Fairytale Costumes at LAST!

[gwendolyngrey]

I've been going on about a set of fairytale costumes I was making for my senior project for the last eight or so months.  There have been very few pictures of my progress, but no more!  I finally finished the last pieces early this week, and had a photoshoot of this project last night. 

The photoshoot took place on the main stage here on campus, and I had a co-worker of mine (Jackie Garner) who is a photography major take the photos.  She's still only a sophomore, but she does beautiful work, and I'm really happy with the pictures she took! 

It feels incredibly relieving to be done with this project; I'm free now to pour my heart and soul into the REST of my senior project.  No, I'm not done with it: there are the rest of the historical costumes to make and the correlating paintings to do and all the logistics surrounding organizing and putting on a show.  I love my life sometimes. :)

All four of them!  The maiden, the king, the queen, and the price.


I love all my models!  Lynette was a wonderfully silly maiden, my brother Joseph modelled the king and kindly didn't object to being dressed in silk and puffy pants, Gill was the queen and soldiered on in spite of having a really bad cold, and Mike McCarty modelled the prince.  It was so wonderful having people who all mean so much to me all there to help me with my wacky projects.  Katie Jacobs was there too, and was invaluable for make-up and dressing!















There were a lot of other really nice pictures, including some great "backstage" shots.  I've got the best of them up in my flickr account here.

Comments

[bite-the-rose.livejournal.com]

Gill wears her dress all too well! I'm so jealous!

Great job on all of them. The maiden's dress is the best out of all of them, in my opinion at least. I can't wait to see the show if this is just the photographs! When's it going to be?

[idlewild-grey.livejournal.com]

Thanks! My show is scheduled for April 9th, and it's appropriately enough going to be in the PAC. I'll be showing with three other people, another illustrator, a metalsmith, and a sculptor.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Okay, that picture of Joseph is amazing. Like, they're all nice, but the solo shot of the King made me go "Wow!"

[idlewild-grey.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!! Jackie got some VERY nice shots...

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

P.S. re: your cut tag about how hard it was to get Lynette to hold Mike's hands

Um, duh, because he has cooties.

I really like the little leafy crooked crown, though. He looks so ingenuous.

[aranelonline.livejournal.com]

You did such a fabulous job. These costumes are amazing!

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I love the Pink Maiden frock! Its gorgeous!

And yes, I can definitely sense the "fae-ness" of the characters!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I especially adore the maiden dress! Want! :-)

[gunslingerpadme.livejournal.com]

they all turned out great! I love the bow detail on the Maiden

[lindseyerin37.livejournal.com]

Those are so fabu!

[jubilima.livejournal.com]

I can't believe how wonderful they are! The King's modern suit/slops/frock coat is a SUCCESS! And the pink maiden gown is DARLING!

[idlewild-grey.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Those two are definitely the ones I'm most happy with, and I'm so glad you like them too!

[gilded-garb.livejournal.com]

Love them! As everyone else has said, the pink maiden is awesome :o)

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Wow! You did a fantastic job!

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are awesome. Your hard work really paid off!

[vanityfairy.livejournal.com]

The maiden is made of cuteness, she's my favourite, but they're all great! Looks like a fun photoshoot too!

[idlewild-grey.livejournal.com]

It's not at all needless coming from you! Your opinion matters a great deal. :)

I know this comment is relatively late...

[saraquill.livejournal.com]

But I really admire all the handiwork you poured into those clothes.