spooky season goes super stylish
Chic Halloween Dinner Party Ideas
Inspired by the most stylish and colorful Halloween movies of the past.
Black & White Stripes, Green, Some Bling
Inspired by Beetlejuice
Serve jumbo shrimp cocktails and white wine. Have a big bowl of Zagat candy bars at the ready.
SOUNDTRACK: Harry Belafonte
Sensual Jewel Tones + Black
Inspired by The Witches of Eastwick
Decadent finger food. Cherries scattered across the table. Tall black candles. Drapey red flowers. For dessert, voodoo-doll gingerbread men and bowls of brandy-soaked cherries.
SOUNDTRACK: Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor, or classic Frank Sinatra
Black + Red + Burgundy + Purple
Inspired by The Addams Family
Mix Victorian and Gothic elements. Decant red wine in bottles marked “poison”. Use red roses for the centerpiece. (Bonus points if they’re already drooping.)
SOUNDTRACK: Classic organ (Bach), or the original 1991 film soundtrack featuring M.C.Hammer.