A “little blue dress” is to Fairy tales what a “little black dress” is to cocktail parties . . . it is highly favored by Belle, Little Red Riding Hood, Dorothy, Alice, Cinderella and even Jasmine & Ariel wear variations on the theme. So, for a generic dress-with-no-specific purpose, choosing blue seemed like a good…
This was a project that went TOTALLY astray, lol. If you’ve been following along you know I’ve been making “Fairytale”/Cinderella dresses. In the last post I had a red skirt that was a combination of two skirts–one ruched and one not–and I wanted to try to do a variation on that using a different ruched…
In the production of “Cinderella” that my sister is costuming, the Director determined that each of the Stepsisters and the Stepmother should have their own identifying color. These are not particularly easy-to-find colors and include lime green and bright orange. It is one thing to find/make one costume in a crazy color, but, to have…
My sister is involved with a youth production of the Broadway version of “Cinderella” this spring . . . so my mind has been full of transforming dresses (although they are renting theirs), armor, wacky stepsister dresses, and of course, how to outfit a chorus in ballgowns on a budget. I have been digging through…
Serena is one of the three “main” Delta Nu’s, and arguably the “leader”. She is a cheerleader, and traditionally is dressed in a cheerleader uniform until her appearance in “Legally Blonde Remix”. She is confident, bouncy and very self-assured. She has no problem jumping around and acting like a stereotypical cheerleader (and quite possibly…
Homecoming Week! Good vs. Evil! Freshman/Sophomores dress as the “Good” . . .Juniors and Seniors represent the “Evil”. At first I thought Malificent . . but . . . after Googling “Evil Characters” or something like that, I found the Evil Queen from Snow White. Who wouldn’t want to walk around offering bites of an…
It is Homecoming Week at our local high school . . . . and that means Dress Up Days! Tuesday was “Character Day”, and my daughter wanted to be “Merida”. The first step to any costume is to look online and so some basic research looking at images of the original character and costumes other…
So . . . . being a Dance Mom, in addition to the Band Mom, Musical Mom, 4H Mom and Mom-of-College-Kids-who-need-help-moving can keep a person a LITTLE busy. Therefore . . .very little costuming this summer 😦 One of my big summer projects was to update the Pom uniforms worn by our high school dance…
This is my third post relating to my eggplant colored bridesmaid dress. . . . today is “Historical Casual Friday”. Really, as nobility, it is a drag constantly walking around in a huge petticoat and formal clothes . .and . .maybe you just want to go to the market, or the local alehouse, or something…
Shake, Rock ‘N Roll! Everyone in “Grease” wants to attend the big dance at Rydell High and dance in the Hand Jive Contest! Bring on the petticoats, tulle & “Away We Go!” This scene is BIG! This scene has ENERGY! This scene is HOPPIN’! And this scene requires A LOT of costumes! The guys aren’t so…
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