Pattern: Vogue Misses' Dress 1174
Fabric: 3/4 yd fake fur, some satin and felt, and a little bit of fringe trimCost: $36
Update: This costume won third place in PatternReview's costume contest!
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Well, Halloween is just around the corner and my boss gave me Monday off... so that means Halloween costume planning is in progress!
After several lukewarm ideas, I was particularly inspired by this Etsy seller. Her garments are realistic yet amazing interpretations of animals, musical instruments, even food! I have therefore narrowed my costume ideas down to two things: I'll either be a monster or a cupcake (the gumball machine comes in a close third).
I used my Vogue pattern as a base to sketch up some ideas. Check them out:
Option 1, monster:
Option 2, cupcake:
Update: After an overwhelmingly pro-cupcake response, I did the only logical thing and chose to make a monster. The pattern called to me more--with more details, and more Halloween theme-ness.
Now my apartment is covered in orange monster hair.
sewing the monster hair |
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googly eyes |
the mouth |
the face |
it looks like a monster is eating my machine... |
I'm not going to lie, sewing this thing was not always easy. But so much fun! |
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playing with the skirt |
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the finished product! |
More monster inspiration:
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You can check out my review of this pattern at PatternReviews.com, where I got third place in the costume contest!
Check it out at BurdaStyle!
cupcake!
ReplyDeleteI am in LOVE with this! What a great idea and it turned out amazing! Go you for being so freakin' clever! :)
ReplyDeleteYou totally stole these ideas from my roommate!!! Not only did you steal the moster dress:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.etsy.com/listing/51752521/hot-pink-yarn-monster-dress
Your sketch of the cupcake dress is an exact rip-off of hers!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/59166877/cupcake-dress
Both of which she posted over a year ago.
We are all inspired by others, but at least give your creative credit where it's due.
Hey Bethany! I love your roommate's stuff--so creative! I link to her four times in the post, where I said I was particularly inspired by her. So don't worry, I try to give credit where credit is due :)
ReplyDeleteSorry I was a little hasty! Thank you for giving her credit.
ReplyDeleteI just found your post from patternreview.com regarding this dress. So cute and delightful! I absolutely love it!
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that people are too quick to point fingers and say "stolen" - where you clearly gave inspirational credit to a seller that is no longer on Etsy anyway. All ideas are inspired akin to a chain reaction of creativity, making finger pointing of who had a particular idea "first", rather absurd.
Great job and a great placement in the contest!
Not to mention that we alll seem to be inspired by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Fall 2008 dress...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2008/11/06/runway-to-the-mtv-emas-katy-perry-in-jean-charles-de-castelbajac/