It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning gold, the nights longer. Yes, it is the season I cherish the most-Halloween! The one time of the year when eccentricity and the allure of the supernatural are celebrated. And so to celebrate, I’m doing a tribute this month to vampires, ghouls and all things that go bump in the night.
The mood board I created for this theme was pretty easy, especially since I’ve been saving some pieces just for this month! The first thing to go on was a page from the Jubilee of a Caroline Herrera shoot with the theme of the Wicked Queen from Snow White. Another image to have a prime spot was the man of the season himself, the amazing Tim Burton. His films have such a sweet innocence to them, despite their dark overtones, in the fact that all the characters have genuinely good intentions. Take his upcoming film Frankenweenie, about a boy who just wants his beloved pet dog back!
For the past two years, winter catwalks have definitely taken a page out of Anne Rice novels with their ‘vampish’ styles, the models coated in pale foundation and dark lips, dressed in velvet and black leather. The direction I’m thinking for this month is a modern take on the goth look, with not just black but shades of maroon and dark purple, romantic with an edge. Think a vampire going shopping along Bond Street!
Emma Watson was my first muse for this month, after seeing a shot of her in a Zac Posen gown. The witch girl of this era, Watson has this stunning ‘pixie’ look, with her slender frame, though she has such down to earth morals.
My second muse is Chloe Grace Mortez, the creepy little kid from films Let Me In and Dark Shadows. I find her stunning, for such a young age she has such mature features with those full lips, and her characters always have a hard-as-steel attitude. Plus, I love her red carpet looks, from her red velvet McQueen gown to this beautiful take on the off-the-shoulders puffy sleeved dress with a pencil skirt frame!
So maybe not exactly ‘things that go bump in the night’...more like things that strut in the night.
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