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Original Designs
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Reproductions
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Tolkien Book-Based
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Lord
of the Rings
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Artanis
One of the first costumes I ever made, this dress used Butterick pattern 3552.
Fabric is embroidered off-white sheer lined with ivory silk-look. Extensive silver beading around neckline
and cuffs. Originally worn at Gathering of the Fellowship 2003.
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Celebrían (Galadriel
Adaptation)
Dress based on McCall's 4491 with adaptations. Fabric is embroidered chiffon entirely
beaded by hand. Originally worn at
Gathering of the Fellowship 2006.
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Thranduil (1)
Three-part costume involving faux suede pants,
taffeta-like tunic, and large silk-look robe.
Originally worn at Gathering of the Fellowship 2003, the various
pieces have been recycled many times for many other costumes.
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Elrond (1)
The pink duppioni silk robe is
movie-based, while the metallic Japanese brocade sash is an original
design. The first incarnation of this
costume, worn at Dragon*Con 2007, did not include the burgundy burnout velvet
drape (which was stolen a few years later from Lady of Rivendell).
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Finrod (1)
Four-part costume with duppioni silk and shirt (taffeta undersleeves),
brocade coat and silk-look sash.
Originally worn at Master of the Ring and RingCon
2004. Like Thranduil 1, pieces of this
costume have been recycled for use with other outfits over the years.
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Legolas
Faux suede jerkin, duppioni silk
shirt, pants borrowed from Thranduil 1.
Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2008.
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Maeglin
Costume involves a black ming jacquard vest worn over Finrod
1's pants(above) and a purchased black ming jacquard shirt.
Only worn at Master of the Ring and RingCon
2004.
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Arwen Chase Dress
Faux suede dress with organza sash ties, underskirt and
sleeve lining. Originally worn at
Dragon*Con 2011.
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Celegorm
Worn over pants from
Finrod 1 (above) and shirt from Finarfin 2 below, this costume is a red faux
suede vest with black bias edging, hand embroidered at the bottom front. Originally worn at Gathering of the
Fellowship 2006.
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Gil-galad (in progress)
Completed so far: dark blue cotton pants and shirt, blue
"skirt" with gold trim, blue sash drape with gold embroidered
device, blue underarm drapes with extensive swirling gold embroidery, chainmail hauberk (not shown). Fun foam armor
under construction. To be worn at Dragon*Con
2012.
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Fëanor
This costume,
inspired by the many lovely outfits worn by Prince Humperdinck in The
Princess Bride, includes a full circle "skirt", cape-like
velvet sleeves and beaded mid-section.
Worn over the silver silk Legolas shirt (though this costume was
completed in full before Legolas).
Originally worn at Gathering of the Fellowship 2006.
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The
Hobbit
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Elrond (2) (in progress)
Purple coat as seen in production videos for The Hobbit.
Coat is purple brocade with metal buttons, sleeves lined with pale gray. To be worn
at Dragon*Con 2012.
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Finarfin (1)
Finarfin 1 (Gold) began as a test mock-up for a pattern I
was working on at the time. It turned out
well despite the terrible $3 clearance gold fabric used, so I kept it. The gold robe is paired with the tunic and
drape from Thranduil 1 and corded sash from Finrod
1. Only worn for Halloween 2005.
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Movies
- Other
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White Swan (Odette)
Tutu, beaded silk bodice and feathered
headpiece from the movie Black Swan. Worn at Dragon*Con 2011.
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Finarfin (2)
Finarfin 2 (Red) is a deep red silk robe with tiny covered
buttons up the front. Robe has petal-wrap
raglan sleeves, and is worn with a gold brocade shirt and quilted silk
sash. Originally worn at Gathering of
the Fellowship 2006.
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Narcissa Malfoy
Ankle-length black coat in a snake-like embossed suiting
knit, from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Originally worn for opening night of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Dragon*Con 2011.
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Lady of Númenor
Pale gold crushed satin dress with
built-in corset. Large, draping
sleeves have an inner layer of green organza.
The dress fastens from neckline to waist with hooks and falls open
from waist to floor. Worn over Finrod 1's pants
(above). Originally worn at Gathering
of the Fellowship 2006.
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Comic
Book
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Catwoman
Fitted one-piece purple vinyl bodysuit with
back zipper and separate hood/mask.
Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2011.
