Fashionable skeletons

"A photographer will always be in need of his or her muse. During the mid 1990s famed fashion photographer Richard Avedeon shot iconic model Nadja Auermann various times (Versace ads included). The collaboration between the two peaked in 1995 when Avedon shot a 25 pages long spread for The New Yorker of Auermann together with a skeleton, labelling the series In memory of the late Mr. & Mrs. Comfort. Auermann appears in million dollar dresses together with her deceased husband, Mr Comfort. One of the most impressive fashion spreads from that time, Auermann was clad in pieces from Gaultier, Issey Miyake, Lacroix, Comme des Garçons, Manolo Blanik, Thierry Mugler, Versace and Margiela. Smoking, showering and dancing in a ring of fire it’s one of those moments in editorial history that makes you pause, reconsider and whisper 'oh, wow'."

(Via Looklet Magazine)

Ouch! My head fell off.

Skeletal fashion models

I've heard of fashion models starving themselves but this is ridiculous!

A Sugar Skull come to life

Those Mexican "Day of the Dead" sugar skulls always look so delicious. Now this one manages to look sexy as well.

Fashion models & skeletons

I love it when fashion photographers use skeletons in their shoots. These two pics are from a recent issue of Elle Italia.

Yard haunt scale model

What a great idea! I should build one of these and keep it on display inside my house all year long so I wouldn't fall into my annual post-Halloween funk.

Skull make-up and tattoos

Here's another shot of the model from yesterday's "Razorblades in your apple" post. Her name is Megan Massacre.

Animated coffin model

Everyone's favorite papercraft guru has done it again. Ray Keim, at Haunted Dimensions, has created a 3D tribute to the famous "Conservatory Coffin" scene from the Haunted Mansion. And the best part is that this model will actually animate! "A simple lever allows you to simulate the desperate attempts of the confined ghost to lift the lid."

Click here to download your Conservatory Coffin model kit.