TFA Leia Blue Dress

silvermitt () · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:30 pm Post subject:

I think it's from TFA visual dictionary. I got it from Amazon for $12. That ring shouldn't be too hard to do: two teardrop shaped Lapis lazuli stones and thick brass wiring soldered to a brass ring.

I was a bit disappointed with the images from Kylo Ren in that book. Great shot of his boots, but told me nothing about a dang midcoat that's vexing the majority of Kylo costume builders.
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LaV317 (LaVonne) · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:32 pm Post subject:

silvermitt () · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:02 am Post subject:

Okay, that comment coming from a person who (from your avatar picture) creates elaborate Padme costumes... Says. It. All.

If you find it troubling, LOL! Then you know from a newbie seamstress that I am, I'm pulling my out my hair!

From my point of view, I'm hoping that if Driver's character bites a big Jedi blade, that he flies through the air butt first so I can look up his layers.
(That sounded wrong, didn't it?)
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Lora Skywalker () · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:54 pm Post subject:

It's totally off topic, but: Laughing

Thanks for the laugh!

And I agree that the ring doesn't look too hard to do. Just a matter of getting proper references.
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LaV317 (LaVonne) · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:58 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the laugh, silvermitt!

I'm just sad there were no images of this blue dress in the Visual Dictionary. It's quite lovely.
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silvermitt () · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:33 am Post subject:

I'll keep my eyes open for any new images of the blue dress.

I'll bet they make a book for the new trilogy, but sadly, you'll have to wait a long time before that get mass marketed.
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Lora Skywalker () · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:17 pm Post subject:

Yeah. A new costume book for this trilogy won't be out until some time after that last movie is released. Hopefully a lot more info will come out in the meantime.
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Lady K (Karen) · Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:37 pm Post subject:

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Naergi () · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:08 am Post subject:

I'll definitely have the earrings, or rather, "ear-grabbers" (because I don't think they're either pinned through a hole with a pin nor are they clips - they just happen to "grab" from the inner to the outer ear) 3D printed at Shapeways. I'll probably do the same for the ring, just have to settle on a Lapis Lazuli size.

As for the dress, the underdress drives me mad. It looks like the wrong side of silk charmeuse; just thicker than usual silk charmeuse. It could also be some thicker (read: heavier in terms of Momme) crepe de chine. The one problem I have with that identification is the fact that it says "slub silk" on the exhibit description. So it's either some kind of Ahimsa (peace-) charmeuse or crepe de chine, or the exhibit description is wrong.
I think the reverse side of this fabric might work rather well.

At any rate, I already have a linen-rayon bouclé fabric that will work for the overdress.

So yeah.. count me in for a blue Leia dress. Finally something that is "age appropriate" for me, lol.
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Lora Skywalker () · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:59 pm Post subject:

Good luck, Naergi. We still know so little about this costume, but we keep looking! (and sharing). Smile

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Ihala () · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:08 am Post subject:

The color of this is too bright, but the weave looks close
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/121902005/indian-silk-fabric-pure-silk-dupioni-raw

Mara Ravenwood (Heather Nelson) · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:02 pm Post subject:

More blue dress pictures! None of the back, but more than I've seen elsewhere so far.

http://hollywoodmoviecostumesandprops.blogspot.com/2016/01/han-solo-and-general-leia-organa.html
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Ihala () · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:28 pm Post subject:

Lora Skywalker () · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:59 pm Post subject:

Too bad the colors are washed out in these, but at least you can clearly see the finishing hems on the dresses and sleeves. Smile

And the underdress is described as a slubby silk fabric.
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MarasiahNaberrie (Julia Pizarro Malave) · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:59 pm Post subject: Fabric for Leia's dress.

I found 8 yards of this linen at discount yesterday in my local shop and I'm wondering if these would do for the inner dress or outer dress or both. I'm making this for my sister or Mom if she wants to wear it for any cosplay activity I invite in.

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