Welcome, Fairy-Folk!

Here's the place for all costumes non-LotR-related; which means I'm showing you all the other stuff I'm doing: Medieval, Renaissance, Fantasy, other movie costumes, streetwear...

Also, all the photos of the events I'm attending are here under 'photogalleries'.

I will announce any new or finished projects here on this site, so check back every once in a while. Usually I'm faster with my historical projects than with any LotR costumes, so the place with more frequent updates will be here....

Please note that there are still some images and write-ups missing throughout the whole page; I will add these in due course....

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Update June 2008

Ah, wee! Long time no see! I'm terribly behind on updates, so I'll just give you the most recent news and a short overview of what I've done in 2007 and what is coming up in 2008, yadda?

So, let's place the most recent news on top:

 

Important: I have a request...so if you could help me, it'd be great. I noticed that there have been several Pirates of the Carribean costumes on display at San Diego Comic Con 2007, including Jack Sparrow, Tia Dalma, Barbossa and - Captain Teague! Please please, pretty please, if you took photos specifically of the Teague costume, or know a place where to find some, contact me! I have found 3 photos altogether over the internet, but there MUST be more! So let me know, please! I love this costume, and some detail shots would be awesome!
Please mail to arwen_undomiel(at)rivendell.zzn.com, replacing the (at) with the @ sign, of course. Thanks!

Okay, on with the news....

As every year, I went to Elf Fantasy Fair in Holland. And as always, I took a lot of photos of great costumes! Here are my pictures from Saturday and here the ones from Sunday. And yes, this is me! The Water Elemental is also the first costume whose description is already done, so please scroll dow a little further and click on the respective thumbnail.

I will add all other write-ups or at least photos pretty pretty soon, but I just want to get this online now.

 

In February, I went to Frascati in Italy to see the "Come nasce un sogno" - (Like the birth of a dream) exhibition about movie costumes made in Italy. They had four gowns from Marie Antoinette and the red gown from the queen in Brothers Grimm, but unfortunately, that one had been taken down right when we went there, so...no evil queen for me :-( As I learned later on, it was put up again right after we left *grumbles*

Anyway, I managed to snap some pictures - not too good ones of the MA costumes - before they 'caught' me, as taking pictures was not allowed. My meagre share of pics is here. The helmet belongs to 'Spartacus', actually...

I am really a bit disappointed and angry because of either the Brothers Grimm thing and also because we were told that photography is strictly prohibited, and yet some months later I find a whole lot of Marie Antoinette costume photoson the internet, taken by someone who was there as well and was allowed to take pics (without a flash), and didn't even take good ones - all blurry and no detail shots :-(

Yeah well, but you can't have it all, right?

Next, back in 2007, I went to the Art of Star Wars Exhibit in London, which was really great. Photos galore of all the costumes and every prop were allowed; and they had one of my favorite Amdidala dress: the purple travel gown. Loads of photos are here, just select your folder from the navigation on the left.

I also used the opportunity to go to the Victoria & Albert museum and have a look at their e-x-t-e-n-s-i-v-e collection of fashion and dress. It's a paradise! I had almost forgotten how large the collection is. Therefore, 200+ photos are in this folder, please also use the navigation to the left.

In my Photobucket folder are also lots of movie screenshots that I made over the months, from various costume movies like La Reine Margot, 300, Orlando...oh, and some photos of the *real* Orlando (Bloom), who we met after his theatre play in London last year.

Enjoy!

 

Sewing work 2007/2008 ~ in chronological order
Scroll your mouse over pics to see a brief description

2006/2007

- no pictures yet:
Will Turner's burgundy shirt (see with Cervantes)
Fisherman Costume

 

 

2007/2008

 

2008