Naergi's Costuming Site

Eventually, my dearest relative – my dad to be precise – wanted to know what “the fuss is all about”, or, in other words, what makes a costume wearer at a convention different from the “tourists” (who wear regular everyday clothing), and why some people – like me – waste dedicate a large amount of [...]

I’ve reproduced quite a few gowns from James Cameron’s  movie Titanic (1997) over the years; some of them in a few different versions; depending on the budget and / or wishes of my customers. In case you happened upon this page while searching for a sewing pattern to make one of these dresses yourself instead [...]

Pictures on this site mostly taken from www.padawansguide.com, where you can find more pictures of the original costume. No, this is not a period Elizabethan costume. Yes, I most definitely fell in love with it. Even if Queen Jamillia was only visible for a very short time in Star Wars, Episode II, she most definitely [...]

Star Wars Episode 2 – Naboo’s Queen Jamillia Some observations and thoughts on the original gown considering the task at hand – I have written them down over a considerable amount of time, so some of the information may seem doubled, but actually they all contain some new information. I always do this sort of [...]

Queen Jamillia: The beaded front piece of a Naboo Queen For the triangular, hanging front piece I bought 10 inches (25cm) of 60 inches (150cm) wide sequin fabric. Since that fabric was pretty flimsy and thin, I flat lined it with a layer of velvet, just to give it more stability. Then I started using [...]

Queen Jamillia – the crushed taffeta overdress, sleeves and collar The overdress I’ve started to make the overdress by using the Patterns of Fashion Loose gown. I cut the pieces for front, side gores, back and an additional gore for the center back out from sturdy cotton fabric. Then I laid those pattern pieces of [...]

Queen Jamillia – the embroidered underdress I’ll repeat some of the things I wrote on the planning page: I had to basically “piece” the embroidery together from various exhibit photos (because some that were taken from certain angles show parts of the embroidery which are hidden by the overdress and / or the triangular piece [...]

Queen Jamillia – the completed costume I finished the Jamillia costume in two steps: The first was a test run, taking place at the local Carnival (Karneval) in Recklinghausen, Germany. It wasn’t a planned test run. My son is a great fan of the 501st German Garrison and always wanted to see them in person. [...]

Queen Apailana at Padmé / Amidala’s burial ceremony The costume as seen in the movie Exhibit picture of the original costume (left) compared to my reproduction (right) Pictures of the finished costume can be found at the bottom of the page. If you’d like to skip the making process, just scroll down! A pretty thorough [...]

Padmé Amidala – Star Wars Episode 2 – Blue Tattooine Poncho The blue Star Wars Tattooine Poncho of Padmé / Amidala is something I’ve been wanting to do for a LONG time for myself. I’ve made it in 2003 for a customer; and ever since, I’ve been wanting it for myself; but never really got to [...]