White Queen Standing

This was a shoot for a calender of some of my favorite costumes. The photographer was falcon-fotos.

There is about 200+ hours into this costumes. I used this website ([link]) for reference shots because you can really zoom in on the details. From a first glance it looks like a very plain white dress but when you get up close you realize that there are over 1,000 rhinetones set all over the place all of which I hand glued since I couldn't find the kind you can sew in. Embroidery (which I replaced with bead work). The trim was frayed fabric which I couldn't figure out how to do neatly so I hand knitted eyelash yarn and trimmed it up then hand sewn in with a star sequin every inch. I used a french lace with metallic accents around the v in the bodice The petals were silk daisies that I covered in stained glass paint then nail polish to give the illusion of pearlization. The one set of beaded trim was made of regular round beads and then I found tear drop shaped ones that had the holes punched the wrong way so I had to hand drill each bead a different way. The over skirt is not my favorite fabric. I ordered it from a prom website. It looked really pretty in the picture but when I got it, it felt more like interfacing and I'm afraid that it will fall apart at anytime. Also the snowflakes were too dark. I hand glittered each one but they still seem dark. I'm hoping that as we get closer to winter one of the fabric stores I frequent will get in something better. Otherwise I will get some really nice light weight fabric and hand screen the snowflakes myself. I hemmed the skirt a bit shorter then the movie and omitted the train because I knew I was going to be walking a lot and didn't want to bother with dragging the skirt all over the place. I actually had the wig sitting around, I was going to use if for a unicorn costume but changed my mind. I cut about 8 inches off of it and styled it. I got really lucky with the necklace. Joanne's had an amber rhinestone trim which I sewed pearls around then set the frayed trim to the back with a ribbon. I had made a hoop skirt to go under but had a lot of issues in the process. I finally resorted to buying one online for $12 and felt justified because the amount of money and fustration I saved in the process. I also made my first real corset to go underneath the costume along with pantaloons. You can see the corset in my Emma Frost image because I appropriately re-used it for "White Queen" from X-men.