Pierrot: The Shirt Collar

Collar, wig, and gloves implemented!

Hi!

Well, the shirt is almost done! That's exciting!

The collar is made of a very long rectangular strip of cloth (about 50'' long and 10'' wide), which was made very similarly to the neck of the shirt— we used the same cinching technique (a shoe lace threaded through the top hem), but we made the collar wider than the shirt neck so that it would bunch up more.

Then, for a Halloween-y flourish, my father sewed this cobwebby-bat-themed tulle that we had left over from another project in pleats inside that collar while it was un-cinched, and then we scrunched it up again and voilà! A perfect Halloween finish. We left the back unfastened, but you could also sew it up, which will make it less likely to pop open in the back. Now the only thing left to do on the shirt is the pom-pom buttons!

Because the shirt was coming together, I went ahead and tested out the wig (reused from my Ciel Phantomhive cosplay) and black gloves (also from my Ciel cosplay!) — I'm very happy with how the wig looks, I like the longer length for a Halloweenish Pierrot! The gloves also pick up the black in the ruff and, in the future, the pom-poms, which is good.

That's all for now! Happy Halloween!

Pierrot: Designs and Shirt Pattern

Design 1

Design 2

Hello!

Above you will see the two designs I created while brainstorming what I want the costume to look like. The finished product will mostly be design 2, except for the shirt, which will be design 1 but with pompoms or red roses for buttons. The makeup in design 1 is basically what I'll be doing, but I won't be adding the tear in the final makeup because it conflicts with the spike accents on the eyes and makes it look too busy.
I'm also going to be wearing black gloves, and black pointed boots (the heeled Victorian kind that you can find in costume shops. ) I'm still deciding on the trousers, but it's between black leggings and the white scrub pants that I used for my Near cosplay.

We're just using a large white sheet for the fabric of the shirt. My father and I worked on the pattern for the shirt yesterday, which we based on this adorable child's smock pattern. (If the link doesn't work, look for a pattern for an art smock that has long raglan-style sleeves.) It's a really simple pattern, and since the final shirt will be so big and billowy, there is a lot of room to make mistakes!

That's all for today.

Happy trick-or-treating!

Ciel: The Pants

I'm not wearing the
black stockings in
this picture, but they
make the pants look
very professional :D

Hello!
As you can see, we have finished the pants, and I'm very pleased. We did kind of make a mistake buying fabric with no give, but it somehow works, so that's the most important thing! This is the first part of my costume to have been sewn by a machine (not including the mock-up of the coat.)

Also... I got the gloves and one of the rings (the other is coming sometime this month,) and I decorated the cane some time ago, but I just wanted to share this picture, because I like it. So there. :P

I'm thinking of doing more Ciel cosplays in the future. If I do it will probably be his blue casual outfit for a "Detective Ciel" cosplay.

That is all for today.
Oh, yeah, May the 4th be with you.