The musical “Beauty & the Beast” starts out with a Prologue telling the tale of how the Prince was transformed into the hideous Beast. The Narrator describes the old witch coming to the door, offering a rose in exchange for shelter from the night, and being turned away by the Prince. She then transforms into…
When we did our production of “Beauty and the Beast” Babette was by far the easiest Enchanted costume to create. As luck would have it, I knew the director was thinking about doing the show . . . and one day at a thrift store I saw this wonderful tulip-shaped black dress that just screamed “Babette”…
I am almost done working my way through the costuming of “Beauty and the Beast”. Sewing and blogging have sort of taken back-seats to some other goings-on in my life . . gardening, moving kids to-and-from college & apartments, WORK, trying to move my sewing area, and some other volunteer commitments. I have a whole…
Cogsworth . .that blustering, pompous bundle of nerves. I love his character and think he has some of the best lines in the show. Cogsworth is a clock, so I think his costume by definition needs to have some sort of boxy shape. Typically it will have some sort of hat/headpiece, as well as a…
Lumiere. Lumiere is one of the “problem” costumes in Beauty & the Beast. Now . .if you are a professional, you can make really neat hand pieces with real flames and everything. If you have electrical skills, you can maybe wire something up . . . if your skills are more in the sewing area.…
Mrs. Potts is one of the more unique costumes in “Beauty & the Beast”. Her iconic teapot shape can be more than a bit challenging to create. Fortunately . . .there are a number of tutorials and blog posts sharing ideas . . .and here is one more to add to the “library”. I did…
The production of “Beauty and the Beast” requires two very important props that need to be begged, borrowed, rented or created: The Magic Mirror the The Rose. The Rose is actually negotiable–I have seen it done with projection, falling petals and just changing the roses out. The important thing to remember with this is that…
The “Beast Mask Dilemma” We just got our “Beauty & the Beast” costumes back from a rental, so I hope to get some good pictures taken as I put them away! The series of upcoming posts featuring costumes from “Beauty & the Beast” will not be so much of a tutorial, as showing what we…
Every once in a while you come across a really lucky find. Something that makes me pretty excited is finding matching garments at a thrift store. Occasionally they show up together, and other times they will show up separately. I know that sounds crazy . . but . . there is one thrift store that I…
