Halloween LOTR Costume Series #7: Galadriel’s White Layered Gown with Silver Circlet
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I didn’t really intend to return to elves for the last day of this series… I wanted to do an Entwife with an orange blossom theme, but I got started too late and my patience with making a dress out of leaves and bark just ran out. You can always tell when I just want to get done for the day, because the dress will be white. No matter how crazy and detailed it ends up, if it’s white, it usually means I started out in a grumpy mood.
Galadriel doesn’t get a lot of description besides “white,” making her good to paperdoll on a grumpy day. I really rather like how this gown turned out, although if I was to redo it I would probably cut off the gauzy middle layer of material on the sleeves.
That makes my seventh costume for Halloween: a whole week of Lord of the Rings, all finished. Uh, those of you who have followed me for a while (like, for more than a week) may have figured this out already, but it’s slightly rare for me to finish up a project so well and consistently: it’s usually one or the other. (See also my poor dancing princesses…) I’m rather proud of myself. Since I don’t think masquerade gowns are likely to be upset at this late hour, I’m putting up a new poll just to satisfy my own curiosity… It’s rather unfair to pit the black and white elf dress against the others, because I think it’ll be lovely when it’s colored, but oh well.
Tags: circlet, crown, elf, elves, embroidery, galadriel, gown, grey, layered, leaves, long dress, lord of the rings, off the shoulder, patterns, scroll, silver, skirt, white
Costumes, fantasy, geeky stuff, gowns, holidays, literature, movies, new doll, paperdolls | Liana October 10, 2009
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By Monica, October 10, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
This is very pretty!
Did you get my eamil?
By Liana, October 10, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
Yep, just caught up on e-mail, sorry :)
By Sami, October 10, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
Beautiful. For a grumpy dress, this is gorgeous :P
By Liana, October 10, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
hah, thanks :) That’s just the way things go sometimes. I’ve started nice and early in the day with a plan and not gotten at all what I wanted, and then some days I start late and want it to be over soon and it turns out great…
By Angel, October 10, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
This week was some of your best stuff! I absolutely loved the theme. I’d love to see a whole wardrobe of the female hobbit outfits lol. They are so cute!
By Emily, October 11, 2009 @ 1:39 am
Oh, how could you make us choose between all those gorgeous outfits? I said Gwendolf was my favorite (I think it might be because gray is one of my favorite colors), but it was very hard to pick one.
By Toni Cross, October 11, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
I LOVE this one! I’m the one that originally asked you to do LOTR- and this is totally my favorite…
By Liana, October 12, 2009 @ 8:51 am
Thanks, Angel, Emily :D I could go with a week of hobbits too.. maybe someday in the future. Toni, good call on the suggestion! :)