Carbon Costume

…lack red ranger, TJ. First Black Costume Designer to Win an Academy Award: Ruth Carter Given our emphasis on costumes, we saw it best to include Ruth Carter, the first Black costume designer to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Having conceptualized costumes for over 40 films, she has mastered the looks of many periods, genres, and worlds. Ruth was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, but it was her outs…

…first movie and keeps pulling fans in as they root for Lara Jean to find true love. Best of all? There are a bunch of costumes you and your partner can choose from! Historical Styles Hamilton Are you and your partner more into the fashion of times gone by? There’s options for you too! It might not be the most romantic story out there but there’s no denying the appeal of Hamilton. Gorgeous dresses and great music make it a perfect classic to draw…

…s to protect the princess, which can sometimes include breaking the palace rules just a little bit. Cassandra’s signature outfit is a long grayish tunic worn over a dark red turtle neck, striped brown leggings, and large black gloves. In this tutorial I hope to show you how to make your own Cassandra cosplay. Materials: Tunic: 2 yards grey fabric Eyelets Gold Ribbon Faux Suede Cord Gloves: Black gloves 1/2 – 1 yard black fabric Firm fusible interf…

…the chest pieces. To create indents in the “treads” of the leg pads, use a ruler and mark off each inch, then run a dull pencil across the pad between your markers, digging into the foam generously without breaking the surface too much. You can add some extra distress by painting the treads with brown paint to look like dirt. Pro Tip: You can also distress your yellow T-shirt by filling up a spray bottle that is 1 part water and 1 part brown acryl…

…yellow spandex, and a 2 inch by 20 inch strip of your orange fabric. CONSTRUCTION : Sew together body suit at outer seams and shoulder seams, following pattern instructions. PAINT: Concentrating on the bottom of the jumpsuit legs and bottom of sleeves, spray your pant legs and sleeves orange. Lightly work your way up to fade the color into the rest of the body suit. Allow to dry. NOTE: You can also dye the fabric to achieve the ombre effect, but…

…(or similar scrap fabric – a bed sheet works; 3 – 5 yards) Measuring Tape Ruler (I prefer a clear sewing ruler) Pins Sewing Needles Sharpie or Fabric Marker Fabric Scissors Sewing Machine Iron Serger / Overlocker (optional)   Pants: High Waisted Wide-Leg Striped pants (x2) White ribbon White buttons (x3) Scissors Marking Pencil Ruler   Necklaces: Stretch Magic Smooth On Epoxy putty Gold spray paint E6000 Gold rhinestones Dog tag necklace Assorted…

On Saturday Night Live, Enid Strict (Dana Carvey), better known as The Church Lady, hosted the talk show Church Chat where she would interview celebrities. And by interviews, I mean she would chastise them for their sins and admonish them for following the desires of their naughty parts. If you’re going to dress up as The Church Lady, make sure you have her catchphrases, like “Could it be… SATAN?” down pat as well as the moves for the “Superior…

…Backpack Kid is the nickname for Russell Horning, who made a splash for his stiff-armed dance moves in a performance of “Swish Swish” with Katy Perry on Saturday Night Live. Since then the Georgia teen has performed with countless artists from Rihanna to Blac Youngsta, and has been even been mimicked in NFL touchdown celebrations….

…On Saturday Night Live, Hans and Franz (Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon) are a pair of Austrian bodybuilders who flex their muscles for skinny “girlie men” and teach how to “pump you up”. Any resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger is strictly coincidental….

…On Saturday Night Live, Matt Foley (Chris Farley) is a motivational speaker with all the wrong qualities. He’s disheveled, eats a steady diet of government cheese, and lives in a van down by the river. If you’re doing any better, well whoop-dee-frickin-doo!…