Huh

[telophase]

A friend of mine just contacted me to ask if I could make her a version of Daenarys Targaryen's wedding dress for A-Kon.*

I've been looking at other cosplayers' versions of the dress, and I am struck yet again with the same realization I had over a decade ago ago, when I was starting to look at making cosplay outfits: YOU ARE ALL USING THE WRONG FABRIC.

The fabric in that photo is so obviously a cotton gauze, and I'm seeing all sorts of cottons and chiffons and such, and no gauze ones so far. (I'm giving the people making wedding dresses based on this dress a pass, as it's Inspired By and not Recreating.)

I'm more concerned about making that brooch in the front. I do know someone with a 3D printer, but I don't know how big a thing he can make, or if anyone's got a pattern out there for one...


* This is not out of the blue: two years ago I was pestering her to cosplay as Daenerys, as I think she'd be fantastic at it. I expect she finally started watching Game of Thrones!**

** I told her it was easy: just wander around and scream WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?! and if anyone gave her guff, just fix them with a stare and command DRACARYS!, which is the command for dragons to flame someone.

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[yhlee]

** I told her it was easy: just wander around and scream WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?! and if anyone gave her guff, just fix them with a stare and command DRACARYS!, which is the command for dragons to flame someone.
HA HA HA HA HA I want to see a video of this. =)

[telophase]

So do I! She is extremely outgoing and has no shame, at least when it comes to vamping in costumes, so I expect the results will be hilarious.

[yhlee]

*g* Sounds like she'll have fun! :)

[kate_nepveu]

At least with that dress, she doesn't have to worry about being mistaken for Elsa!

[telophase]

Heee!

[yhlee]

HA HA HA HA HA
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HA HA HA HA HA

I swear, it's so good my sister made me half-assedly watch Frozen or I would have been confused by all the tiny blue princesses this past Halloween at "Boo at the Zoo." (The lizard was a fox, heh. But one of the people from kung fu, the youngest little girl? Another Elsa.)

[kate_nepveu]

I've never seen all of it--the time we watched it at home, the Pip was kind of freaked out and wanted me to play games with him in the dining room--but I've seen that song a LOT.

[yhlee]

The lizard went through this phase of singing the song over and over and over and over and OVER. As small children do. Then, a couple months later, she denied ever having heard the song in her life and Joe and I were like, Uh-HUH.

[thistleingrey]

ha! That is great.