Heidi Klum Spends Six Hours Getting Into a Giant Hand Costume

Heidi Klum arrived at her 25th annual Halloween party in New York City on Saturday dressed as a giant, severed hand.

The supermodel and TV personality began hosting this specific event 25 years ago. She has built a reputation for elaborate, often grotesque costumes over the last quarter century. Her previous looks included a werewolf from Michael Jackson's Thriller video, an eight-foot tall Transformer, and the Greek myth figure Medusa. In 2022, she went viral for arriving on a fishing line inside a slithering worm suit.

Klum said the idea for this year's costume came to her last year. She wanted to create a specific version of her own left hand. The prosthetic piece featured long red nails, a thumb ring, and her engagement and wedding bands. The top of the hand displayed an assortment of dangling ligaments and tendons. Klum described the costume as heavy and difficult to carry. She said it took five to six hours to apply the prosthetics on the day of the event, though the construction process took much longer.

Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, did not attend the party because he was on tour. However, his name appears as a tattoo on the ring finger of the costume. Klum noted that the design also included her palm lines and veins. She said the inclusion of his name meant a little bit of him was with her. Klum posted hints on her Instagram earlier in the day as bloodied prosthetics were applied to her face. Only her eyes and mouth were visible during her entrance. She was accompanied by helpers wearing blood-stained hazmat suits.