"Beauty and the Prince"

In the middle of May my husband, Jakob, was asked to be in a community show in our hometown. He was doing the fight choreography for it, but they had a bunch of people drop and he was asked to take one of the parts. While that was happening, I showed up at one of the rehearsals since I was just going to make the King's costume (our good friend Adam), and Jakob's costumes; I wanted to talk to their costume person to ask about the vision. . . and the entire production team didn't have a vision (which was apparent by early rehearsals).

Long story shortened, I was asked to do the costumes for 95% of the show. Since I only had 2 weeks, I didn't have enough time, money (since I was spending my own), or "workers" to do the entire show. They had pulled a lot of the costumes from someone else's supply and they looked HORRID! I mean "prom-bomb" to the max.

Here are the ones that I created for the show.

"Captain Raul". Black leatherette jerkin, black wide sleeved shirt, baggy pants. Black leather belt and Black baldric were made by Tim Buck.

"Fairy Faith". Yellow organza overdress, yellow silk underdress, bell sleeves, white belt, white and gold necklace

"Young Beauty". This dress is special since it is one my mother made for me over 20+ years ago. Since I didn't make this one, props go out to my fabulous mother

"Prince Justice". Silver puffed sleeve shirt, leather jerkin (found from Museum Replicas). Leather Baldric made by Tim Buck.

"King Christophe". Gold tapestry with green velvet contrast in sleeves, peplum, and collar. Green velvet waist sash.

"Francois". Grey cutoff pants, cream shirt, brown long vest. Apron made by  Tim Buck.

"Ambassador". Cream microsuede dress with small train, brown long over-vest.

"Fairy Hope". Plum underdress, plum overdress with small star details. Blue belt, dark pearl necklace.

"Goodwin". Mustard underdress with small train, brown belt with feather detail. Recognize the overdress? :p

"Sophie". Gold and blue corset by Damsel in this Dress, blue maxi-dress from  Charlotte Russe. Yes, this one is a stretch, but the character is supposed to be the weaver so perhaps she is the most "fashion forward".

"Monique". Steel blue dress with small train in satin, over corset by Damsel in this Dress.

"Fairy Grace". Orange and red shirt and harem pants. Multicolored belt and necklace. Gold cuff from Forever 21.

"Malicious". Staff from an old curtain rod, hand painted corset with blacklight reflective dragons.

"Duke Henri". Brown jacket, cream shirt. Baldric by Tim Buck.

"King Christophe". Silver jacket with blue contrast in peplum, sleeves, and collar. Detachable sleeves. Blue contrast waist sash. Baldric by Tim Buck.

"King Christophe". Brown and orange textured jacket with orange contrast in sleeves, peplum, and collar. Detachable sleeves. Orange contrast waist sash.

"Random Old Man". Black leatherette vest with 20+ buttons.

It was frustrating and fun all at the same time. There are more individual pieces that I made that the other characters wear but not the full costume. Lots of work for a community production. There were 10+ hours days of sewing. My back and fingers are still trying to recover. But at least I have a few more pieces for the collection.