Corde

Corde – Star Wars

Made for: Dragoncon 2006

Background: I had to make this!

Journal Entries: Read more at my Corde tag

: White Backdrop

: Halloween 2007

: Dragoncon 2006

: Dragoncon 2006

Patterns Used: Simplicity 5840 (probably), Simplicity 4213

Robe: The first order of business was to make a robe. I lined the sleeves with white satin, and put in a velcro closure at the neck. Her robe had a pattern all over it, and I deciphered it as best I could and made two stamps to re-create the pattern all over the robe. I can tell you it took almost all of Monty Python’s Flying Circus to do, For the black designs on the dress, I made appliques out of black suede and attached them. After all that was done, I weathered the dress with dye, although I chickened out a bit towards the end and didn’t get it as dark as it should be. I’d like to go back and get it a little darker.

Underdress: For the underdress, I already had a half-finished white dress in one of my fabric boxes – my first attempt at the 2004 Leia dress that I was unhappy with and started over. It just needed sleeves, so I made and added those, and it was done! It also got weathered.

Accessories: The necklace and bracelets I made of black beads. Part of the necklace is a found piece – it was given to me by my grandmother so I’m not sure where it came from originally.

Wig: The wig was my favourite part – I started with a brown wig, and made forms out of foam, covered them in brown fabric, and then in loose hair, and wired them into the wig. The center decoration was a cardboard tube, spray painted copper with some extra bits added on, wrapped in loose hair and also wired into the wig. Once those were in place, I wrapped the longer hair of the wig around it, teased it and sprayed it into place. I added some curls to the top, and it was done.

History: This is one of my all time fav costumes, I really need to find a chance to wear it again!