Street style: Hollywood Forever's Día de los Muertos

Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker

“In Michoacán, where I’m from, performers wear masks made from wood. This one is papier-mâché—I made it myself. I also made the shell skulls—I painted them and glued pins to the backs.”

Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker

Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker

Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker

Patty Bautista, 29, social worker; Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager

"We're friends from college. We bought these parasols from eBay—they're from China or something. They got here pretty quick considering!"

Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager

"I got my face painted by a vendor outside the gates. I tipped her five dollars 'cause it turned out so well."

Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager

Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager

Patty Bautista, 29, social worker

"A friend of mine made my costume for me—I saw something similar online and bought the fabric I wanted."

Patty Bautista, 29, social worker

Gabriel Caleca, 18, student

"I already had this jacket—I found it a while ago at the Salvation Army and bought it thinking, 'this will come in handy someday.'"

Gabriel Caleca, 18, student

Gabriel Caleca, 18, student

Gabriel Caleca, 18, student

Bobby Aceves aka Maleficent, 25, tattoo artist; Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker; Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker

"We're here from Arizona—we're the Grand Canyon chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We raise money for all sorts of things: LGBT charities, HIV awareness... our Los Angeles sisters are around here somewhere, they just did an event to raise money for a volunteer fire department."

Bobby Aceves aka Maleficent, 25, tattoo artist

Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker

Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker

Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker

Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker

Jackie Leguizamo, 36, fashion designer; Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer; Roman Leguizamo, 5, kindergartner

"This is our first time here—we made the masks ourselves."

Roman Leguizamo, 5, kindergartner

"[The celebration] is good I guess. I helped make my mask!"

Jackie Leguizamo, 36, fashion designer

Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer

Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer

James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”

"I'm here with my partner, David. We came up from Long Beach; it's our first time. I saw this tie and thought, 'gotta have it.'"

James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”

James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”

Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer

"I made the jeans myself. I used spray fabric dye and a paintbrush to create the ombre look."

Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer

Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer

Kate Amundeen, 24, model

"I bought the flowers at Michael's and made the headdress myself. I chose to dress up as Frida [Kahlo] because I love her style, and she's a super cool woman with a great story to tell."

Kate Amundeen, 24, model

Kate Amundeen, 24, model

Kate Amundeen, 24, model

Kweli Walker, 61, electrician and erotica writer

"I painted this big smiling mouth because I'm a happy person!"

Kweli Walker, 61, electrician and erotica writer

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker

"The dress is vintage Mexican. The belt isn't from Mexico... it might be Eastern European, but who cares, it's so awesome! For my jewelry, there's a Mexican wedding necklace, as well as a Tibetan medicine necklace, a Fijian necklace, an African ring—wow, I'm so multicultural!"

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker

Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker