Jeepers creepers

MANILA, Philippines – Last Saturday was probably one of the craziest nights you’ve had in recent weeks. We’re talking about brain cakes, blood bag booze, and people wearing outrageous costumes inside a mall. Something that could only happen on Halloween and… Hoodwink’s second anniversary.

The Hoodwink store in SM Aura last Oct. 31 transformed into a mad scientist’s laboratory and was the perfect pre-game Halloween party. We were greeted at the door by Alexander Wang and were escorted to the bar by no other than pregnant Kim K. The night’s main act, Curtismith, dressed up as fellow artist CRWN, so it was a pleasantly weird sight when they started doing a live musical collab. Of course, there were the scene-stealers like The Weeknd and that guy in the wheelchair as Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad. Within the evening, we also met with the winners from the Instagram giveaway contest. Ally Munda brought home the Ami skateboard that looked perfect with her punk fairy princess costume. But because our friends from Hoodwink are very generous, they gave out even more prizes for the ones that came in the best costumes, like the skull stars of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way music video and Sadness from Inside Out. Overall, it was a pretty chill night of music, booze, and newfound friends. But for the record, we like to think the temporary tattoo sticker giveaways were the perfect ending to the beginning of the rest of the night.

Whoever said Halloween is just another holiday has probably never been to a Hoodwink rager. Even better next year!     Photos by TIN SARTORIO