Mission: Cleopatra

Next fun costume! Cleopatra from Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.
I just discovered it.
I love Monica Belucci's costumes~!
So I decided i really like her costume from the end of the film. it's so fun!
the headdress is very Nefertiti, and I like how the pearls on the dress get bigger. very interesting.

the dress is mostly see through, so obviously I would have to change that.
but I already found a pattern etc. so we'll see how things go! the headdress will be a challenge


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18th century

haven't written in a while...

but here is what I am going to be working on soon.....

Marie Antoinette (from Jefferson in Paris)
I bought some fabric for it that looks to be perfect! we shall see when it arrives though....
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and then secondly a favorite dress of mine from the Tim Burton classic Sleepy Hollow.
I have always loved Ichabod's mother's dress..... so pretty!


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Later in the movie lady Crane is killed in a medieval torture device with spikes. so that's why this dress has spike holes....... there are three official versions of her dress floating around. This one is currently for sale for a little over $3,000 on a prop site...and it the one used in the movie!




















Hm..I just realized that both the dresses I want to make are blue! how about that! I'll probably go for the Marie Antoinette dress firts b/c I know of a pattern I can use and i already have an 18th century style corset I can use.....the Lady Crane dress is a little harder b/c I have never seen a pattern with the seam placements like her's...and it is tip of the shoulder...so I would need a strapless 18th century corset for this one....and I would have to draft the pattern myself......probably.....