Halloween

Those who follow my twitter might have noticed my tweet this afternoon psyching you guys out about the scary photo's I had lined up for tonight, since it's Halloween and all. 
I was inspired by those old black and white spirit photographs. Fake or not, still scary. I'm pretty passionate about scary stuff (major horror movie buff right here) and I think Halloween costumes should ALWAYS be scary, so I had a blast working out my story and a concept for the pictures. I'm already over explaining stuff here since creepy stuff is better left subtle and open for interpretation, so I'm just going to leave you with my pictures...

dress: Zara 
headband: Etsy (little honey pies)


Now let me tell you: I don't have any problem with women dressing sexy on Halloween or any other day for that matter. But sexy or revealing hasn't really been my thing for a while, as you well know. I wanted to keep my love for all things retro going in my Halloween costume and to work with things I already have hanging in my closet. 

I bought this dress in the summer sales at Zara for only 20 euro (marked down from 130) because it looked like an amazing retro wedding dress (either 60s or 19th century), can't pass up on that. I'm basically a ghost bride I guess. COOL RIGHT? I felt pretty silly snapping these pictures literally at the midnight hour on our cemetery but it really helped me feel the Halloweenvibe. Great fun and slightly creepy. I messed around with the settings and moved around a lot during the shoot to get the ghostly effect. 

I was initially planning a Halloween party but my friends couldn't make it (BOO spoilsports). If the party wouldn't have been canceled I totally would've dressed like the Black Swan though, including the awesome make up. Pretty sure that was a hit costume this year!

Did you dress up? As what? :-D

38 comments

  1. amazing dress! Draag je die ook overdag? :) supercoole foto's zeg!

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  2. ik heb nog geen manier gevonden om em voor mij draagbaar te maken voor overdag maar ik blijf zoeken! :-D

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  3. Awesome what you did with the pics! When I was younger, I used to visit all kinds of sites about ghost sightings on Halloween while sitting in the dark. Like you said, fake or not, those have some really nasty images on them that used to freak me out!

    I wanted to have a Halloween movie night with my friends, but they weren't up for it. The pansies! Nothing beats the thrill of a good scare on Halloween! Maybe next year we should dress up and have a Blogger Halloween party?! :-)

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  4. yes! But none of that torture porn crap, I like proper creepy japanese ghost movies! :D

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  5. Wowza I love the look and the photos have come out great-really like old scary Victorian ones! I haven't done anything for Halloween, proper loser! xx

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  6. This is just lovely! And so spooky for the the day. I am loving the effect you put on all of the pictures. You look like a ghost bride! xx

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  7. These are brilliant! There's just such a creepy, almost bewitching vibe I get. It's perfect.

    I dressed up as a sheep this past Saturday with ears from Claire's and a gilet from Primark. I'll be wearing the same attire tonight!

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  8. Die jurk blijft geweldig! En heel leuk wat je met de foto's hebt gedaan! :) Thx voor je project blogway vote trouwens :) liefs!

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  9. Hahaha dude je foto's zijn echt supercool :-D Totally looks like the real fake deal. En een prachtige jurk!

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  10. Love these photos so much! Super creepy and really well done!

    www.superclementina.blogspot.com

    xx

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  11. What a gorgeous costume! Those kind of photographs used to frighten me so much as a child! I was a bit like Joey from friends, and would always put my ghost story books (featuring those type of photographs) into the fridge. (Who doesn't love a friends reference!)

    x
    Lost in the Haze

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  12. Ohhh these pictures are so eerie!! I love your costume, very annebeth! I hate the sexy costumes because they lack imagination it's like "heres a prepackaged sexy nurse" and I don't like showing off tons of skin (unless its in private/im on a beach). Such a great dress though and I'm sure you'll end up wearing it again!!
    xJennaD

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  13. Wow, amazing job on making this look creepy! They really do look like old creepy cemetery pictures. So so great, I love it! & love that you went w/ something you already had, def looks like a retro wedding dress.

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  14. I love these photos!! You did a great job at making these pictures all creepy looking.

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  15. these are stunning! so beautiful, yet so eerie. perfect for halloween.

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  16. Nice! You look like a scary ghost bride to me :)

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  17. these pictures are amazing! I love the movement, the setting, and especially the 4th pic where your head seems to be the other way around :) and I remember this zara dress from the stores, I loved it!

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  18. unless someone does something imaginative like BABE-raham lincoln :D :D haha

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  19. eeewwwwwwww, you scare the crap out of me :o

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  20. Haha uhm..... we hebben dezelfde Halloween-outfit :D Hoe typisch!

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  21. I love the pictures you took ! Very in the spirit of Halloween.

    How do you obtain those white things around you ?

    When I saw your dress, it immediatly reminds me ot the one I've been searched all summer in many Zara in France, with no success ... You ara lucky to got this beautiful dress in sale.

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  22. the blurry ones are just taken without flash with a long exposure time (slow shutter), the sharper ones like the one where you see me from the back with my face turned to the side is in night modus with flash and a slow shutter. Key is to keep moving while the shutter is open so you have a double exposure effect! thanks!

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  23. Ahhhh these photos are fantastic! You've managed to get such a great creepy vibe going.

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  24. Wow, this is soooo beautiful! I am totally in love with your dress, and the pictures are really clever! I went out on saturday for halloween, but didn't dress up as anything in particular.... just a goth!x

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  25. These pictures are awesome! They're definitely spooky and very very cool!

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  26. Oh. My. God. This look is unbelievable on you! One of the best lookposts I've seen in a while. And the flowers in your hair suit you so well! I'd be scared to death if I'd seen you on that graveyard that night ;)

    x Jonas

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  27. You've done a great job with this! Looks totally real and scary :-D Love that you've been able to buy that dress at such a great price!

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  28. Btw, I would have loved to see you as Black Swan :) Already saw one great interpretation here: http://www.zoemacaron.com/2011/10/black-swan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ZoMacaron+%28Zo%C3%A9+Macaron%29

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  29. Woman, you are crazy and I love you!

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  30. Awesome photos, eery and spooky, love it. I was an octopus, complete with fishes and sea weeds. Not exactly scary, but considering I was a zombie the weekend before, I can be excused heh.

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  31. best halloween pictures I've seen this year. AMAZING

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  32. Oh, these photos are fantastic! You make the most beautiful ghost bride ever! And I LOVE these pictures. I kind of just said that, but you know. They're amazing. I want to do a photoshoot like this. So fun!

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