Started - June 2012
First Worn - San Diego Comic Con (2012)
Reference pics
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The first one is from the movie and the second is from a promo for the movie. Because of access to information at the time, the Facebook group focused on the promo girls but information for the movie variations is there too.
Final costume pics
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The last two were taken off of Facebook and I'm not sure who took the middle one but the last one was Eurobeat Kasumi Photography.
Pulling it all together
June 18, 2012
I just ordered everything for a new costume! I bought the fabric this past weekend after car shopping and now all the other stuff has been ordered. For how small this costume is, there is a lot to it. Gloves, flag, tights, stars, millinery supplies, shoes... I still need to find earrings but they're not strictly necessary so I'm not too concerned. Now to get the muslin going and get the dress all sewn up so I can work on the hat as soon as the buckram arrives. I'm a bit behind as I was hoping to get a lot of the dress done this past weekend but I didn't realize when I was making plans that car shopping was needed.
June 26, 2012
The hat is ready for satin! I
got the frame put together and glued on the felt and it's ready for the satin
layer! I'm rather excited. Of course, I want to make the mockup of
the dress before I cut out the satin to make sure that I don't cut it out wrong
so I think I might be stuck for awhile. But that just means I get to move
on to the dress.
June 27, 2012
My
dog tried eating my hat. He already tried eating my roll of
millinery wire. He also tried eating my makeup that I purchased just for
this costume. I'm starting to get the feeling he doesn't want me making
this costume.
Time to clean the apartment. Hmmm...actually that's not what I mean. Time to shove everything that the dog could possibly eat into the storage room since that door is shut all the time and he would have to eat through the door to get in there. Not that I'm putting it past him but I think it's likely we would notice before he made it through.
Time to clean the apartment. Hmmm...actually that's not what I mean. Time to shove everything that the dog could possibly eat into the storage room since that door is shut all the time and he would have to eat through the door to get in there. Not that I'm putting it past him but I think it's likely we would notice before he made it through.
July 5, 2012
The red panels of the skirt are all sewn and I'm ready to start the
white. The bodice is ready for twill tape (not part of the directions but
I can't seem to keep myself from over-engineering every single costume I make)
and the hat is ready for sequin fabric. It looks like a meetup at
ComicCon is not really happening (or it's happening when I can't make it) so
I'm not frantically trying to get it done in time. It would be nice but
I'm not going to rush. However, it might end up being my gala dress for
Costume College just because I'm not sure what else to wear and at least it's
new and sparkly.
And because I feel the need to document Koko's need to be involved with every project...
And because I feel the need to document Koko's need to be involved with every project...
July 8, 2012
The hat is sequinned! Need to attach the star and finish the lining but the sequins are done!
And because I couldn't resist (and it makes it harder for Koko to throw up on...), I put the various pieces on Anna and while it may look like it's almost there, it's all in pieces. The bodice edges need to be finished, the skirt isn't attached, the petti isn't done... But I'm liking the way it looks. =)
July 9, 2012
And the hat is done!
July 10, 2012
This dress would have been done by
now but I decided to over-engineer it - flatlined the bodice and added twill tape. Also, I decided to make the petticoat in the chiffon version. Oh yeah, and I decided to make my own bias tape so it would
be satin and I wouldn't have to buy a ton of the Wright's bias. But I love the way the petti turned out and it is done - finally!!
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Left to do - attach the skirt, attach the petticoat, catchstitch neckline, put
in zipper, sew lining, and attach lining. And then there's still the
cummerbund and lapels. And I really should try styling my hair
appropriately before the day of. But I got my shoes back and the soles are good to
go. Progress is being made. Still not sure if it's going to be
enough to get it done for Saturday but it will totally be done for Dragon*Con!
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August 2, 2012
I did mostly finish the USO girl costume in time for Saturday! I may have been sewing the lapels on Thursday while in lines but I got to wear it! It needed snaps for the lapels and after looking at
some pics, I decided it needed a bit of altering. Both are done and it's ready for D*Con now! And nope, didn't get a chance to try out my hair before the
day of. I did find out that I should ignore the curling instructions
though. My hair stayed curly-ish but it was pretty flat for me. My
hair curls if I look at it wrong, mostly it curls wrong but it does curl and
stays curled. Not so much that day. Going to try it out again
before D*Con though and hopefully it works better.
And
I totally want to make another. I'm thinking the blue skirt variant would
be great fun...
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