My Weekend Is All Booked: 4

This is the fourth post in my series on my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. See Why The Handmaid’s Tale , Researching the Costume , and Creating the Dress for more details.

Today I’m going to show you how to create my version of the obi-style belt the Handmaid’s wear on Season 1 of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. For reference, here is Samira Wiley wearing the belt.

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Creating the Handmaid’s dress

August 14, 2018August 4, 2018 ~ alexandrap529 ~ 1 Comment

This is the third post in my series on my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. See Why The Handmaid’s Tale and Researching the Costume for more details.

To make my cosplay, I started with the Christine Haynes Emery dress pattern and then made a list of things that needed to be changed.

First up was lengthening the skirt to the floor. This was relatively easy but I would suggest not following the hip curve if you do this yourself. You need A LOT less room in hem circumference than you think you do. Mine puffs out funny (image below) because I made it too wide at the bottom.

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My Weekend is All Booked: 3

August 12, 2018August 4, 2018 ~ alexandrap529 ~ Leave a comment

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Researching my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay…

August 9, 2018August 4, 2018 ~ alexandrap529 ~ Leave a comment

Today is the second in a series of posts that I am doing on creating my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. See the first post Why The Handmaid’s Tale here.

Once I decided to make my handmaid costume, I knew I needed to collect some images and details. First, I looked at promotional images for the series.

This is when I noticed that the bodice was split at the center front and that the belt was a separate piece. I decided to investigate further.

I looked for interviews with the costume designer, Ane Crabtree, and found a treasure trove of information. She’s given numerous interviews over the past 3 years. I found the ones in Atlanta Magazine and Vogue particularly helpful.

Each one of Crabtree’s choices was so purposeful. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:

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Why the Handmaid’s Tale?

August 7, 2018August 4, 2018 ~ alexandrap529 ~ Leave a comment

This post is the first part of my series about my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. Other posts coming soon!

nightmare — Based on the amazing Season 2 promo images created by the team at Hulu with my own cosplay at the center.

I recently finished my Handmaid’s Tale cosplay and I wanted to share a little bit about the process of making it, before I reveal the full photos. Bear with me as I walk through these five posts about my cosplay. I didn’t realize how much I had to say until I was done writing them. The full costume will be posted next week sometime if you’d like to wait around until then.

Of all of the cosplays to work on, why did I choose to do the Handmaid’s Tale? Though there are a myriad of reasons, I’ll share just a few.

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My Weekend is All Booked: 2

August 5, 2018August 2, 2018 ~ alexandrap529 ~ Leave a comment

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