Anne Boleyn – Green Gown

Anne Boleyn – The Other Boleyn Girl (Green Gown)

Made for: Dragoncon 2009

Background: I love Tudor & Elizabethan history, so this was going to happen at some point! I ended up buying the Simplicity Tudor gown pattern during a pattern sale around the same time my husband bought “The Other Boleyn Girl” on dvd for me. The two together equaled costume project for Dragoncon. I decided to make a “reasonable facsimile” of the green dress Anne wears in the movie, since green is my favourite colour.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Anne Boleyn tag

: Dressform

: White Backdrop

: White Backdrop

: White Backdrop

: Halloween 2009

: Photo by Derek Deweese

: Dragoncon 2009

: Dragoncon 2009

Patterns Used:
Simplicity 2621, Simplicity 2589

Underwear:
I used this Simplicity corset/petticoat pattern to make the under-things – you can see the in some of the in-progress pics. I made the corset out of green and white cotton and spiral steel boning. The petticoat was made of leftover material. I’ve ended up using the petticoat for other costumes too, so it’s come in handy. I decided to use my Belle hoopskirt to wear with it, since just the petticoat and bum roll (which I bought on ebay) didn’t provide enough oomph by themselves.

Dress:
I used the Simplicity pattern above as a basis, I deviated from it a little… I bought the dress fabric online and lined most of the pieces in leftover dark green fabric from Belle’s library dress. I only had a little of the green and gold fabric – so I only made one panel and attached the skirt to it (also made the lower sleeves out of it).

I spent a lot of time on the skirt pleats (probably re-did them 10 times) until I get them where I was “ok” with them. I got dark green silk velvet for the sleeves and the veil, I used the same sleeve pattern for the velvet sleeves. Both sets of sleeves are attached to the upper sleeves. The frontpiece of the bodice I made separately and hand sewed in place, and added the green velvet trim along the top.

Beads/Jewelry:
For the beads along the front and also on the hood, I just couldn’t find anything I liked for them. I finally found a couple of things I already had – one button, and 6 beads, both things I bought years ago and couldn’t find anymore of now. So my husband cast them for, painted them gold, and I glued on light green and dark green jewels, then attached them. For the necklace, since I hate attempting to make jewelry, I went out and bought a cheap pearl necklace to build off of. My husband painted the “B” and drilled a hole in the top for me, and he also glued 3 small rings along the bottom of it. I attached it to the necklace, and made 3 little pearl drops to attach to the bottom of it.

Hood/Accessories:
I bought a french hood from Museum Replicas, dismantled it and re-covered it in my own fabric and jewels. I typically just wear my Belle flats with it.
(and the best accessory… Chase bought a Museum Replicas Henry top so he could match me! 🙂

History: I’ve gotten to wear this a few times and that’s never enough. I absolutely love this costume.