Carbon Costume Women
The 13th Doctor
The titular character on the BBC hit TV series Doctor Who is the last of the Time Lords, a race capable of time travel and regeneration. The Doctor has regenerated its body 13 times, and for the first time it its history it regenerates as a woman (Jodie Whittaker) for its 13th life. She travels the space-time continuum with her companions Graham, Yasmin and Ryan. This guide covers the 13th Doctor’s first iconic – and eccentric – look of suspenders, cropped pants, rainbow shirt and coat.
Bombshell Killer Frost
DC Bombshells is an alternate reality that depicts female characters during WWII. In this reality, Killer Frost works for Hugo Strange and Nazi Germany. She is modeled after “ski bunny” pinups.
Jean Harlow
In The Aviator, Jean Harlow (Gwen Stefani) was an actress and sex symbol in the 1930’s. She got her start in film in Hell’s Angels, directed by Howard Hughes. She was one of the biggest and most glamorous stars of the 1930’s, known as the “Blonde Bombshell,” “Platinum Blonde” and the “Laughing Vamp,” though she tragically passed away at age 26.
Cady Longmire
The daughter of titular character Walt Longmire on the TV series Longmire, Cady Longmire (Cassidy Freeman) is a lawyer searching for her place in the world. She is a kind, intelligent, strong woman who worries about her father, helps those around her and has a strong sense of justice. Eventually she decides to quit her job and work for a much lower salary helping those on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation. She favors layers with blue jeans, simple jewelry and a Western-style belt.
Kitty Riley
An investigative journalist looking for her first big break on the BBC drama Sherlock, Kitty Riley (Katherine Parkinson) tries to interview Sherlock Holmes in a bathroom with fantastically terrible results. Her adorable red pigtails, mock Sherlock hat and perky personality did little to melt the frigid detective. Undeterred, she reaches out to his nemesis James Moriarty, who uses her in a spectacular set-up for Sherlock that almost ruins him. To play the part of an adoring fan in hopes to win over Sherlock, Kitty dresses in his signature hat with an eclectic suit.
Patti Mayonnaise
Patricia “Patti” Mayonnaise is the secret love of Doug Funnie and a recurring character in the Disney/Nickelodeon cartoon Doug. This guide will focus on her Nickelodeon design.
Faith Domergue
In The Aviator, Howard Hughes finds a new love interest in 15-year old Faith Domergue (Kelli Garner), after Katherine Hepburn leaves him. Because of her experience with Hughes, Faith Domergue was launched into a successful film and television career. Set in the 1920’s to the 1940’s, her wardrobe is demure and typical of the era.
Mary Morstan
A sweet, bright, witty woman, Mary Morstan (Amanda Abbington) falls hard for John Watson on the BBC show Sherlock, eventually marrying and having a child with him. She also has an unusually easy relationship with Sherlock Holmes, enjoying his notoriously scathing behavior. In later seasons she is revealed to have a dark, dangerous past that comes to threaten her relationships with John and Sherlock. As a modern British woman, she dresses in loose-fitting, trendy clothing in bright colors.
Mrs. Hudson (BBC)
The kind elderly lady who rents the upstairs apartment to Sherlock Holmes on the BBC drama Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubbs) hides a stiff upper lip behind cups of tea and an aversion to Sherlock’s ‘experiments’. Quick to point out she isn’t Sherlock’s housekeeper, she leaves well enough alone when it comes to the strange goings-on in 221B Baker Street, but is always there with a bowl of soup when they need it. She dresses in elegant, conservative clothing.
Jen Barber
After wheedling her way into an IT supervisor position with zero experience, Jen Barber (Katherine Parkinson) finds herself in charge of two antisocial, socially awkward, adorably inept geeks, Maurice Moss and Roy Trenneman, on the British sitcom The IT Crowd. Jen handles her new underlings as best she can, even when that means dealing with a goth vampire, a deviant of a boss and various terrible love interests. A trendy, fashionable woman, Jen wears traditional office wear with modern, edgy twists.
