Heidi Klum Goes to Halloween Party as a Giant Severed Hand; Perth Dad Who Went as ‘a Man in a Bin Bag’ Says the Bar Has Been Set Unfairly High
The model spent hours getting into a costume of her own left hand. In Perth, costume standards are more relaxed.
A Halloween party: elsewhere, hands; in Perth, mostly bin bags. Photo: Steve Mays, “Halloween 1976 Party Costumers”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Heidi Klum, who is known as the “Queen of Halloween”, arrived at her 25th annual party in New York dressed as a giant, bloody severed hand, modelled on her own left hand. The costume reportedly took five to six hours to get into.
In Perth, where Halloween costumes are typically made in the 20 minutes before leaving the house, the reaction was a mixture of admiration and resentment.
“I went as a ghost,” said a Scone man. “It was a sheet. It took four minutes, and two of those were finding the scissors. I thought I’d done well. Then I see a woman dressed as a hand and I feel like I’ve let my family down.”
A Letham dad who wore a black bin bag and said he was “a bin bag” said the comparison was unfair. “She’s got a team,” he said. “I’ve got a roll of bin bags and a wife who said, ‘Is that it?'”
Perth costume shops say they expect demand for giant hands next year. “We’ve ordered one in,” said one. “It’s a big foam hand. It says ‘Number One’ on it. It’ll do.”
Klum is said to be already planning next year’s outfit. Perth says it is already planning to go as a ghost again.
The real story: Heidi Klum's Halloween costume (AP)
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