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Posted 12 December 2005 - 06:09 AM

Just to get some discussion going....

What's your favourite fantasy costume? Is it from a movie, a tv show? Or your own design? Is it something you've already made, or is it something you would love to make?

I don't think I have any particular favourites, but I love all the costumes from Lord of the Rings, especially the armour. It's amazing smile.gif It just screams out 'make me'! lol
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Posted 13 December 2005 - 07:23 PM

QUOTE(Starfire Phoenix @ Dec 12 2005, 06:05 AM) View Post
Just to get some discussion going....

What's your favourite fantasy costume? Is it from a movie, a tv show? Or your own design? Is it something you've already made, or is it something you would love to make?

I don't think I have any particular favourites, but I love all the costumes from Lord of the Rings, especially the armour. It's amazing smile.gif It just screams out 'make me'! lol


I dont think i really have anything that i love about fantasy.....well alright.....I love mermaids (if that what you would call fantasy LOL) but i do like the costumes for the elves in LOTR's they are very delicate and flowing and i love all that girly girly stuff. But i wouldnt make anything like that at the moment....it would be like putting a bowling bag in a marble bag...... laugh.gif
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Posted 15 December 2005 - 11:20 PM

I think at the moment, I'm most partial to the Elves costumes in Lord of the Rings.
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Posted 16 December 2005 - 07:57 AM

I love the Lord of the Rings Costume and I have wanted to make Arwen's Blood Red Dress for the past 3 years.
I have a few concepts I designed from books, like David Eddings and Tad Williams...

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Posted 16 December 2005 - 08:43 AM

Welcome Cora! It’s nice to meet you smile.gif Do you sketch your designs, or go straight to making them? I’d love to see what you’ve done.
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Posted 16 December 2005 - 08:48 AM

I sketch them first to get the look and feel right, I have folders full of sketches, not having the time to make them all.

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 11:07 PM

Don't know if it's my favourite exactly, but I'd love an Underworld vampire coat cool.gif

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Posted 19 March 2006 - 12:29 PM

QUOTE(Cora @ Dec 16 2005, 07:23 AM) View Post
I love the Lord of the Rings Costume and I have wanted to make Arwen's Blood Red Dress for the past 3 years.
I have a few concepts I designed from books, like David Eddings and Tad Williams...


Eek! Me too! I have sketched a very brief design for Polgara from the Belgariad. I'll get around to making it one day. Would be interesting to see how different the designs are. biggrin.gif

My favourite fantasy costume is probably anything faerie... though the LOTR and Narnia stuff does come close. biggrin.gif
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Posted 19 March 2006 - 11:12 PM

Sigh.. the White Witch's felted gowns... Eowyn's white wool...

I have a very big thing for self textures and textures created by use of a "single" colour. Shades of very very very pale pastels to make up a white dress on stage for instance. So these gowns really appeal to that side of me.
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 11:27 AM

I guess it would have to be gowns from The Princess Bride. Ive always liked this movie and if i had the bod, id have em all made, from the blue with brown gown on the farm to the silver blue wedding gown.

Wouldn't mind a bit of Cary Ewles either... tongue.gif
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 08:50 PM

QUOTE(aremaous @ Mar 20 2006, 11:53 AM) View Post
I guess it would have to be gowns from The Princess Bride. Ive always liked this movie and if i had the bod, id have em all made, from the blue with brown gown on the farm to the silver blue wedding gown.

Wouldn't mind a bit of Cary Ewles either... tongue.gif


I'll second that! I've seen a few people have been making Buttercup's red riding dress lately.
Hmm, favourite fantasty costumes - anything Eowyn wears... the wide necklines of the elvish gowns don't really appeal to me so muh, but the Rohan costumes are somehow very real.

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Posted 10 May 2006 - 11:07 AM

I'm definately partial to LotR costumes! I most definately prefer Eowyn's costumes, and I have plans to make a few of those, they're beautiful, but also seem a lot more practical than the Elven Garb. However, I have bought the material to make an Arwen chase coat (to go with my Hadhafang I bought recently), it's one of may favourite of her costumes. I also wouldn't mind making Arwen's mourning gown, it has elements of human design in it, which I think is why I love it so much!

Other than that, I've watched so much fantasy, I wouldn't know where to begin! One costume I do love, which may not be well known, is Snow White's costume from Snow White: Fairest of them all. SW is played by Kristin Kruek (from smallville) and she wears the most beautiful costumes!
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 10:22 PM

Snow White: Is that a live action movie? I haven't seen that
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 10:50 PM

Yeah, I never saw it here, but I've seen images. The costumes look really nice!
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 11:06 PM

Yep it's a live action movie. You'd probably find it in a dvd store hidden away. I really enjoyed it the first time I saw it on tv, and loved the costumes and knew I had to buy it. Snow white's costumes are devine, but I also love the dress her mother wears. If you can ever hire it out or get a chance to see it, I recommend it!
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Posted 14 May 2006 - 11:27 PM

me liking the snow white: fairest of them all movie too. saw it on the telly one night and went rolleyes.gif
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Posted 15 May 2006 - 12:59 AM

Aha I have this movie on a video somewhere - If I remember rightly its Miranda Richardson playing the evil queen/witch and she has some wicked varients on orange and black costumes dresses...yes same movie?
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Posted 15 May 2006 - 03:32 PM

Yahuh thats the one. the gown you are talking about looks like soo...

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Posted 15 May 2006 - 04:48 PM

WOW! They are very beautiful. The Snow White is very tempting to add to the wishlist!!
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Posted 15 May 2006 - 08:03 PM

Oooh yes - I loved Queens Elspeth's stuff (not that orange is a favourite colour or anything)
From memory all her costumes were some varient of orange and black, too

Hmm. What excuse could we have to make Snow White costumes....
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