Photo by Megan Walschlager. Art Direction by Chris Correa. Styled by Airik Prince. Dress and Hat by Christian Cowan. Harnesses by Nasty Pig.
This is What You Missed Last Month (According To Linux), in which nightlife it girl Linux takes us behind the velvet rope and into the VIP section of Scene City. Linux gives the tea on what really happened at every party-of-the-century that floods your Instagram feeds. This October, follow Linux as she embraces New York’s favorite season: Halloween. (And don’t take what she says too seriously—she’s just a club kid after all!).
Boo! Did I scare you? For the first time since 2019, New York City finally got a proper Halloween moment. In 2020, we could only wear our costumes at seated events or raves in the woods, but we couldn’t post our looks for fear of getting cancelled. Of course, Halloween in 2021 wasn’t fully “back,” since New York’s quintessential All Hallows Eve staples are still on hiatus. MoMA PS1’s iconic Halloween Ball for one thing, typically thrown by Susanne Bartsch, is now a distant memory. Model-turned-costume-queen Heidi Klum says she doesn’t feel “safe” enough to bring back her celebrity-filled annual Halloween party. Sigh. I was so looking forward to seeing her at Lavo dressed as Shrek’s girlfriend!
Lucky for us, Heidi was the only celeb who stayed home this season. Every warehouse, nightclub, and penthouse was filled with New Yorkers eager to show off their slutty essential worker costumes. Naturally, I was at every single bash (I even managed to be in a few places at once). I can’t wait to tell you what happened at them — or, at least, what I remember!
Hot Models party at Somewhere Nowhere. Photo by Taj Howe.
October 26 — One Management Halloween Party
The New York-based modeling agency threw a Halloween party 6 days before actual Halloween — and it was one for the books! (Get it? Books? Because they’re an agency?). On a brand new Chelsea rooftop called Somewhere Nowhere, hundreds of models gathered to guzzle down booze and talk shit about the designers that hire them, all while taking in views of the Manhattan skyline. The chairman of the agency, sporting a full tuxedo, sat at a VIP table overlooking all the sample size models that make his money. They almost didn’t let me in when I got there, because my name wasn’t on the guest list. I had to point out to them that my name wasn’t on the list was because it was on the flyer! Cara Delevingne and I spoke for a brief moment — at least, I think it was her… she’s a model, right?
Matt McMahon and Harry Charlesworth as JFK and Anna Nicole Smith at Dead Celebs. Photo by Megan Walschlager.
October 29 — Muscle Memory: Dead Celebs @ Knockdown Center
Of course, the only Halloween party anybody could remember this year was my own! On Halloween Friday, 2,000 people Ubered to Brooklyn and invaded Knockdown Center for my new party, Muscle Memory. The theme was Dead Celebs, so everyone arrived dressed as their favorite celebrity who’s …….