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| Cost : | £90 |
| Time Taken : | No idea. A LOT |
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| If I had made a Disney Princess costume for the October 2007 Expo group, it would have been Cinderella, especially as she was one of the free characters in that group. Although I didn’t go all-out on a dress back then, Cinderella stayed in the back for my mind for future Disney groups. There’s some thoughts of another group this October Expo, and I decided I would go ahead with the dress for the AmeCon cosplay ball anyway. The deciding factor was my holiday to New York, which let me raid the fashion district and get the fabric cheaper than anything I could buy in this country (bless the $ exchange rate!)The saving I made on the fabric was what made this dress realistic for me! It’s almost 7 yards of some form of nice satin. I mostly followed the version in the film/art/merchandise, but made some alterations to have it more like a real ballgown, and to my own tastes - most notably the shape of the bodice and the silly shoulder puffs. I used Butterick 6195 which was very suited for this dress! I was able to use the bodice exactly as it was, just straps in place of sleeves. It’s underlined in cotton twill, and I used spiral steel boning on the curved seams and a very stiff plastic type elsewhere. It’s lined in the same satin as the rest of the dress, and the lining is finished by hand. The straps are elastic with a double layer of gathered chiffon. I bought gloves from angelsbridal on ebay, which pretty much match. I also bought a 3-hoop hoopskirt on ebay, which was about the size I wanted, although I had to reduce the size of the hoops slightly, and add tulle on top to stop the hoops from showing through my skirt. With the hoopskirt to start, I could then get a better idea of the fullness of skirt I need to go over it. I did use the same dress pattern for the skirt, but found it wasn’t anywhere near full enough, so I added extra panels, which allowed for the pleats at the front and back. The added volume meant sewing it all to the bodice was an adventure…The peplum thingy is again chiffon, which I messed about with draping and layering until I got a result I liked. The skirt is constructed with French seams, and has a heck of a lot of fabric in it once you factor in the amount the pleats take up! It sounds simple enough explaining it now, but I spent a very long time on this dress, making several bodice mock-ups, fitting it nicely, desperately trying to prevent the satin seams puckering (and not entirely succeeding), draping chiffon endlessly and messing with the pleats at the front and back of the skirt. It was my first project of this sort, and really was a learning experience! The wig wasn’t as difficult as I expected. I pulled it into a ponytail, then clipped the hair in place into that big bun shape - there’s batting inside to pad it out a little. Lots of hairspray and some pins secure it all. I bought a hairband to cover in a few layers of the same chiffon as used elsewhere, and I already had the earrings (from my Bubbles costume) and choker (Dagger costume) The shoes were a challenge to find, and after scouring ebay for weeks, I eventually got a pair cheaply enough. They’ve got a blue heart on the toe, which is not my favourite aspect, but Cinderella’s do have hearts on them in the film, so it’s alright. I didn’t even wear them much because that style of shoe never fits me, so they were for photos and prop purposes only. | |
Comments
This is so beautiful! I saw you at the ball and you looked amazing! So much better than my attempt xD
N'ya! You really suit that character :3 Plus you look good in blue!
excellent work~
it was great when i saw you at expo you where lovely >+