Last weekend was the annual party of an amateur musical theatre group I've been a part of since 2012 and I made costumes as well as perform but had to stop due to going to uni to study costume interpretation (very good reason!). Last year's theme was Disney and I wanted to go as Lumière but had by far not enough time to finish the costume. So when they went with Musical Miscast this year I knew right away what I wanted to make and started in March with sourcing fabrics. So here is the final costume; Elphaba's 2nd act dress from Wicked. Most fabrics are recycled, however I dyed loads of them and made them look more grubby.
I'll probably set in the sleeves again and ruffles as they look very out of balance this way but didn't have time to redo it.
I didn't have enough time to blend the lace of the wig any better and this was my first time going in drag, we were already running 2 hours late.
I silk screen printed fabric for a hat but had no time to make it. So I'll make a hat to go with it later as well.
I've tried to make it as close to the original costumes as possible but each is different and old ones are different from new ones as well (at least UK made costumes). So I went with what I could find and just tried to give the same feel to it.