The Bride of Frankenstein
Everyone knows Frankenstein. The novel [1818] or the movie [1931].
The classic horror story where a mad scientist builds a monstrous man from corpses body parts. The sequel [1935] involves other monsters, including a monster woman to keep Frankenstein’s monster company. She’s only seen in the movie for a few minutes, but it was enough to make her an iconic character. And be inspiration for various other spooky ladies; Young Frankenstein, The Munsters, Elvira.
My canvas dress was made by accident. I was making a prototype 10foot tall cone-shape for theater rehearsals, but the canvas was too heavy for a normal person to hold up, so I scrapped it. But since I had already hemmed it, I thought I’d try and make it into a hoop-skirt. So I cut a waist hole into it, and promptly decided that it looked like the Bride of Frankenstein [which was all over the Halloween store that year for some reason, 2017, the year that retro monsters came back into fashion].
So I had the main part of the costume, and I just had to dye the ruffled sleeve fabric a few shades darker to match it.
A fairly simple outfit. No tailoring necessary. Basically a big cone shape.
The other part of the costume was the wig. It crossed my mind to tease up my hair really big, but my hair-styling abilities are really hit-and-miss. Wigs are just easier to manage. So then, I watched some videos online about hiding a water bottle in your hair to create the beehive effect, which seemed more do-able. But then I hesitated on using my only long black wig for it. so I figured I’d at least try to make it using fabric, like a hat. Which is what this is: Tulle fabric.
See the Workshop page. Specifically the Hats and Makeup page.
Pictures were taken at a Norcal Gathering. Photos by Toshi, BlizzardTerrak, and others.
The classic horror story where a mad scientist builds a monstrous man from corpses body parts. The sequel [1935] involves other monsters, including a monster woman to keep Frankenstein’s monster company. She’s only seen in the movie for a few minutes, but it was enough to make her an iconic character. And be inspiration for various other spooky ladies; Young Frankenstein, The Munsters, Elvira.
My canvas dress was made by accident. I was making a prototype 10foot tall cone-shape for theater rehearsals, but the canvas was too heavy for a normal person to hold up, so I scrapped it. But since I had already hemmed it, I thought I’d try and make it into a hoop-skirt. So I cut a waist hole into it, and promptly decided that it looked like the Bride of Frankenstein [which was all over the Halloween store that year for some reason, 2017, the year that retro monsters came back into fashion].
So I had the main part of the costume, and I just had to dye the ruffled sleeve fabric a few shades darker to match it.
A fairly simple outfit. No tailoring necessary. Basically a big cone shape.
The other part of the costume was the wig. It crossed my mind to tease up my hair really big, but my hair-styling abilities are really hit-and-miss. Wigs are just easier to manage. So then, I watched some videos online about hiding a water bottle in your hair to create the beehive effect, which seemed more do-able. But then I hesitated on using my only long black wig for it. so I figured I’d at least try to make it using fabric, like a hat. Which is what this is: Tulle fabric.
See the Workshop page. Specifically the Hats and Makeup page.
Pictures were taken at a Norcal Gathering. Photos by Toshi, BlizzardTerrak, and others.
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