Leonie - Costume Hunting

Yesterday, we finally got onto the exciting part of picking out and trying to find costumes! I must admit, I wasn’t sure if we would get anything but we ended up finding a few items and even buying a couple of things.


The first picture is of a possible dress that a family member thought would be of use. However, I feel it is not the right look for the costume drama, perhaps a bit too fancy and Victorian or modern like. Our actress is also my size and the dress was too long and big.

The second dress below is from a fancy dress hire in our local town at the Salvation Army. It resembles a fancy frock from the Regency period, which is what we are aiming for as our main female is of a high class background. This dress I feel is a true contender for our character.

The image below is of the jacket we purchased whilst on our trip and I must say was a bargain for what it was! It is a tailored coat with the correct length. The gold buttons have a crest upon them, just like family crests around that time. Wide shoulders made by the shoulder pads are also brilliant to have, and ended up being the correct size for our actor playing the leading man.

Overall, I am going to look into getting or making ruffles and getting a white shirt for our Lord in the Costume Drama. Also, what will be very hard is getting knee high boots for our actor to wear. We still have a costume shop to visit, hopefully with our actor and actress in hand so the sizes are perfect. This, we will visit as a group, so it will be more of a group decision. Then we can move onto Crew and Directors. The Directors and Producer will be costumed by us but so far no ideas on the Crew Members. However, I am very happy that we found some items on our trip! It doesn’t feel that far away we will be filming now.