Bjork!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
I’m Bjork for Halloween!
My original idea was to, achem, be a dominatrix, but NO ONE seemed to get it. I really wanted to do it up and look completely intimidating and subversive, and of course the fetishistic looks from Dolce & Gabbana’s runway made my idea come together even more…well of course all of this made sense in my head. However most people were like, “Yeah but all girls just end up going the slutty route.” No, not slutty cop. DOMINATRIX, hello! “No, no see, it’s meant to subvert the whole slutty costume thing and….ugh nevermind.” Halloween is, after all, an opportunity to be something you’re not, and I think there would have been something wickedly funny about being a dominatrix for Halloween in Washington of all places.
BUT, as of Friday all I had was a riding crop and spiky bracelet — both of which I bought in Ohio, of all places — and I couldn’t even find the bracelet in the jumble of unopened mail and clothes that is my room. Still can’t find it, actually.
Then on Saturday morning my friend Matt unearthed the Bjork costume, which he made & wore for a Halloween party he threw two years ago and thought he lost (we joked that someone desperate for a drag races costume had broken in and stolen it). I have loved Bjork for years and years. In fact, it was Post that was playing when, armed with only a learner’s permit, a key to the family van and a craving for ice cream, I drove to the next town over to Baskin-Robbins, narrowly avoided a speeding ticket but still managing to make a small dent in the van’s bumper. Which I subsequently removed completely from the car, banged out with a hammer and reattached, and the ‘rents were none the wiser.
Um, hi mom! (They read.)
Anyway, it was Bjork’s rule-breaking, category-defying spirit that inspired me then and inspires me now when I think about what I love about fashion, Halloween, life.
More Pics….
(….I have no idea.)
Big thanks to Stephanie at Wonderland for treating me to a shot of Icelandic vodka when my roommate and I walked in for two seconds to make eyes at a guy dressed up as a Washington Post newspaper distributor.
…and then it was goodnight.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Somehow you look hotter in the costume than I did…I just don’t understand.
If you’re saying you have no idea about the trio, they’re doing Darjeeling Limited. It’s easily the coolest and most current costume on here so snaps to them.
C-
I am *so* not up on current movies.
I asked them but then clearly did a Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
I think the Dominatrix outfit would have been great.
Love the costume. Awesome!
This is fabulous. PLEASE tell me you’re reusing this tonight!
Yes. At no less than three separate parties.
That shot of you behind the DJ booth is great. I love the unscripted look.
Lindsey, eat your heart out.
http://www.steveaoki.com/press/images/orig_1451c65df8b2aa.jpg
the darjeeling ltd. group is undeniably cool, and the indian woman on the right is crushingly beautiful. that lovely hand…