Giselle – Enchanted

Made for: Adventurecon 2008

Background: I love Enchanted! I loved the Mucha-look of Giselle’s Andalasia dress, so that’s the one I wanted to make (although I’d love to make any of her costumes…)

Journal Entries: Read more at my Giselle tag

Related Costumes: Live Action Cinderella Peasant Dress

Patterns Used:
McCalls 2692 (possibly)

Dress:

I hunted for fabric for several months before settling on what you see – couldn’t find EXACTLY what I wanted to I used a satin that was slightly the wrong colour (too light/saturated), overlayed with a darker chiffon that made it closer to the right colour. I was happy with it in the end – it would have been easier if I could have just found a fabric the right colour to start with, but I liked the added texture of having an overlay!

I used a pattern for it the dress, pretty straightforward (not 100% sure what the pattern was but possibly the one above – it looks about right. I got married & moved in the middle of making this costume so the fact I can remember anything about making it is a miracle!) I was nearly done with the costume as of Friday morning of the con – except for the white shoulder wrap and the ribbon. I had the materials for both, so I quickly added them temporarily so I could wear it that weekend. I attached the ribbon permanently afterwards, and made a new shoulder wrap and attached it. Also fixed a few fit issues for Dragoncon later that year. The shoulder wrap is 2 layers of undyed silk chiffon, and it’s sewn on at the center front, and the ribbon was just some basic satin ribbon.

Wig:

The wig was fun – I bought it on cosplay.com’s marketplace, added some extensions, and added flowers I bought at Hobby Lobby by sewing them into the wig.

Shoes:

I wore my Belle village dress flats with it.

History:

I love this dress. Very simple and comfy 🙂

2025 note, unfortunately I have not been able to wear this since about 2009 because it has been too small for me ever since! So I’ve never been able to do a white backdrop shoot or wear it to another con. Mega bummer. One of these days I need to get it out of storage and see if I can let it out enough to eke out a white backdrop shoot.

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