Working in top fabric
The next step was making the costume up in my top fabric. The corset was to be made of leather, not too much of a challenge until I added silk habotai piping! However, the final outcome looked great, it just required a lot of time and accuracy. The process was mostly pretty simple. However, the underskirt presented a challenge when it came to applying the belts. The skirt would not hold their weight without sagging, and after much thought and advice from fellow students I decided to turn the underskirt into a sort of narrow crinoline with rigilene supporting each seam and 3 horizontal rings of steel. The belts were then stitched onto a piece of net, which was in turn stitched into the negative space in the skirt. A big effort, but worth it to make it look like the design!! Image below is of the complete costume, more photos can be found on my flickr stream and in the portfolio tab above!
