There is nothing more haunting than clothes. Clothes survive their wearers, moulded in their shape, worn out by them, and often retaining their familiar scent. They are a visual emblem of what is gone by their very emptiness. This is conjured up by Shakespeare's King John in which a mother's grief for her lost child 'stuffs
out his vacant garments with his forme.'
It is also why harking back to the past, to the gothic Victorian, tattered vintage rags and so on, has such a powerfully haunting effect. Here is a selection of my Halloween costume inspiration. The best pickings of fantastical nostalgia that the fashion world has to offer...
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