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The Weeping Angel Robe de Style Outfit
DON’T BLINK!Weeping Angel from Doctor Who. Copyright BBC TV When Grace was added to our merry band of Gallifrey Goers, she also got roped into the masquerade entry that we were putting together. We...
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Repurposing Costumes – My River Song “Melody Malone” Dress
This is the last of the Gallifrey One posts. For this costume I actually did very little work, but was able to re-use something I had made previously. River Song as Melody Malone, Doctor Who, “The...
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Costuming Plans for 2013 Part the First
To Do List. Isn’t it cute? Copyright http://www.squid-bits.blogspot.com Now that Gallifrey is over and the clown is complete (mostly), I can start to work in earnest on the other items that need to be...
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Costuming Plans for 2013, Part the Second
In the previous post, I covered the outfits I needed to make through mid-May. Moving along…. 7. Patriotic Victorian The Star Spangled Banner Advertisement. Library of Congress. I am going to Olde...
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Planning for Carnevale!
I’m just a wee bit excited about the idea of going to Carnevale. I’m going with the lovely Elizabeth from CA, and Kim is flying up from Australia! After we see all there is to see in Venice, we are...
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Let Them Eat Cake! The Marie Antoinette Post*
This past weekend I went to Costume Con 31 in Denver. For the first time, I decided to enter the Historical Masquerade. I had an idea for a performance that I thought would be fun. I got fabric for...
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The Love Letter – Part 2 of the Historical Masquerade Entry
Federico Andreotti, The Love Letter. My historical masquerade performance plan involved 2 people. Lucky for me the Amazing Maven agreed to step in as my #2. Maven is quite possibly one of the...
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The Steampunk Circus – Costume Con 31 Sci Fi/Fantasy Masquerade
I really had a great time with my friends at Con this year. The hotel room was literally the best I have ever had traveling as a costumer (3 sinks! Ample closet space!) despite the hotel staff being...
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The Marie Antoinette Wig
I took a number of photos while making the wig, so I thought I would share them as a post. This wig was made following the 1770’s Pouf tutorial at Demode Couture. It was a great tutorial and really...
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A Night at the Moulin Rouge: Geek Can Cans
A Night at the Moulin Rouge. Photo by Jacob John. About a year ago the Cheap Chick and I were talking about entering the masquerade at CONvergence for 2013. We were trying to come up with a fun idea...
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