What do films like Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013) have in common? Beyond the opulence and on-screen love affairs, much of that connective tissue is costume designer Catherine Martin. A multi-hyphenate creative with a mantel full of Oscars, she’s now conjuring a Halloween collection for Anthropologie that feels as cinematic as one of her sets.
Like her film work, this theatrical Halloween decoration lineup is rich in storytelling. ‘The dark beauty of nineteenth-century scientific illustrations,’ says Catherine, was a guiding reference. Specifically, moths – ‘the butterflies’ nocturnal counterpart’ – offered the ‘perfect invocations of dark elegance,’ she tells Homes & Gardens.
