It's that time of year again, everyone - the time when every fashionista can finally hold their head high, whack on a ridiculous animal headpiece, slip into the kind of pantsless, bejeweled costume that would reduce even Elton John to tears, and, satisfied that they look suitably fearsome, bellow 'I am frivolous! Hear me roar!' with all the might of a sartorial demon.

Of course, we're not talking about Fashion Week here, you gulliable ninny (or, in Anna Della Russo's case, a trip to buy a pint of semi-skimmed); we're talking about Hallow'een. The New York Times' T Magazine has decided, as a celebration for that most goffick of holidays, to ask a bevvy of fashion types what they plan to dress up as this year, and the results are both hilarious and unsurprising. Pamela Love, for example, has opted to go as Georgia O'Keefe, that most famous of vag-centric flower painters (no word on whether her costume will be literal, or whether a red hooded cape will be involved). "This year", exclaims designer Eddie Borgo "I'm going as Pee Wee Herman!" Vena Cava founder Lisa Mayock, meanwhile, says that her best ever Hallow'een costme was the year that she went 'as a bodega' which, for the uninitiated Brit, is a corner shop.

With these suggestions in mind, we had a wee think about what we'd like to see fashion's most famous icons dress up as for a Hallow'een knees-up. Karl Lagerfeld, we imagine, could only ever go as Karl Lagerfeld, which in fairness, is enough of a costume in itself. Galliano should be forced to go without dressing up as anything at all, just to see if his head implodes.

And Anna Wintour? Well, we think she should follow the lead of the rest of the United States, and buy into what's proven to be the year's best-selling costume overall - Snooki from Jersey Shore. We'd pay good money to see that helmet hairdo re-worked into a pouf.

(If these pictures of Roberto Cavalli dressed as Karl Lagerfeld for a Hallow'een party don't warm your heart on a cold, grey Friday, by the way, then you have no soul.)

Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:28:07 by Philippa Snow