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My Fae-like fantasy Costume

Started by Kirilee, Aug 06 2009 11:14 AM

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#1 Kirilee

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 11:14 AM

G'day all,

I just wanted to share with you my latest costume.

Front & Back

It was for an online contest entitled the "Ogham" - which is the ancient celtic druid alphabet. I chose one of the letters of the alphabet and ran with it. The letter is a line down the middle with five horizontal lines over the top of it. This created my "skeleton". Then I added the patchwork - all types of green as I was working with the colours of the tree that the letter relates to, the Yew Tree.

Don't know if any of this makes sense, but I am happy with the outcome. I think it looks Fae/Fairy/ Wood Nymph - like.

I used all recycled material (meaning that I used material that was left overs from other projects; my own and other people's) which I really liked. I used a total of I believe 14 different materials, plus some beads.
The dress took me about 60+ hours over two months as it was completely hand sewn.

A little extreme I know but I am so proud of it because of the fact that I didn't use a pattern. I drew up the design and started to make it. And the end product looked near exactly how I envisioned it.

Hope you like it smile.gif

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 01:09 PM

Great interpretation on the theme, the colours look really good. and all hand sewn, wow.

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 01:33 PM

QUOTE(Kirilee @ Aug 6 2009, 12:14 PM) View Post
G'day all,

I just wanted to share with you my latest costume.

Front & Back

It was for an online contest entitled the "Ogham" - which is the ancient celtic druid alphabet. I chose one of the letters of the alphabet and ran with it. The letter is a line down the middle with five horizontal lines over the top of it. This created my "skeleton". Then I added the patchwork - all types of green as I was working with the colours of the tree that the letter relates to, the Yew Tree.

Don't know if any of this makes sense, but I am happy with the outcome. I think it looks Fae/Fairy/ Wood Nymph - like.

I used all recycled material (meaning that I used material that was left overs from other projects; my own and other people's) which I really liked. I used a total of I believe 14 different materials, plus some beads.
The dress took me about 60+ hours over two months as it was completely hand sewn.

A little extreme I know but I am so proud of it because of the fact that I didn't use a pattern. I drew up the design and started to make it. And the end product looked near exactly how I envisioned it.

Hope you like it smile.gif



Looks very faery like. and now that you've explained what inspired the costume, it does make sense.

Great job!! tongue.gif
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Posted 06 August 2009 - 04:02 PM

It's STUNNING. Love it!
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 12:18 PM

well done! It looks great, and knowing the concepts helps understand your choices & nudges me towards designing a costume for a character I love from a book.
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Posted 12 August 2009 - 10:13 PM

Thanks guys for all the positive feedback. It is strange to think that a tree inspired this LOL Well a tree and an ancient meaning.

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Posted 10 January 2011 - 04:37 PM

well done!
It looks great, these concepts are good and easy to understand
thanks :) :)
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