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Heidi Klum Dons Giant Severed Hand for 25th Halloween Bash
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In Short: Supermodel Heidi Klum shocked fans by dressing as a giant, bloodied severed hand at her 25th annual Halloween party in New York.
Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum shocked fans by dressing as a giant, bloodied severed hand at her 25th annual Halloween party in New York, as reported by the BBC. Klum, 53, said her costume this year needed the help of up to 20 people to complete, telling reporters, “It took a lot of hands putting this hand together.”
Unilad provided a detailed account of Klum’s costume, noting that she navigated the blue carpet entirely from inside the hollow internal harness, peering out through bruised ocular slits carved into the skin of the hand. The publication reported that Klum had shared macro video clips and photographs of glistening silicone textures, raw organ-like webbing, and bloody cotton swabs, leading fans to predict she would debut as a grotesque creature from The Substance or a fungal zombie from The Last of Us.
T2Online highlighted Klum’s annual Halloween party as a spectacle of outrageous costumes and elaborate prosthetics, noting that Klum had teased the gruesome look on Instagram in the days leading up to Halloween. The publication also shared a list of Klum’s weirdest and wildest Halloween costumes over the years.
Vogue reported that Klum’s hand costume had to be large enough to make an impact but also constructed in a way that she could wear it and move around. Vogue noted that Klum said, “There is so much planning, sculpting, molding and engineering that goes into these costumes.”
The BBC and Fox News both reported on Klum’s costume, with the BBC focusing on the intricate details and Fox News highlighting Klum’s reluctance to reveal her costume before the event. Both publications agreed that Klum’s costume was a giant, bloodied severed hand, and that it required significant effort to create.
Unilad and T2Online provided detailed accounts of the costume, with Unilad focusing on the practical creature effects and T2Online highlighting Klum’s annual tradition of outrageous costumes. Both publications agreed that Klum’s costume was a giant, bloodied severed hand, complete with intricate details and a hollow internal harness.
Indy100 reported on the reactions of fans to Klum’s costume, with one person commenting, “The insane details of Heidi Klum’s costume.” Another noted, “Everything is so Reference-poisoned these days it feels very refreshing to see Heidi Klum be ‘a gross hand’ for Halloween.”
What this adds
The BBC and Fox News both reported on Klum’s costume, with the BBC focusing on the intricate details and Fox News highlighting Klum’s reluctance to reveal her costume before the event. Unilad and T2Online provided detailed accounts of the costume, with Unilad focusing on the practical creature effects and T2Online highlighting Klum’s annual tradition of outrageous costumes.
Background
Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum shocked fans with her 2026 Halloween costume reveal, dressing as a giant, bloodied severed hand at her 25th annual party in New York City.
Heidi Klum hosted her annual Halloween party, where she dressed as a severed hand, continuing her tradition of elaborate costumes.
What's confirmed
- Unilad provided a detailed account of Klum’s costume, noting that she navigated the blue carpet entirely from inside the hollow internal harness, peering out through bruised ocular slits carved into the skin of the hand. The publication reported that Klum had shared macro video clips and photographs of glistening silicone textures, raw organ-like webbing, and bloody cotton swabs, leading fans to predict she would debut as a grotesque creature from The Substance or a fungal zombie from The Last of Us.
- T2Online highlighted Klum’s annual Halloween party as a spectacle of outrageous costumes and elaborate prosthetics, noting that Klum had teased the gruesome look on Instagram in the days leading up to Halloween. The publication also shared a list of Klum’s weirdest and wildest Halloween costumes over the years.
- The BBC and Fox News both reported on Klum’s costume, with the BBC focusing on the intricate details and Fox News highlighting Klum’s reluctance to reveal her costume before the event. Both publications agreed that Klum’s costume was a giant, bloodied severed hand, and that it required significant effort to create.
- Unilad and T2Online provided detailed accounts of the costume, with Unilad focusing on the practical creature effects and T2Online highlighting Klum’s annual tradition of outrageous costumes. Both publications agreed that Klum’s costume was a giant, bloodied severed hand, complete with intricate details and a hollow internal harness.
What's still developing
- Klum, 53, was completely unrecognisable arriving at her event in what she described as her own chopped-off "left hand".
- And the revelry didn't stop there, with celebrities such as Maya Jama wowing attendees at her own Halloween party in London dressed as four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.
- This year marks the 25th anniversary of Klum's party, which brings celebrities across the globe together dressed in their wild, weird and wonderful costumes.
- Jade transformed herself to look like she was made of stone Tillman arrived with fake ears and tufts emerging from his forehead Meanwhile in London, broadcaster Maya Jama hosted her annual Halloween Party dressed as Sir Mo Farah.
- "His real trainers. He's even done some TikToks for me. He is fully on board."
- ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge Heidi Klum tells Fox News Digital she doesn’t want to give away too much when it comes to this year’s Halloween costume.
- Klum dressed as the Greek mythological character, Medusa, while Kaulitz dressed as a warrior she had turned into stone.
- "I never like to share it before, because then people are gonna be like, ‘Oh, it wasn’t as good as I thought it was gonna be.'" In 2024, Klum and Kaulitz arrived to the annual Halloween party dressed as different versions of E.T.
- As photographers called out, they regularly attended to the creature, brandishing a large medical syringe and theatrically 'feeding' the bloody oral cavity carved into the back of the hand to keep the monster sedated.
- Instead, Klum subverted expectations by delivering an entirely original, surreal body-horror build that leans heavily into vintage practical creature effects.
- While the towering prosthetic limb stood upright on five giant fingers tipped with pointed oxblood-lacquered nails, the most horrific element was sculpted directly into the back of the hand: an open, parasitic face complete with weeping eyeholes, exposed muscle tissue, and a gaping circular mouth packed with rows of rotten, irregular teeth.
- Kaulitz joined her as another E.T., making them quite possibly Halloween's strangest couple.