Heidi Klum as a Severed Hand
This photo is amazing and this costume is legitimately, sincerely, really gross – and that is a compliment. I cannot believe she topped that time she went as a worm.
Heidi Klum as a Severed Hand
Seeing her walk in this was amazing. The fingers do really look like when you're walking your hand across a table, for instance. They're SO well done. She did note that this was hard to walk around in and I'm sure that's true. It looks really heavy, for one thing.
Heidi Klum as a Severed Hand
GROSS.
Heidi Klum and team
Thank god she's got her crew in Hazmat suits to help her negotiate this!
Joey Fatone, Heidi Klum, and Friend
She did take off the hand inside the party and was just...you know, gross! Meanwhile, I assume Joey is...Where's Waldo without the hat? Or the glasses? Or the correct pants. Hmm. Is he...a pirate? As ever, I'm sure I'm missing something incredibly obvious.
Ice Spice
I know this one! She's Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants. But slightly sexy.
Blac Chyna
This has a real Aerobics Barbie vibe, and honestly, that's cute. Could perhaps use some more insane eye makeup, though.
Rod Stewart
I feel like Rod Stewart is just dressed as a version of himself.
Kelly Osbourne as Maleficient
This is a very reasonable Maleficent costume – although I think she's wearing a catsuit and a cape rather than a gown and flowing cloak.
Andrew Rannells and Tuc Watkins
Shipwrecked! This is fun. I appreciate costumes that are recognizable but not necessarily pop-culture references.
Questlove
I went on a LONG journey trying to figure out if Questlove is a Niners fan?!? He's from Philly! But he's actually in costume as famous romance scammer Daejon Love. This was a deep cut! I love the idea that Questlove consumes a lot of scammer-news content.
Kyle MacLachlan and Desiree Gruber
I assume Desiree is just your everyday bouganvilla-loving pirate, but I think Kyle is in costume as Cliff Vandercave, the villain he played in The Flintstones. I hope he starts working through all his iconic characters and eventually shows up as Special Agent Dale Cooper.
Taylor Momsen
This is perfect and also looks comfortable – she's Angus Young from AC/DC, for whom her band opened this summer.
Leni Klum
I support ANYONE dressing as Miss Piggy at any time.
Tramell Tillman
I don't know what he is, but it seems right that Tramell Tillman would be dapper in his otherwise unnerving Halloween costume. ("Dapper and unnerving" is the right descriptor for his Severance character, too.)
Ice-T and Coco Austin
In which Ice-T and Coco are cat burglars. Given how all-out people are going for these costumes lately, it's delightful that Coco's costume was very reasonably priced.
Ashton Fontana and Denée Benton
Ashton is Denée's publicist but they must be tight if they're doing a costume together – in this case, Black Swan and White Swan of Swan Lake. Ashton also looks very slightly Moira Rose, but in a very glamorous way.
Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse
I see we've moved into Nightmare Before Christmas season. (As Oogie Boogie goes, this is a sexy one.) These are great costumes, though.
Vanessa Hudgens
And this is a good Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas costume. (Speaking of Catherine O'Hara.)
Gracie Abrams
When you've got to throw together a Halloween costume the same night you're performing on SNL, "vampire" is a classic and also pretty easy.
Indie Navarrette as Betty Boop
Honestly, VERY cute. (I watched like ten minutes of her SNL; how was it?)
Rita Ora as Dolly Parton
In the interest of full disclosure, I think she may have been attending a Dolly Parton-themed event, but regardless: This is good and she should try dressing like Dolly more often.
Lottie Moss as Sandy from Grease
Hot take: You can just be Sandy From Grease. You don't need to be Bloody Sandy from Grease. Sandy herself is a sufficiently rich text.
Maya Jama as Mo Farrah
Amazing.
Carmen Electra
Ah, yes, I too was almost Sexy Pennywise Without The Wig this year. She actually looks really cute but also – you're Carmen Electra! We all know you're hot! Look to Heidi Klum and go full-bore.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka as the Creepy Twins from The Shining
Apparently this is the Stephen King portion of the evening.
Hayden Karchmer and Paris Jackson
Okay, I had to do a deep dive here but this is amazing. He's Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings and she is a potato. They are this meme. (We never have potatoes in my household without my husband saying PO-TAY-TOES.)
Christina Aguilera and Chappell Roan
I THINK Xtina is, like, a sexy....ringmaster? It's her party and it seemed carnival themed. Chappell is some form of bunny rabbit.
Dita Von Teese
Dita legitimately just looks like this all the time. (Although her hat, which is hard to see here, is sincerely amazing.)
Paris Hilton
Paris did like ten thousand different Halloween costumes on her Instagram this year. Here, she's a fairy – courtesy of Trashy Lingerie, the iconic Los Angeles lingerie/costume shop. If you want a Sexy Halloween costume that is also well-constructed and like an actually functional piece of clothing, it's been the only place in town for years.
Snoop
Snoop here – if this really is Snoop, who could say?!?! – is Art the Clown from the Terrifier movies. Look...this DOES look comfy.
Snickers, the winner of the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
How could I resist including Snickers, the winner of the Tompkins Square Park pet Halloween parade, who is dressed like Jalen Brunson in there and who got to visit the Empire State Building? HE IS SO CUTE and he also looks JUST like my own shih tzu, who – for the record – would NOT do this.
Jessica