Katie BainYes, the music was righteous at Hard's Day of the Dead, but the most entertaining part of the weekend was the people watching. Roughly 70,000 attendees showed up over the course of two days, many of them with their faces painted beautifully in the Dia de los Muertos tradition and many of them dressed in fantastic — and fantastically weird — Halloween costumes.
Here are the best outfits we saw at the fest:
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Awwwww. Also, their matching lensless glasses. This can't not last forever.
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We're betting somebody forgot to set his clock for daylight savings.
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His costume? What Avicii has made off of “Wake Me Up” in the last 30 seconds.
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Sure, this is kind of vulgar, but somehow the flowery button down, the “boy” t-shirt and the stoic facial expressions make it ok.
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We're not entirely sure what these guys are supposed to be, but they pulled off the clashing stoner bro thing with impressive cohesion.
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The beckoning clown shark is legitimately scary.
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Might Morphin Power Raving.
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Deadmau5's homage to Hellraiser. His set also included visuals of Mau5heads with horns with laser eyes and the mau5 narrowly escaping various near-death scenarios.
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