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Halloween
Too tame to go all out with a full-blown
costume? A few pieces from this season’s edgier
trends can give you a Halloween feel without
chic
going overboard I BY LIZA HERZ
So maybe you’re a little old to put on a costume and
go door to door on Halloween. Still, the urge to
dress up can tug at us all, no matter our age. And
isn’t that what fashion is all about? Creating a new persona
by throwing on a leather jacket or a really expensive suit?
This fall, as fashion explodes in a mad array of luxe,
covetable, deeply coloured separates in diverse genres
(rich hippie, glam rock chick and even ladylike gun
moll), dressing up to appease your inner trick-or-treater
can be as easy as finding something velvet, something
leather, something textured.
If cutting-edge new pieces like capelets seem too hard
to wear (maybe that much attention-getting is too
much), one judiciously deployed article of leather may
be all you need to feel transformed and keep with our
Halloween theme.
And while we’re chucking the concept of sensible
“investment dressing” out the window — at least until the
next fashion cycle comes around — now is the time to
remember the allure of makeup. Neutrals? Bah. A good
hit of colour is what you need
this fall. For now, lock those
subtle colours in a drawer
and paint on an oxblood lipstick.
Or a glossy coloured
eye. But only choose one of
This Moc Croc Boot
(Winners, $130) has brilliant
texture, and its warm toffee
colour translates into
elegance with impact.
Add punctuation to
sedate tweeds, or go
superrich hippie
with a long skirt.
the two. Wearing both the
dark eye and the dark mouth
belongs on the runway,
not the subway.
And if you truly
are too old to trick
or treat, remember:
When you’re out
there shopping to
satisfy your inner
bad child, don’t
forget to buy
yourself a bag of
candy. Happy
Halloween.
This black leather
bustier from Izzy
Camilleri ($1,065,
call 416.860.0783
for availability) is an
attention-grabber to
be sure. But wear it
with no accessories
and restrained hair
and it becomes
positively demure.
famous 36 | october 2004
With intensely pigmented base
colours (in edible-sounding shades
like Candy Apple and Chocolate
Impulse) and a glossy sealing topcoat,
Lancome’s new Juicy Wear Lip
Duos (drug and department stores,
$34) promise eight hours of highshine,
smudge-proof colour.