LOL! I actually wore one of the Titanic Costumes (they bought a lot
of them from a Virginia shop here)for the film, Iron-Jawed Angels,
which was set in same era. Wore one of the dresses (black) and the
authenic boots (which was high-heeled and that was day they decided
to do the riot/fight during parade scene--end of day limped back to
bus to take us back to holding area).
Pam
>
> Other costumes I like are general medieval, Star Wars, Harry
Potter,
> EverAfter and Titanic. I also created a group for Titanic costumes
> http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/titanic_roses_closet/ . Thought
I'd
> share it since alot of people seem to talk about these costumes.
>
> Well enough babling, I've got sewing to do.
>
> Happy Costuming!
>
> Gwenyver
>
> Gwenyver's Closet
> http://www.geocities.com/wiccanmaiden1982/
>
> Costuming Montréal
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumingmontreal/

Oh, we don't want that either! We get enough of that too. Was humid
already this morning. I'm more a Autumn/ Spring person, more an
Autumn person, which is another reason I love Halloween.
Pam


> 'who's sick of so much rain that Virginia has been getting'
> I'd be glad to swap a couple of days for our sunny humid heat!
>
> Morgaine

Suilad!

I am Gwenyver and I am a costume addict. Seriously! I've always loved
costumes. The best proof of that is the story of how I went to
Christmas dinner at my grandma's house in my Disney's Snow White
costume, cape and all (no wig though). My mother always made our
costumes (my brother and I). When i was 7, she decided it was time
for me to learn to sew. She gave me a little sewing kit for
christmas, complete with patterns for dolls and Barbies, and told me
Santa Clause wanted me to learn. I didn't like it at first (what kid
likes to be forces to do something!) but eventualy I learned.

At 11 and 12, I made my own costumes for my school's halloween
contest. A lolly pop (white tube of fabric with a cardboard head) and
a dictionnary (I used a box which I covered in white paper an I
reproduced every details of my Petit Larousse Illustré with markers
and pencils). Now I didn't win, but I did not grasp concept
of "popularity contest" at the time (the year of the dictionnary, a
guy with a rented wizard costume won in my class). The point is, I've
always loved to wear original costumes.

As my sewing improved, so did my costumes. Back in 2000, I made a
bunch of Star Wars costumes for a scout summer camp in a week (all
basically robes). Of course then, my mom was still paying for the
material so we used her fabric of predilection, popeline (cheapest
fabric, always in store, mix of polyester and cotton, comes in every
colour, terribly static).

Now, present day. For the last year and a half, I've really been
hooked to making costumes. I actually have a small part of my pay
check budgeted for fabrics. I love the elvish look in LOTR. For ROTK,
I made a version of Arwen's Dying gown (I used velvet and chinese
brocade, while my mom kept proposing popeline). I've also started to
buy "elvish" looking fabric without really knowing what to do with
them yet. They are for clothes for my elvish persona, Ithiliel
Anorfinnel (sindarin, meaning Moon-maiden of the Sunbraids. I thought
it was poetic)

I've got an Excel spread sheet of all the fabrics needed for all the
costumes I wish to make. Sort of an inventory (I have 4 rubermade
trunks full of fabrics). And now that I've moved out of my parent's
house and I have my own sewing room... Well lets just say, I will
need more space in my closet!

Other costumes I like are general medieval, Star Wars, Harry Potter,
EverAfter and Titanic. I also created a group for Titanic costumes
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/titanic_roses_closet/ . Thought I'd
share it since alot of people seem to talk about these costumes.

Well enough babling, I've got sewing to do.

Happy Costuming!

Gwenyver

Gwenyver's Closet
http://www.geocities.com/wiccanmaiden1982/

Costuming Montréal
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumingmontreal/

A bit on myself.
I'm pam., live in Virginia and been costuming since 1973. Done all
sorts of costumes over the years and won some masquerades with them.
From Star Trek to Babylon 5 to Elven to medieval to 1600s to
whatever, from TV shows to films to interpretation of costumes in
books to my own imagaination, I've done it. It's a hobby and keeps me
busy and not in trouble. Same for my husband, who learned sewing in
home ec back in days men didn't do such a hing! LOL He has made his
own costumes.
Pam





> Joined yesterday. Sorry haven't posted, but been busy with working
> hard to finish my husband's Aragorn costume (the paudrons and the
> clasps for the front of pleather surcote. Then it thunderstormed
hard
> here and kept computer off. It affected out cable modem and digital
> cable too.
> Pam
>
> 'who's sick of so much rain that Virginia has been getting'
>
>
> http://fantasticdreams.50megs.com

Looks great.
Pam



> Hello.
>
> I love designing my own stuff, mainly cause I so don't fit the norm
of
> the elves in the movie!  But I still enjoy dressing as one.  As of
now
> I only have one dress that I have loosely based off one of the
extra's
> dresses.
>
> http://www.earendilscloset.devilishlydeliciousdolls.com/Earendil/
>
>
> Earendil
> http://www.earendilscloset.devilishlydeliciousdolls.com/

