I designed and made this costume for my second year final major project at the University of Glamorgan. It is a costume for film based on the Brother's Grimm story The Three Little Men in the Wood. Fortune is the name I gave the protagonist and this gown was made for her when the young queen is murdered. This gown will be broken down and distressed to represent Fortune's ghost but these images show the gown before she died. Pictures of the finished gown will appear in next months update. Click on the images to see them larger.
The style is loosely based on Tudor costume but is by no means historical, it is mostly a fantastical costume with elements of fashion spanning the 12th to the 18th centuries. The foundation garments include a chemise, a corded petticoat and tabbed stays stiffened with both steel bones and buckram. The gown and underskirt have a top layer of silk chiffon which will add to the ghostly effect once the costume is distressed. The stomacher was embroidered entirely by hand using threads and techniques common in the 16th-18th centuries.
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