Y’all are AMAZING. TwilaTee just sent me a link to her dress diary for her Snow White cosplay, and it’s pretty intense to see my scribbly embroidery designs so accurately realized in an actual costume.
If I ever do an art book collecting my princesses, I’d love the chance to include all of the outstanding costumes that people are making as well- they blow me away.
Adding this to ye olde FAQ, as I get asked this question a lot.
What specific references were you looking at while designing Jasmine’s costume?
Racinet’s plates were a primary source of inspiration, along with paging through sites about Persian miniature painting and middle eastern clothing terminology. Searching for this sort of information becomes a lot easier when you have some vague idea of what you’re looking for.
Problematic though that final Jasmine piece may be, this is at least a great starting point for period Persian fashion.
Interview over at OfficialCosplay.com!
The lovely Sara Katz-Scher hit me up for an interview a few weeks back and, after some editing on my part so I don’t come across as a complete doofus via Skype, the article’s finally up for your perusal over at OfficialCosplay.com. Definitely check it out if you’re interested in me rambling on about, quite predictably, cosplay and my historical Disney princesses.
-C
There have been a FLOOD of new Historical Disney princess cosplayers over the last few days, and I’ve been absolutely floored by all of them. I’ve started a Pinterest board to help myself keep track, and I’d love to be able to find out who some of you are so I’m not blindly spreading your image all over the internet. :)
OH MAN I AM SO PROUD you are all just perfect
Finally moving on to the unofficial Disney ladies with Megara! So fantastically simple to research, just put her in a simple doric chiton and spent most of my time researching fabric colours and patterns to see what I could get away with. It kinda looks like she killed Hercules and took his helmet? I’m okay with that.
-C
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Shoomlah.com Store Update!
- Historical Disney Princesses - COMPLETE PRINT SET
I’ve finally finished ordering the 4 x 6” postcards for the remaining princesses, so you can now purchase the entire set of Historical Disney Princess prints with one easy click. I’ve also added a 15% discount when you buy them as a set, since it’s waaaay easier for me to pack and ship them that way. :) - Tiny Horuses
I have four (4) Tiny Horus statues left, so I should be posting those up in the store in the next few days once I figure out a fair price. Stay tuned!
-C
Finally got the historical Rapunzel process video edited together! Nothing particularly new since the last two, just… A fair amount of redrawing in this one.
…Well, finished for now, anyway. Just thought it’d be nice to get all of these up in one place.
(Source: shoomlah.deviantart.com)
LAST ONE. Bwuh.
I adore Tangled for many reasons, but historical accuracy isn’t one of them. It’s actually the first Disney film that feels entirely set in its own fantasy world, with no real ties to any particular time period or setting- unless you count that ever-forgiving time period of “Ren Faire.”
Since this is the last one in the series (so far as official princesses go), I thought I’d treat myself and just have fun with it. I drew up concepts for both the 16th century (the slashed sleeves) and 18th (Keane’s initial inspiration), but in the interest of choosing a time period I hadn’t touched yet I ended up going with the late Regency. There are a ton of gowns circa 1820 that have those inimitably princessy sleeves, and those palace guards aren’t fooling anyone.
-Claire, who made a video for this but still needs to edit that nonsense together
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