• Doll Clothing

    Doll Clothing

    From time to time, I make doll clothing. This just when I a) like the costume and b) like the doll… anyway, here are some of my doll costumes: Satine from ‘Moulin Rouge’ – Black Diamonds Satine from ‘Moulin Rouge’- Red Temptress Mina from “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” Queen Isabel from “1492″ Commissions…? Arwen from “Lord of [...]

  • Links

    Well… Every site has to have a link list, right? I don’t expect mine to be better or more extensive than other people’s link lists, but for everyone who is interested: here is mine, subdivided in various and hopefully logical categories. This link list basically focuses on sites that will provide interesting content for the [...]

  • Real-Life Research

    Real-Life Research

    You would probably be rather surprised how many things you can still find from Elizabethan times in your close environment if you just look for them; and sometimes you might stumble over interesting oddities. Churches and museums are great sources for such studies, as well as some movies and, of course, paintings, this is why [...]

  • Planned Costumes

    Planned Costumes

    Planned projects for the near to far future Here are some gowns that I would still like to make for myself. This collection could be called my “personal costuming dream closet”; if I should ever actually finish that list, I can as well kill myself because then all my dreams (costume-wise) will have been fulfilled [...]

  • My Costumes

    In this part of my site I will show you some of my costumes including the making process. I have now updated the page insofar as that I have split the costumes in three categories: Elizabethan, Victorian and various costumes. I’ve done this to give you as well as me a better overview over the [...]

  • Medieval / Renaissance Costumes

    Medieval / Renaissance Costumes

    Here are the Medieval and Renaissance costumes I’ve made:   Beatrice D’Este’s Tomb Dress   “The Visitation” costume (in the making)  The Arnolfini Marriage gown ‘Cranach’ gown (finished)                     Powered by WebRing. nbsp;        

  • Various Costumes

    Various Costumes

    Various costumes I’ve made (for myself as well as for other people) You can browse the costumes using the navigation to the left or by clicking on the images below. A simple click on ‘home’ on the left will always take you back to the main page, the tutorials and anything else. Each costume with [...]

  • Other Costumes

    Other Costumes

    Costumes I have made for other people Actually, I have made over 200 costumes for other people in the past years which would well fill a whole web and more. However, as this site is rather new, I’ve decided to show only those costumes here that I have made in the last year and will [...]

  • Victorian Costumes

    Victorian Costumes

    You can browse the costumes over the navigation on the left side or by clicking on the images below. A simple click on ‘home’ on the left will always take you back to the main page, the tutorials and anything else. Each costume has a “Follow me!” navigation at the bottom of each page – [...]

  • Elizabethan costumes

    Elizabethan costumes

    You can browse the costumes over the navigation on the left side or by clicking on the images below. A simple click on ‘home’ on the left will always take you back to the main page, the tutorials and anything else. Each costume has a “Follow me!” navigation at the bottom of each page – [...]

Doll Clothing

Satine from ‘Moulin Rouge’ – Black Diamonds

Moulin Rouge Black Diamonds Original costume So far I have used over 1,000 Swarovski crystals, a full package of silver cut beads as well as 2 yards of Swarovski Rhinestone banding on this particular doll costume, and I’m constantly using more. In the pictures below, some of the scales at the side of the doll [...]

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Mina from “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”

Original gown: My doll costume during the making: (Face repaint and hairdo of this Jadde Lee Fuchsia was also done by me) The gown was made as a reproduction of the beautiful silk taffeta gown Winona Ryder wore as ‘Mina’ in ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’. A pattern of an actual (human!) historic Victorian bustle gown was [...]

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Commissions?

…Commissions…? Yes, I take commissions for doll costumes – given that I a) have the doll for which the costume is to be made* and b) that I also like the costume Almost any costume from movies, paintings or photographs is possible – please email me if you are interested; my email address is given [...]

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