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Historical Costumes and Clothing

Category: Movie Costumes

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A Happy Princess Bride Customer

August 25, 2015

  “I wanted to send a couple pics from the con….we were a HUGE hit!  We got so many compliments on our costumes and we had a lot of fun!! Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Worn at Wizard World Comic Con.

— Labyrinth Costumes, Movie Costumes —

Brian Froud’s Costume Sketches from Labyrinth

April 20, 2012

I ran across this a few weeks ago, a gallery in NYC is showing the Froud’s work. Including sketches from The Good and Bad Fairy Book, Dark Crystal, a few things I don’t recognize and of course Labyrinth. I am not located in NYC, nor am I heading up there any time soon.  So I’m quite happy… Read More Brian Froud’s Costume Sketches from Labyrinth

— Labyrinth Costumes, Movie Costumes —

Labyrinth Costume Research

April 10, 2012

I’m plotting a Labyrinth ball gown costume and took a few screen caps to use as references. Some of the skirts seem to have net petticoats underneath, others none at all. The bodices on the gowns vary from princess seamed to fitted panels with draped layers. Shot silk looked like the main fabric, along with… Read More Labyrinth Costume Research

— Movie Costumes —

Movie Costume Exhibit in St. Petersburg Florida

February 28, 2010

How cool is this? CUT! Costume and the Cinema “Walk through five centuries of cinematic couture. Experience the history of style and history itself. Breathe in the sumptuous fabrics. Step into the shoes of famous film stars. An experience like no other awaits visitors to the exhibition CUT! Costume and the Cinema. The films represented… Read More Movie Costume Exhibit in St. Petersburg Florida

Current Projects

Embroidered Glove Cuffs
Embroidered Glove Cuffs
17th Century Stomacher Project
17th Century Stomacher Project
Black taffeta basted in place
Black Silk Taffeta Kirtle

Other Costume Sites of Interest

  • A Stitch in Time
  • American Dutchess
  • Costume Diaries
  • Demode Couture
  • E. Embroidery
  • Extreme Costuming
  • Fancy Miscellany
  • Festive Attyre
  • Garb for Guys
  • Mode Historique
  • Realm of Venus
  • Renaissance Tailor
  • Sarah A Bendall a blog about “deforme’d fashions from a Phd researcher
  • Sempstress
  • Sewing blog of Lady Madylyne Taylor of Bryn Gwla
  • Sweet Threads Dude!
  • The Elizabethan Costume Page
  • The Radclyffe
  • The Whipstitch Costumes
  • Untudored Garb
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