The Amazing Wind-Up Girl (Now With Details)

[redidin]

ETA: Posted a more complex Halloween version of this costume here.

A recent recon, made from the remains of a vintage Gunne Sax wedding dress, t-shirt scraps, and a small army's worth of antique handkerchiefs and buttons. (Edited to add detail shots of the bodice and bloomers; still need to come up with a photo of the whole outfit in action.)



Bodice:


Bloomer Cuff:


Other Bloomer Cuff:

[Purpley Goodness]

You look amazing!  You have done a great job, looking forward to see the detail.  I love your arm joint ink (not the right phrase probably but you know what I mean!)  It looks spectacular.  My favourite part of the bodice is the placement of the buttons, lovely!

[Ludi]

Very beautiful!

[grinsekatze]

This looks soo beautiful!

[Pinkweeds]

That is super pretty! Totally love your hair too! Reminds me of Tori Amos.

[redidin]

That is super pretty! Totally love your hair too! Reminds me of Tori Amos.

Thank you! While it didn't take *quite* as long as the dress, it did necessitate running errands with a zillion pin curls on my head! 

[redidin]

You look amazing!  You have done a great job, looking forward to see the detail.  I love your arm joint ink (not the right phrase probably but you know what I mean!)  It looks spectacular.  My favourite part of the bodice is the placement of the buttons, lovely!

Thank you, so much!

The best part about the buttons, I think, is their origin--they came from my grandmother-in-law's sewing kit, and at least some of them had belonged to her mother before. My mother-in-law doesn't sew, so she offered them to me; the dress was inspired in large part by my trying to figure out a way to use them that would do them anything approaching justice.

The hinge joints are the only part of the get-up I can't honestly take credit for--those were all The Spouse and his magical sharpie!

[DIY revolution]

Gorgeous.

[Mischa85]

This post makes me think of The Dresden Dolls.

Absolutely love it.

[violentjayne]

that looks awesome , great job