Belle (New sparkly design) - Beauty and the Beast
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| Basically, it shall be Belle's new design with some little emu touches, such as roses instead of the buttons. Edit: Okay, so the plan for the dress is as follows: Gold satin for the bodice with crystals. Bodice will be lined and boned and done up at the back with a zip and a hook and clasp at the top. Gold satin underlayer for the skirt. Will also have crystals. Light gold chiffon overlayer with glitter on the underside. Sleeves and sash around the dress will be a glittery gold fabric. Buttons around the dress shall be gold satin roses. One rose at the top of the bodice with two gold buttons either side. Gloves shall be gold satin. |
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Hair Test (Posted 17th May 2013) Had a bit of a mess around with my 3/4 curly wig and my hair today in an attempt to recreate Belle's hair. It's a bit messy and the bun needs to be higher, but I like how it looks :3 |
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Skirt Try-on (Posted 13th May 2013) I couldn't resist! |
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Four lines of Crystals Done (Posted 13th May 2013) Four more to go . . . |
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Sewing MORE Lines of Crystals (Posted 7th May 2013) Oh yeah, they're going over the seams on the skirt too. All eight of them. This is gonna take a while . . . weeeeeeeeee |
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Skirt Panels Done (Posted 30th April 2013) All sewn together and now resembling something like a cobweb! xD |
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3 Skirt Panels (Posted 14th April 2013) Ahh! It's starting to come together already! I love how it looks. Seriously cannot wait to wear this thing! |
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One Panel Gathered (Posted 14th April 2013) Complete with it's glittery chiffon overlayer. (Glitter is now EVERYWHERE!) |
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Back to crystal glueing (Posted 14th April 2013) yep, this time on the skirt panels. I have 8 of these altogether. Yaaaay ¬_¬ |
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Complete Roses! (Posted 13th April 2013) Crystals have dried, meaning that my bodice is now 100% done! Now I get to tackle the skirt . . . oh hell |
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Pegs are useful! (Posted 13th April 2013) The crystals didn't want to stick to the smaller roses, so I added generous amounts of glue and held them in place with clothes pegs until they dried :') |
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One rose down (Posted 13th April 2013) Two to go . . . for the bodice at least |
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Making glitter chiffon (Posted 13th April 2013) So, I have a can of gold glitter hairspray and 5 metres of chiffon. I need to make the chiffon glittery. THIS'LL BE FUN! 8D |
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Back Crystals done! (Posted 13th April 2013) Thank god! |
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Second line of crystals STITCHED (Posted 12th April 2013) AW |
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Trying on the bodice. (Posted 12th April 2013) It ain't complete yet, but I couldn't resist trying it on! ^^ |
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FUUUUUUCK!!!! (Posted 11th April 2013) The glue isn't drying clear. I repeat, THE GLUE ISN'T DRYING CLEAR! |
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Front crystals done! (Posted 11th April 2013) now for the back speaking of back, mine KILLS! |
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Crystal glueing (Posted 11th April 2013) Decided to take a break from sewing to glue on some of the crystals. This, however, is just as tedious as sewing them on! |
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One down (Posted 11th April 2013) one to go |
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Sewing lines of crystals (Posted 11th April 2013) Ugh. Ugh ugh UGH! This is gonna take a while! |
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Bodice Basics DONE! (Posted 11th April 2013) AW YISS! Now to decorate the shit out of it! COME TO ME, CRYSTALS! |
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Sash attack! (Posted 11th April 2013) It looks like a giant sausage! xD I used some cheap crappy fur (the white stuff for Vanille's boots) to bulk out the sash and then stitched the two lines over it. Crystals will be going over the seams but for now, I'm leaving it. Wanna get this thing done! |
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All the layers coming together (Posted 11th April 2013) Finally managed to sew all the layers together, now I'm hand stitching the final layer to the zip so that the zip and stitches will be hidden. |
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Attaching the Lining to the Bodice Base (Posted 10th April 2013) Hand stitching it seam to seam so it all sits right. Neatness :) |
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Bodice Start (Posted 9th April 2013) Now starting on the proper bodice which will go over the base bodice. Hand sewed a line of crystals onto the centre seam as the centre seam is always the most obvious seam on Belle's ballgown on all images of it. |
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Base Bodice Done (Posted 8th April 2013) All finished! Fully boned and done up with a zip at the side. Really proud of it. My first corset! |
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First boning channel done (Posted 21st January 2013) This is my first time boning a bodice so it's very much trial and error. The channel is a little too wide so that needs to be sorted. The shape of the base bodice will not be the shape of the final bodice! |
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Boning (Posted 20th January 2013) I'm having to make my own boning caps as I can't find/afford any. I've simply stitched some felt over the filed down boning piece. Let's hope it works. |
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Base bodice pattern pieces cut out (Posted 13th January 2013) Cutting then base bodice out of a strong fabric which will be covered up but allows for strength in the bodice. |
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Cheap fabric! (Posted 12th December 2012) Gold satin fabric found in the bargain bin at my local market for £1 a metre. so I got 5 for now. Will be used for the bodice and skirt. Skirt will have a chiffon overlay. |
Comments
AHMYGERD i love the new designs so i'm really looking forward to this :)
This is looking great ^_^ Best of luck getting all those sparklies on
This looks so beautiful already! What day are you planning on wearing this? I'd love to find you and get a proper look at it.
Great work on the bodice. Looking forward to seeing the whole thing =]
Was listening to the soundtrack and I see this heh. Love it so far, can't wait to see it finished.
Love the progress so far dear :) very pretty indeed! Keep it up <3 xxx
Looking great so far!
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm so sad I missed seeing this in person!
This was lovely to see, great job!
We waited in the masq queue together. Your costume was flawless, and your performance was so graceful!
Well done, a long journey to make this but you look Fabulous! Cosplay is Awesome! :) :)
Seeing how stunning this is inspires me to remake my own. You did an amazing job, it's one of the best versions of this dress I've ever seen.
You make a beautiful Belle! :)
Soo beautiful!
This was amazing to see in person! And so huge! *_* All those nights spent sewing crystals were worth it in the end! :D
WOW! That dress O_O I love it
I have a picture off you :D should be uploaded here https://www.facebook.com/TesLordPhotography?fref=ts within the next week (no internet sucks)
This looks gorgeous!
Congrats on your showcase! Very well deserved!
Wow, that dress!!! It's so beautiful! This showcase was very well deserved! Congratulations!
Congrats on the showcase! :D
A wonderful costume :)
Stunning work! ; u ;
Congrats on the showcase, beautiful.
gorgeous and pretty cosplay there hun ^^. Well done!!! :D