Once I finished Belle's traveling cloak - catch the blog post here! - I started working on the body of the costume: Belle's blue dress. Once Upon a Time reimagined this iconic costume for Emilie de Revin, and I've worked on several versions of it over the last few years. For this costume, we wanted to make a reproduction that was as similar as possible to the original, and cool and comfortable for wearing at a convention. I started with the base layer - a white lacy blouse and petticoat. You can get just glimpses of both pieces underneath the blue corset and skirt. We decided to use a lightweight white cotton to keep the costume as breathable as we could, and I found a few different kinds of lace to match the embroidery patterns of the blouse as closely as possible. My goal was to incorporate the lace so that it looked like a part of the material. I designed the blouse so it would be fairly fitted to mid-chest, then flow down. This eliminated any need for closures, so it could just be pulled on over the head. Looking at the original blouse from different angles, I could see just glimpses of embroidery on the shoulders and across the bust, peeking out under the edges of the corset and in the armhole. I used the lace on the neckline and sleeves to finish the raw edges and create a casing for the elastic on the sleeves. For both the blouse and petticoat, I used a serger on all the inside seams for a clean, lightweight finish. I also used lace to finish the petticoat hem: serging the raw edge of the material, sewing the narrow lace just above that, then turning up the serged edge. And a finished petticoat! The final pieces will be the corset and skirt. Blog post and finished pictures coming soon!
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