A Look Into Our Inaugural Halloween Salon & Costume Contest
Photos by Madison Paloski
Salon Avec Moi is back with salons after a summer hiatus launching ahead with an inaugural Halloween salon and costume contest, SALON-O-WEEN, at our favorite queer bar in Brooklyn, Oberon.
Violinist Gabrielle Després for Salon-O-Ween 2026.
Soprano Avery Richards, clarinetist Dani Martinez, and violinist Gabrielle Després joined us for the evening to perform for our Halloween crowd.
Soprano Avery Richards for Salon-O-Ween 2026.
Clarinetist Dani Martinez for Salon-O-Ween 2026.
Featured as our costume contest judges were artist Mycha Bueché and co-founder of Go Figure BK Eliana Wassmerman, selecting our winners for Most Original, Best Art Reference, and a new award for Honorable Mention costumes.
Left to Right: Eliana Wasserman and Mycha Bueché
Costume winner for ‘Most Original’ was a Cyclospora outbreak costume, ‘Best Art Reference’ was a Renoir opera box and flowers painting, and ‘Honorable Mention’ was Willem Dafoe.
‘Most Original’ Cyclosopra
‘Best Art Reference’ Bouquet dans une loge by Auguste Renoir
‘Honorable Mention’ “Willem Dafoe photographed by Szilveszter Makó” Yes it says Best Group don’t worry about it.
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Itching for the next Salon event? Check out our FREE magazine launch party featuring a talkback with Issue 1 cover star Eva Ding on November 15th at Oberon. RSVP HERE.