I've done elven clothing over the years, way before LOTR film. Did
one based on Tery Brooks' Sword of Shannara  back in 1980, then Elven
Queen that I made the costume from own imagination. So I've worn the
pointed ears twice before made the Galadriel costume a few months
before the first film and wore it to Dragoncon and entered in
masquerade. Now I have a generic elf costume, two different purple
materials and I'll be wearing it at Dragoncon.
Pam

http://fantasticdreams.50megs.com

Joined yesterday. Sorry haven't posted, but been busy with working
hard to finish my husband's Aragorn costume (the paudrons and the
clasps for the front of pleather surcote. Then it thunderstormed hard
here and kept computer off. It affected out cable modem and digital
cable too.
Pam

'who's sick of so much rain that Virginia has been getting'


http://fantasticdreams.50megs.com

on 8/19/04 4:49 AM, Raven at menmeryiset@... wrote:
>I am menmeryiset
> usually known as Raven. I have been into costuming for quite a few

Welcome!

I gotta ask...what is "menmeryiset"?  I Googled it, and it just came back
with a lot of references to you.  Inquiring minds want to know. :-)

Denise

--- In Clothes_of_Imladris@yahoogroups.com, Surferdude017@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/19/2004 12:36:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> r2yd9p35@y... writes:
> lesser know brgandy
> robe with the gray sleeves
> What costume is this? the only red costume I can think of is his
Council
> drape and thats the most known. Got a link to a pic?
>
> Daniel well i know were you can see this robe if you go to ally
scrach and go under elrond and under the two towers robes thay have
a pic of it its of elrond and arwen when she is in the lavender
dress and hes in the brgundy robe thats with gray lined sleeves i
think it was a delted scene frome rotk thu as i have a topps card
with it as well lady jen

Hi,
Thought i would intro myself here as i am new! I am menmeryiset
usually known as Raven. I have been into costuming for quite a few
years, usually making my own clothing but recently making elven
dresses.
I have recently finished my Gil Galad Prologue armour and will post
pics as soon as i work up the energy to spend 45 mins putting it on
and 20 mins to take it off again LOL
Luv and Hugs Raven xx

Hi all of you.
I´m Ann,swedish and very fond of the clothes from LOTR and Titanic.
I´m going to copy a few dresses from LOTR a.s.a.p. I´ll start with
the mourning gown, i think.
That´s all folks
Best regards
Ann

In only a few hours, we already have 33 members and we are sure to
still be growing! I did not expect this quick a reaction. Please,
make sure you introduce youself and tell us all a little bit about
your self, why youre here, what your favorite male and female costume
is (whether is be a main character or an extra)

Thanks.

Daniel
*Mod*

Hi guys and gals, I'm Tony, 19, male, living in blah hickville TN. I
love the girl elves' gowns, and hope to find good pics and helpful
hints here to help me recreate them! Mwah love y'all

hi i love all of elronds robes im curretly making my secund robe
but im having some truble with it as it is the blue and silver
robe my frist robe of his i maed was the lesser know brgandy
robe with the gray sleeves i hope to make all of his robes thru all3
moives hope you can put up some pics soon thanks lady jen

<<Norman tunic or Bliaut, with the upper sleeves a part of the body of the dress>>

I love Arwen's clothing, and so far have one completed--her dying
gown.  I'm in the process of finishing her chase outfit right now.
I love the color schemes and the flow of the clothes and the
costumes in general.  I find it interesting how modern clothing is
somewhat going a bit elvish.  Anyway, glad to be here!

Sarah

I am still hoping to someday make one of the elusive Cirdan the
Shipwright costumes. He is the Elf in the Prologue that receives one
of the three (along with Gil-Galad and Galadriel) and he is the elf
in the background on the dock at the Grey Havens. The film makers
chose to give him white hair, but not give him the beard he has in
the Tolkien Canon. I am hoping that someday good documentation will
show up.

In the meantime, I am working on Aragorn's Rivendell costume which is
very Elven in origin.

Kent

Hello.

I love designing my own stuff, mainly cause I so don't fit the norm of
the elves in the movie!  But I still enjoy dressing as one.  As of now
I only have one dress that I have loosely based off one of the extra's
dresses.

http://www.earendilscloset.devilishlydeliciousdolls.com/Earendil/


Earendil
http://www.earendilscloset.devilishlydeliciousdolls.com/

Ooooh *drool* that sounds lovely!  Which costume are you loosely
basing it on?
Sarah

--- In Clothes_of_Imladris@yahoogroups.com, ducorbeau@a... wrote:
> Ok..so I'm a sucker for a new Elven wardrobe.  The pink Dupioni
silk arrived
> today to line the silver Dupioni sleeves.
>
> The lines will not be exactly the same as in the films, but hey,
I'm not a
> character from the films, either.  They will be sort of a cross
between what
> Ngila has created and 12th/13th Century in style, suitable for wear
at LOTR
> functions or SCA events.
>
> Morgaine
> aka Aearrinneth