wedding gown musings

Sierra Boggess shared this image yesterday and can you see what has made me so excited? The fabric is thin. Well fairly thin- the flash and angle allows us to see her skin across the arm while the fabric looks more opaque closer to the armscye (where the fabric turns and follows the curve of…

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phantom costumes long overdue

I kept trying to find inspiration for making an Aussie version of the Rooftop dress, but I keep finding myself coming back to this: (full file is 6M) And a few tiny images of the German versions where the underskirt ruffles are gradient dyed/knitted and so create a wonderful play on light. It looks like…

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phantom wedding dress

This project is super long term and matches my Elissa gown for length of time since starting! However the skirt is finally getting the lace flounces! I decided to just go ahead and make this like the show gowns which is to not use my delicate vintage lace but a lovely net lace that I removed…

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HANNIBAL DONE!

HANNIBAL DONE! by michaela de bruce, September 27, 2014 Except not because my boning poked through (so was removed) and I need to move the seams to actually work with the curves I do have and with the non curves. The boning sticks away from my waist, so I also need to knuckle down and…

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ELISSA/HANNIBAL BODICE TRIAL

ELISSA/HANNIBAL BODICE TRIAL by michaela de bruce, September 3, 2014 Angel of music, Your final warning, Stay away from my mind. Angel of music I have a court order, And I have friends in Star Wars. Sorry, my costume wardrobe behind is just Mina and All The Star Wars props. If she knows Shae, Erik,…

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ELISSA TEXT UPDATE

ELISSA TEXT UPDATE by michaela de bruce, August 26, 2014 I have bound the top and bottom with gold ribbon and the belt is actually looking good 🙂 So I’ll see if I can line all those applique pieces so they also look nice when taken off 🙂 Cold of heck is still here so I am…

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ELISSA/HANNIBAL BODICE

ELISSA/HANNIBAL BODICE by michaela de bruce, August 26, 2014 Front and back views of the upper applique snapped in place and the belt and lower appliques pinned in place. I decided I did like the twisted braid after all and I’ll probably do a mix of Aussie and US styles here too: big stones and…

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