Harri Halloween

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Halloween is an opportunity to recall three latex themed looks from under the hand of British designer Harri.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31, and is a great opportunity to dress up in a variety of costumes, for which sometimes there is no room at other times. Many people put on more or less latex on this day, as the occasion allows to justify an unconventional costume for a wider audience. The Halloween theme also appears in designers. Let’s look at last year’s design by a British designer nicknamed Harri. Harri’s latex works are characterized by exaggerated form and shape given by the inflatable elements of latex costumes. His most famous work is the styling of Sam Smith at the 2023 Brit Awards.

Golden Pumpkin, Red Witch and Villain Vampire, photo: Harri
Golden Pumpkin, Red Witch and Villain Vampire, photo: Harri

Harri (actually Indian-born Harikrishnan Keezhathil Surendran Pillai) presented a set of 3 costumes inspired by classic characters known from mass culture in 2023 before Halloween. The work is the result of Harri’s collaboration with the producer of Southern Comfort, a whiskey from New Orleans. The brand approached Harri with the idea of creating Halloween costumes that would stand out above all the others we all know well. That’s how 3 characters were created: ‘Red Witch’, ‘Villain Vampire’ and ‘Golden Pumpkin’.

Villain Vampire, photo: Harri
Red Witch, photo: Harri
Golden Pumpkin, photo: Harri
Golden Pumpkin, Red Witch and Villain Vampire, photo: Harri

This choice of characters was not accidental. After researching people’s habits and opinions about Halloween costumes, it turned out that these 3 characters are the ones most often chosen as inspirations for creating costumes. At the same time, about ¾ of people are not satisfied with the created costume after the fact. This is because it quickly turns out that they are boring and do not stand out for anything special. Such data made the choice of characters to create their latex counterparts unequivocal.

It is interesting to note that the outfits refer to the Southern Comfort brand. Each outfit includes a dedicated pocket for a small bottle of whiskey: in the Villain Vampire tie, Red Witch necklace and Golden Pumpkin belt.

Whisky in Villain Vampire's tie, photo: Harri
Whisky in Golden Pumpkin's belt, photo: Harri
Villain Vampire, photo: Harri

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