how to dress for halloween

venice bal besteigui photographed by robert doisneau, september 3, 1951

marisa berenson dressed as marchesa luisa casati at le bal proust photographed by cecil beaton, 1971

a group of elves with an elf king, 1909

gala & salvador dali’s “night in a surrealist forest” dinner party, 1941

oscar de la renta (left) and baron alexis de rede (right) at de rede's bal oriental, 5 december 1969

marquise mahaut de chabannes in cléopatra costume for  marchesa casati’s “fete of ancient splendour," at her rose palace photographed by george hoyningen-huene,  ca. 1927 

senhora espírito santo and the duke and duchess of cadaval at the surrealiste ball, 1972

suzy beryl wearing an erté costume in coeurs en folie (la revue des folies bergère), 1924

venice bal besteigui photographed by robert doisneau, 3 september 1951

costume party, ca. 1920s

bal des masques organized by baron de redé at the hôtel lambert, (possibly bal des têtes) photographed by andré ostier, 1956 

 jacques fath as "charles IV", madame fath as "elizabeth of austria" and christian bérard as "henry VIII" atthe bal des rois et reines, paris, 1949

marquisa luisa casati wearing "queen of the night" costume designed by léon bakst, 1922 

mrs. robert l. stevens dressed as greta garbo for the masquerade ball given by muriel maxwell in the crystal room at the ritz, photographed by edward steichen, paris,  9 december, 1929

kids in halloween costumes photographed by arthur tress, ca. 1960s

okay, okay, so most of these are not from halloween....but really, aren't these costumes so much more interesting than a slutty nurse or slutty slut?

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sam rollinson photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for sonia rykiel.

luka badnjar photographed by viviane sassen for carven.

anja rubik photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for ysl parisienne perfume.

jerry hall, marisa berenson & pat cleveland for MAC antonio lopez collection.

tess hellfeuer, marique schimmel & esther heesch photographed by patrick demarchelier for chloé.

vivian witjes photographed by meinke klein for peet dullaert.

the story-tellers, part 44

catherine deneuve ca. 1968

charlotte rampling, 1960s

frida khalo photographed by nickolas muray

evelyn nesbit

helga, crown of flowers by andrew wyeth, 1973

jean shrimpton photographed by david bailey, 1960s

mick & bianca jagger

princess natalia pavlovna paley, ca. 1930s

marisa berenson photographed by henry clarke in sardinia, 1967

wild flowers photographed by mark anthony, ca. 1857

mes swans

betty catroux, lisa eisner, rachel feinstein, marisa berenson, ali mcgraw, dapne guinness, victoria fernandez & lauren hutton photographed by tom ford for vogue paris, december/january 2010-2011.

the story-tellers, part 10

marilyn monroe

james dean

lauren bacall

marisa berenson

pola negri

dirk bogarde