Have you ever finished a costume late at night after months of work and decide “screw it, let’s go take photos first thing in the morning”? Because that’s exactly what happened. I was tired but determined to take these Senators from Wonder Woman out for a test drive so we could see how the capes […]
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A Livestream with Costume CO on YouTube
Over the weekend I did a YouTube livestream with Costume Cinemato (on Twitter and on YouTube). Heidi prepared a lineup of my costumes from several genres, and we talked about costume/cosplay inspiration, materials, techniques, the awkwardness of duct taping each other for patterns, and killing curtains. And I didn’t even break out in hives or […]
Costuming Themysciran Senators from Wonder Woman: Corset, Skirt, & Cape
I never intended to make most of the costumes in the Wonder Woman film, but that seems to be what is happening. Last year I made a Themysciran village Amazon costume and Diana Prince’s stunning blue gala dress, also started working on a Warrior, and have been helping friends with their Menalippe and Hippolyta costumes. […]
Costuming Themysciran Senators from Wonder Woman: Accessories
I never intended to make most of the costumes in the Wonder Woman film, but that seems to be what is happening. Last year I made a Themysciran village Amazon costume and Diana Prince’s stunning blue gala dress, also started working on a Warrior, and have been helping friends with their Menalippe and Hippolyta costumes. […]
Costuming at Comicpalooza 2018
Comicpalooza, Texas’ largest comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention, happened this past Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27, 2018) in Downtown Houston. I attended all three days and treated it as a costume deadline and cosplay dress rehearsal for another convention that we attend, DragonCon, during Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a […]
Costuming Wonder Woman Fan Art (Pinspired)
As a huge fan of the recent Wonder Woman film (2017), I had already made Diana Prince’s blue gala dress and Amazon villager, but this Wonder Woman fan art pin by mushroomtale on Pinterest…this called to me as a woman and as a costumer. I’m fit, but nowhere near Gal Gadot, no matter how many […]
Costuming Diana Prince from Wonder Woman
Since seeing the first Wonder Woman preview of Diana Prince in the gala scene, I was stunned by the blue silk dress with the sword “hiding” down her back. Goddess, warrior, and a lady. I didn’t commit to costuming this gorgeous version of Wonder Woman until I saw the film…and well, I hit the fabric store […]
Costuming a Village Amazon from Wonder Woman
Like most women who saw Wonder Woman this year, I wanted to be an Amazon. I wanted to be all of them. Originally I chose Diana Prince’s blue silk dress worn at the gala to make and wear at DragonCon in Atlanta this year. But as DragonCon was rapidly approaching and I was frantically working […]
DragonCon 2017 Costumes: Preview & Works in Progress
For “normal” people, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and Labor Day marks the end of summer. For those of us costume hobbyists, Memorial Day means there are less than 100 days until Labor Day weekend when we bring our favorite costumes to DragonCon in Atlanta, one of the largest pop culture conventions in […]