This is the second Bombie Samba dress I made for the “backup dancers”. I was continuing with the theme of black dress and red ruffles. For this outfit, I began with a black sequin peplum top. The sleeveless top had a scoop neck, a zip back and an almost-circle peplum. My first step was to…
This Production is using five couples in addition to the Baron and Baroness for the Bombie Samba routine. I believe the guys are wearing black tux outfits. My instructions were to continue the red/black theme, and to give the girls hi-low skirts to accommodate the choreography. I opted to dress all the chorus dancers in…
Have you ever had a project that upon completion you say “I am NEVER doing that again????” Well . . this one comes really close to that. However . . . . it did turn out pretty cool, and so I probably would . . . but with modifications! And I am more than happy…
Do you know that sense of excitement when you walk into a thrift store . . . and you see THE DRESS . . . hanging RIGHT THERE . . . and you sort of nonchalantly sidle over to it . . . not wanting to show too much interest in case some runs in…
The second dress that Baroness Bomburst wears comes with these lines: Your Director may or may not choose to emphasize these lines, and your costume choice may be affected by that decision. I was basing my costume knowledge on youtube videos . . . so I just made a “variation-on-a-theme” partial costume change for the…
Baroness Bomburst is a great character to costume. There are few preconceived standards (Belle she is not), and there are so many ways to play her that the possibilities are wide open. My instructions were red and black (with possibly some gray) and OVER-THE-TOP . . . think “Capitol City”. Since Vulgaria is an imaginary…
One of my last projects was the formal jacket for Baron Bomburst (I’m going out-of-order . . I got tired of writing about Fun Fair costumes). My instructions were that it should be over-the-top and made in red & black, and it could have some gray, but no white. While my jacket works well for…
My sister had sent a list with all of her costume “needs” on it and one of the items they still needed was a dress for Jemima to wear to the beach. They wanted something “beachy”, but leaning more dress than a bathing suit. I happened to see this dress at a thrift store and…
After my last less-than-stellar blue outfit, I felt like I needed to make one more outfit in the same genre just to redeem myself in my own eyes. This would allow me to create some closure in my own brain and sleep at night. Seriously . . . costume induced insomnia is a real thing. During…
Now that I bit the bullet and finished up with “High School Musical” I will turn back to “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. This has been a different experience for me since I am trying to create costumes for someone elses show without direct access to the other costumes, the cast, the set, or the “vision”…
