Your Fantasy Costume

Ravenswood leather is a wonderful site that features all sorts of costumes made of leather. Prices can look a bit high at the first sight, but we’re talking about really fine quality. They also feature a section to teach you how to take care of the pieces you buy in the store. But it doesn’t only feature the most amazing pirate (also ren and futuristic looking)  coats for men (and women too) I’ve seen so far, there you can find all sorts of accesories from belts, to gauntlets, bracers and pirate hats to become a real pirate.They feature the pieces in several colors from plain and classic black to several shades of brown, green and even white.

Above: some examples of accesories

Among my favourites I’d mention the jerkins and saberist jerkins for men. I think every guy should have one of these.

There’s also a girl version, that i’d hightlight in its “dress version” as in the picture below. Some of the  women bodices look very “Hercules” or “Xena” like.

The next link has to be one of the most amazing fantasy costuming sites in the internet.  Alley Cat Scratch costume is a mega data base of movie costume documentations, studying and research in great detail from famous movies gowns models and designers, providing write-ups and will help you to create your own replica.

If you’re intending to dress like ANY of the characters from The lord of the rings movie, or inspired by Tolkien works. We want you to recommend you to visit Alley. They’ve studied about the costumes from fabric to patterns to metalwork. From hobbits to elves, covering not only the gowns and garments, but also cloaks,  headresses, wigs, leather-work, shoes, belts and even make up tutorials to make you look a lotr character. They have a community to get feedback, keep you up to date with costume exhibits in different areas, and also cover dresses patterns, sewing tips  and tutorials of other movies, fantasy and sci-fi and futuristic, but being their pivotal focus in lord of the rings movies.

A must see… for those ones good at crafts, and also for those ones not so but in need of ideas, from very easy to be done to things that are for those with good hands…! