PHOTOS: Elaborate costumes at the Henri David Halloween Ball

“Don’t come as you are, but as you want to be” is the tagline for the annual Henri David Halloween Ball, which brought out1,500 elaborately costumed partygoers on Saturday for its 47th year. The Halloweenparty took over the grand ballroom at the Sheratonin Center City.

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Photographer HughE Dillon of Philly Chit Chat was on hand to capture the night, which included dressed up drag queens, host Henri David decked out in glittering getups, the costume contest,and an onstage proposal (she said yes).