October 29, 2024

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If You Give a Bookworm a Costume Competition Partying with the Giving Tree and “a pile of burning books” at the NYPL Halloween costume parade.

By Cat Zhang

Photo: Timothy O’Connell

It’s the weekend before Halloween, and somewhere in Bushwick, a gaggle of 20-somethings dressed as Nicole Kidman’s wigs are bankrupting themselves for a warehouse rager. Meanwhile, in midtown, revelers of all ages ride the elevators of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library for a free costume extravaganza — one catered to nerds. Tonight is the New York Public Library’s annual Halloween costume parade, or the bibliophile’s Met Gala. Hundreds of people will stream into the library’s rooftop terrace in their best literary getups, dressed as the Caged Bird That Sings or Little Red Riding Hood “in the style of Vivienne Westwood.”

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If You Give a Bookworm a Costume Competition Partying with the Giving Tree and “a pile of burning books” at the NYPL Halloween costume parade.

Dive into all our stories on style, self, culture, and power.

In Other News ...

A new Cut survey of 1,200 Black women shows that ahead of Election Day, enthusiasm is waning even among this vital voting bloc.

Decades after escaping the “The Dating Game Killer” — the man depicted in Woman of the Hour — Alice Feiring visited him in prison to ask why he didn't kill her.

Workplace-advice columnist Alison Green responds to a reader who was blindsided by their co-worker’s firing: "It's not really your business why they were fired, but there’s still a way to talk to your boss about feedback and improvement."

From classics like Beetlejuice and Lydia to newlyweds like Lana Del Rey and her alligator-wrangling husband, these are the best Halloween couples costumes.

Check out all the best looks from last night's CFDA Awards, a.k.a. the "Oscars of Fashion."

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