2008

Satine's Hindi Rehearsal costume - or, 'how to kill yourself making a beaded headdress and 200 fabric covered buttons in 8 easy steps"
Okay so it's only about 70 buttons, but still

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update:
May 14, 2008
 

New headdress. With thanks to Aurora Blaze and Dolfinna for being such great inspirations with their headdresses!

Apr. 27, 2008

The first picture here shows the shape the base should be, and flat 'semi-circle'; unfortunately that shape does not stay put on a real head (unless you hold completely and perfectly still at all times).



In order to get the thing to stay on my head, I had to bend the base into more of a 'sweetheart' shape, similar to the headpiece Satine wears in the finale/Hindi Sad Diamonds scene. If I left the base 'flat', it would flip with the tiniest move, so that one side of the beaded 'fans' would go forward and the other would go backward - even with securing combs at the two sides where the base meets the head, and the top of the head, and lots of bobby pins. Once I bent the base into the sweetheart shape, it stayed on my head just by itself, without any combs or pins at all, and I can move freely. I'll still stitch some securing loops to the touch points to secure to the wig with tiny clips.

Apr. 12-13, 2008

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