I'm still trying to get the raws for these, as the photographer apparently decided I was too pasty to altered my skin tone so that I look like an Oompa Loompa (with orange hair). Plus, I suspect that my waist has been trimmed down, which is fine in these pics (as the trimming isn't so bad that I'm like "WTF?), but kind of freaky in a few other ( Read more... )

So, anyway, I decided to do the fur capelet part of the costume out of real (rabbit) fur for a few reasons. For one, it just looks a lot better than fake fur. I've yet to find a fake that looks close enough to real to fool me. And, hey, if I'm going for lambskin, might as well go all the way. Secondly, I've never worked with real fur and was ( Read more... )

A bit less eventful this time (as what can be more fun than a corset?) But hey, more progress...

( More Progress Under Cut )

Someday I will be all caught up with costumes...

Anyway, onto one of my more recent costumes, the White Queen (Hellfire Club version) from X-Men.

I did this one for a few reasons. Mostly, I've always liked the character and look enough like her to pull it off without too much craziness. I've refrained from doing it for so long though as it's super ( Read more... )