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Reference pics for this year's halloween costume. I had so much fun recently being a bride that I thought I'd do it again! :)
Will NOT be a movie reproduction costume, nor a major project, just thrown and stitched together quickly for Halloween. (how appropriate!) Going for a just sightly more froufrou and less off the lab slab look, I bought an inexpensive ruffles and lace peignoir set on ebay that will be her gown. Found gloves and satin fabric to cut up for the arm bandages. Picked up a cheap costume wig that I'm (hopefully) going to improve with some restyling. Some makeup for drawing on the neck sutures, and I'll be good to go.
Elsa Lanchester was a lovely actress. Did you know her hair was auburn (naturally and in BOF), but since the classic 1935 film was in black and white, the iconic pop culture image of the monster bride's hairdo is thought of that way.
few more notes to myself:
Arm covering: cut basic long sleeve pattern and crazy quilt/strip piece satin "bandages" across, sew long edges together to form sleeve (so I can just slip on and not wind and rewind bandages). Wear with ruched fingerless gloves. Tack sleeves to chemise arm holes.
Wig restyle: Tack darts inside of wig base to reshape and resize (already have pinned to size; decided I didn't want a Marge Simpson high beehive do!). Trim neck edge curls shorter to base of skull. Hairspray, bobbypin, or tack stripe wave as best as possible. IF I have extra time, may attempt recreating new finger-wave section and applying to wig.
Makeup: pale greenish tint over face; pink lipstick. (would do massive fake eylelashes, but having to wear glasses pretty much kills any eye makeup effects) Draw on neck sutures; considering using "glitter" for this--make her a more "glam" monster?
perhaps for "adult" party, I'll add a corset and black leather cuffs? erff. Maybe not, since I've gained weight and my corsets don't fit right and leave too wide a back gap now. :(
Will NOT be a movie reproduction costume, nor a major project, just thrown and stitched together quickly for Halloween. (how appropriate!) Going for a just sightly more froufrou and less off the lab slab look, I bought an inexpensive ruffles and lace peignoir set on ebay that will be her gown. Found gloves and satin fabric to cut up for the arm bandages. Picked up a cheap costume wig that I'm (hopefully) going to improve with some restyling. Some makeup for drawing on the neck sutures, and I'll be good to go.
Elsa Lanchester was a lovely actress. Did you know her hair was auburn (naturally and in BOF), but since the classic 1935 film was in black and white, the iconic pop culture image of the monster bride's hairdo is thought of that way.
few more notes to myself:
Arm covering: cut basic long sleeve pattern and crazy quilt/strip piece satin "bandages" across, sew long edges together to form sleeve (so I can just slip on and not wind and rewind bandages). Wear with ruched fingerless gloves. Tack sleeves to chemise arm holes.
Wig restyle: Tack darts inside of wig base to reshape and resize (already have pinned to size; decided I didn't want a Marge Simpson high beehive do!). Trim neck edge curls shorter to base of skull. Hairspray, bobbypin, or tack stripe wave as best as possible. IF I have extra time, may attempt recreating new finger-wave section and applying to wig.
Makeup: pale greenish tint over face; pink lipstick. (would do massive fake eylelashes, but having to wear glasses pretty much kills any eye makeup effects) Draw on neck sutures; considering using "glitter" for this--make her a more "glam" monster?
perhaps for "adult" party, I'll add a corset and black leather cuffs? erff. Maybe not, since I've gained weight and my corsets don't fit right and leave too wide a back gap now. :(
Bride, a set on Flickr.
