Florence and the machine halloween costume

Added Oct 23, 2011

by raving

London, United K...

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Description

This project has a long and complicated past. It began when I found a deer horn in the local park, someone had carved it into a point at one end. The horn was all curved and white and made me think of a unicorn horn. At that point I decided I had to go as a unicorn for halloween. After a long time deciding between white and black, bell bottoms or skirt I finally chose to make a tiered lace skirt, it had to be flowy. For added flow, I made wing-like sleeves out of chiffon and attached them to a cream jersey top I made. Upon trying on the entire costume I realized I looked just like Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. Seeing this, I scraped the original concept and went with this. Other ideas are victorian bride (though, not historically accurate enough for me to go along with this) or ghost bride.

The top is jersey with chiffon sleeves. The skirt is a jersey base with tiers of lace. Each of those tiers took so long to create, it was a pain, but so worth it. I can see myself wearing this skirt in normal situations, it’s so much fun to wear. The floaty sleeves are also great fun.

The lace bib is from my boyfriend’s dressing up box, so I guess vintage.

More photos here

Material Notes

Chiffon
Lace
Jersey

Difficulty

Intermediate

Categories

Season
Fall, Spring
For
Women
Garment Type
Costume
Style
Vintage, Romantic, Evening Wear, Classic, Bridal, Bohemian

8 Comments

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    Apr 2, 2012, 12.44 PMby kelerabeus

    so pretty! you really captured her boho feminine style, I adore Florence.

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    Nov 19, 2011, 09.31 PMby melonhead

    LOVE!!

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    Oct 27, 2011, 07.59 AMby Margit Klade

    I love this dress!! Looks really dreamy!

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    Oct 27, 2011, 04.38 AMby fashionqueen920

    wow this is so pretty! you did an amazing job and you look so much like her! i love her and just from the tiny picture on the projects page thought you looked like her and thats why i clicked on it! great job!

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    Oct 23, 2011, 10.29 PMby madebymeg

    gorgeous! what a great idea

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    Oct 23, 2011, 10.22 PMby vestiphobia

    Gorgeous!

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    Oct 23, 2011, 10.03 PMby mollykatherine

    pretty!

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    Oct 23, 2011, 09.51 PMby step-van-b

    Great dress – fantastic pictures!

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