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Erestor
The charcoal gray
faux suede coat is fully lined and has very large sleeves with extensive
beading around the cuffs. Worn over a teal
silk tunic and teal faux suede pants.
I have never actually worn this costume at any convention, but it has
been worn by two other people at Dragon*Con 2008 and ConVersion
2010.
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Video
Game / Anime
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Dark Goddess
Althena
Multi-part costume has body suit, skirt,
armored boots and gloves, cape and hat.
Constructed from satin and heavy weight craft interfacing. Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2011.
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Glorfindel
Like Celegorm
(above), the only piece of this costume specific to Glorfindel is the
tabard. It can and has been worn over
the shirt from either Thranduil1 or Finarfin 2, and pants from Thranduil 1 or
Finrod 1.
Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2008.
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Historical
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Tudor Gown
Brown velveteen gown with gold sleeve
lining. Gold brocade under sleeves and
skirt, white cotton false chemise sleeves with blackwork embroidery on
cuffs. Brown, black and gold gable
hood. Originally worn at Dragon*Con
2009.
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Lady of Lothlórien
This two-part costume has an under
dress of very pale sage green lightweight satin and an over dress of heavy
pale green satin that fastens with a single clasp at the front. Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2009.
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Restoration Gown
Gold silk bodice with lace and floral
embroidery is worn with bronze silk over skirt and dark blue under
skirt. Originally worn at Dragon*Con
2009.
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Lady of Rivendell
Worn with the under dress from
Lady of Lothlórien (above), this outfit has a fuchsia silk sleeveless
knee-length tunic and large, draping robe of burgundy burnout velvet. Worn with Elrond 1's sash. Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2009.
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18th Century Gown
Purple-green cationic silk gown and skirt
with purple-green ribbon trim, ivory lace, and gold-green stomacher. Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2010.
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Son of Fëanor
This costume was first titled
Maedhros, then reassigned to Maglor when I changed
my hair color from auburn to dark brown. The black surcoat has a white and silver
8-pointed star appliqué on the chest and silver trim at the hem. Held at the waist with a long leather
belt. Originally worn at Dragon*Con
2009.
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Gildor Inglorion
Terra cotta faux suede jerkin is
lined with deep orange brocade and features reverse appliqué to show off blue
silk interlining. Worn over Finarfin
2's shirt and Erestor's pants with a long brown leather belt. Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2010.
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Finrod (2)
Finrod
2 uses the same coat from Finrod 1 and Thranduil
1's pants, but features a new brown faux suede tunic with metallic embroidery
and leather lacing on the lower sleeves.
Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2010.
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Lady of Mirkwood
Bronze silk dress is made from
fabric recycled from the Restoration Gown over skirt and has a deep green sash,
false chemise, and lower sleeves.
Originally worn at Dragon*Con 2011.
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Thranduil (2)
Pale sage faux suede drape has a
beaded capelet and decorative sashes with reverse
appliqué to show woven ribbon interlining.
Lightweight green jacquard tunic is worn with filmy crepe pants and Finrod 1's sash.
Originally worn at A Long Expected Party 2011.
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Fingolfin (in progress)
Fingolfin's tunic is recycled from
a thrift store salwaar kameez. It will be paired with a gold silk robe and
embroidered sash with heraldic appliqué.
To be worn at Dragon*Con 2012.
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Miscellaneous
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Gil-galad's Cheerleader
Cheerleader costume is made up of
a miniskirt and crop top, both of dark blue cotton embossed with stars. Neckline drape and gold trim on skirt and
top are based on Gil-galad's armor (in the goofiest
possible way, of course). Originally
worn at Dragon*Con 2010.
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Quilting and Appliqué
Quilt squares and other crafty
things I've done, including some Fëanorian appliqué
on muggle clothes.
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Aprons
Custom designed
aprons made from pretty printed cotton.
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Elven Bead
Circlet
An elven circlet
constructed from cheap supplies I bought from teen girl accessory stores at
the mall. Worn at Dragon*Con 2010.
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Tetris Dress
Purchased dress
with iron-on Tetris decoration cut from chain trim. Originally made for Dragon*Con 2009, though
it's since worked its way into my everyday wardrobe.
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Ar-Pharazon?
The costume that never
was. Brown velveteen robe with blue
ming jacquard sleeves, this was made for Dragon*Con 2007 but was never worn
as intended. Later the lower half was
recycled into the skirt for my Tudor gown.
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