Heidi Klum Reveals Halloween Costume’s Hidden Nod to Tom Kaulitz

As for the significance of the red nail polish?

“I do like red nails,” she explained at the event, presented by Apothic and Butterfinger, “but also for the photo afterwards—I think a red nail just pops, you know, on the red carpet.”

The 53-year-old had teased the look just one week earlier, posting a glimpse of her smashing costume on InstagramOct. 24.

Klum—mom to kids Leni, 22, with ex Flavio Briatore, as well as Henry, 21, Johan, 19, and Lou, 16, with ex Seal—showed a close-up of the prosthetic-heavy outfit with colorful shapes and textures, including several parts that appeared to look like human organs.

Of course, the model is no stranger to focusing on her fa-boo-lous look all year long, revealing to E! News that her Medusa costume from last year was one she’d been thinking about “for quite some time” and took a full five months to put together. 

“Everything is hand-painted,” she shared. “About 15 people have been working on this, and I think they did a fantastic job.”

“I’ve seen over the years obviously many, many Medusas, and I thought, ‘You know, one day I’m going to try my own,’” she continued. “I really wanted to have snakes that were moving, a super-ugly, super-scary face, really ugly teeth, and to be like a really long rattlesnake.”

Since moving to America from Germany, Klum has made it her mission to not only go all out for Halloween, but to also give others a place to have a gourd time.

“And it’s worked,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter in 2018, “because, over the years, people have become increasingly more outrageous with their costumes. The party has become almost legendary. It’s epic. I feel like my love for Halloween has made other people fall in love with the holiday, too.”

For a look at all their stars strutting their eerie-sistible costumes at Klum’s 2026 Halloween party, keep reading. 

—Reporting by Nikaline McCarley