Heidi’s Halloween Gets Out of Hand

Heidi Klum brought her own plus-one to Halloween: five enormous fingers and a seriously disturbing manicure.

The model and television host arrived at New York’s Cathédrale on October 31 dressed as a gigantic, severed version of her own left hand. With glossy red nails, oversized rings and a mangled wrist, the costume turned a familiar body part into something best kept away from the dinner table.

Her legs occupied two fingers, allowing the monstrous creation to move. Her face emerged near the bloody wrist. Even her wedding jewelry and the tattoo honoring her husband, Tom Kaulitz, were reproduced. Apparently, marriage survives dismemberment—at least in the costume department.

The inspiration was surprisingly close at hand. Klum had studied her own fingers and imagined how her body might fit inside an enormous replica. Turning that thought into a wearable spectacle required months of work and hours of preparation on Halloween itself.

Comfort, predictably, was another matter. Klum said the outfit was heavy, though she had endured worse. She also shared a practical precaution for bathroom emergencies: a diaper. Glamour has its limits; Halloween logistics do not.

Hubby Kaulitz missed the celebration because he was performing with Tokio Hotel. His twin brother, Bill, was absent too, prompting Klum to joke that he could have supplied her missing right hand.

Inside, the party offered more than one double take. Model Karen Mulder appeared as Karl Lagerfeld, wearing clothing and prescription sunglasses that had belonged to the late designer. Her manager accompanied her as Anna Wintour, with a lifelike version of Lagerfeld’s beloved cat, Choupette, completing the fashion-world tribute.

Taylor Momsen and German television personalities Rebecca Mir and Kim Hnizdo were among the guests. Mir attended with her husband, dancer Massimo Sinató.

300 guests joined the celebration, where red wine served in blood bags extended the medical-horror theme beyond Klum’s entrance.

Later, she shed the cumbersome main costume and joined longtime friend and television colleague Thomas Hayo on the dance floor.

After a quarter-century of elaborate transformations, Klum had found another way to keep her Halloween reputation intact—even when the rest of her appeared detached.