could find a permanent spot on the bookshelf.
And way cheaper than a Damien Hirst. via Cupcakes and Cashmere

If I can track down one of those Dollar store ravens it's going to be living on my work
desk, all nonchalantly spooky-like. via Cupcakes and Cashmere

How adorable are these masked vintage portraits via Design Sponge?

Putting the Vamp in Vampire...

Aaaahhh... Carine... your pre-Halloween decadence warms the cockles of my cold, undead heart...
Some stand-out looks from Carine Roitfeld's Vampire Ball held last night to celebrate the launch of her new book Irreverent, which has a nice cozy spot on the early draft of my Christmas wish list.

Death Becomes Her: Carine Roitfeld

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld: babelicious demon spawn...

Anna Devil Russo! (yikes, these are getting worse and worse)

Anja Rubik: Mistress of the Dark

Karolina Kurkova looking quite Terri Nunn-ish.

Ricardo Tisci post-snack attack

Fangtastic: Karlie Kloss & Abbey Lee Kershaw

My favorite, I think: Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld & Giovanna Battaglia:

Bloody. Gorgeous.

The vamp next door, Miranda Kerr.

Angel of Death: Natalia Vodianova

Olivier "Type O" Theyskens

(Is this reminding anyone else of the credits on

Simpsons Halloween Specials?)

Must... not... use... words... "Wang Sandwich"...

(In other news, Vanessa Traina! Rrwwaarr!)

Like a red-hot poker brandished by Satan himself, that Bianca Brandolini is!

I'm not sure what's up with Beige and Beiger mucking up the

evening's colour palette like that, but I like it anyway.

first image via the new york times, all the rest via fashionologie

Back to the Fuschia

Mmm.... October... this means only one thing: I can dial my Halloween obsession up to 11. Especially since I did virtually nothing last year aside from watch lots of old-school horror flicks. Actually I think some of my friends still haven't completely forgiven me for exposing them to Sleepaway Camp. But digress.

Costumes: at first I was thinking Dexter victim. Then I went to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit and fell back in love with the flight attendant costumes from The Fifth Element. Then I started wondering if I could do a realistic Kat Von D. But now I kinda just wanna go back to my roots and be Jem. (And yes, the Misfits were better but I've been there, done that. Twice. What can I say? I'm an 80s girl through and through).
Check out this Jem-inspired 2008 editorial from Dazed and Confused. If this doesn't make you want to slap on a pink wig and smear the entire contents of your make-bag all over your face then I guess I just don't understand you kids these days... via

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween weekend, my evil little pretties! It's my favorite holiday! Do you have any plans lined up? Epic costumes months in the making or feeling the pressure of coming up with a last minute stroke of genius? My Rocky Horror plans fell through last night because advance tickets were sold out and who has the time or the desire to line up a few hours before the show. I may watch it at home and throw toast at the television. The boyfriend will love that! Tonight's festivities are up in the air as there's a disturbing lack of Halloweeny fervour among my immediate circle of friends (except for you, my darling!) but Sunday we're having some friends over for lots of (both intentionally and unintentionally)scary movies and decidedly calorically terrifying foods! I'm most excited about that! I wanted to decorate and show you guys the results but there was nothing left anywhere! Christmas galore! GAHHH!!

Have a spooktacular weekend! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA xx

image via ru_glamour

Eyes Without a Face (or, mask without a costume)

My posts at this time last year were chock full of inspirational Halloweeny editorials. This year I kind of dropped the ball a little, opting instead to cuddle on the couch with my man and whatever random scary-ish movie we encounter on our channel surfing adventures. (Although this evening I raided HMV and brought home Evil Dead II, Sleepaway Camp and both Hellraisers at six bucks a pop for our viewing pleasure. Yes, people still buy movies).

I also can't help but feel I've dropped the ball on the costume front as well. I'm usually all amped to transform myself into some pop culturey something or other, but this year, I got nothin'. At the boyfriend's suggestion (and after seeing all those awesome Vogue Paris Anniversary party photos), I opted to go the masquerade route, picking up an ornate, feathery black and gold mask, but I have no clue what to wear with it! Help!

Here are some of the aforementioned awesome Vogue Paris Masquerade photos, for your enjoyment, let's hope they contribute to my lightbulb moment:

images via i can teach you how to do it & trendland

Horror? I Don't Even Know Her!

Around this time of year, every year, I go a little mad with all things Halloweeny on the brain. Granted, I haven't been to a good Halloween party since my dearly missed former roommates and I stopped throwing them (*ahem! Pats self on back. And on butt a little too.*), but once October hits (okay, early September) I'm craving Halloweeny movies, scouring Google Image Search for costumes, even consulting Martha Stewart for ghoulish goodies I'll never make. And I become alarmingly angry when I see premature Christmas paraphernalia threatening to infringe upon my most beloved of holidays.

This year, thanks to many of my favorite people fleeing the country in recent years, our crew has whittled down to too few to throw a decent house party and I'd rather avoid the same old bar/club my friends frequent with disturbing consistency. So I was thinking maybe just a movie night, or, as a brilliant colleague just suggested to me, a rousing (inebriated) game of Zombies!!! (I adore zombies for some inexplicable reason and I had never heard of this game until this morning). She also recommended an early 80s Canadian horror flick called The Pit, which looks incredibly brilliant. (I have a huge soft spot for good bad movies, and have a lot of catching up to do since I only really summoned the courage to start watching horror films in my 20s. Yes, I am a huge wuss).

The images above are all from my current inspiration obsession, Dario Argento's 1977 film Suspiria, which I only discovered last year (I told you I was behind). Have you seen this film? It's insanely stylish and the score by Goblin is simply the creepiest, most perfect spooky music ever. Obsessed, I tell you!

Do you love Halloween too? Got any more must-sees for me? Bring it on! :-)

La donna è mobile, qual piuma al vento

I would imagine that a sartorial powerhouse like Anna Dello Russo, whose day-to-day wear is boldly infused with wit, whimsy and genuine pleasure in the spectacle of fashion, would certainly never disappoint at a costume party. So when I saw her blog post (am I the last to know she had one?!) pondering exactly how to bring it to Carine Roitfeld's Eyes Wide Shut-inspired masked ball, I couldn't wait to see what she'd come up with.

Oh, Carine, it's already been broughted.

Photos via Jak & Jil ...hearting Tommy Ton now more than ever!

(ADR is wearing a custom Pucci dress and Gareth Pugh headpiece)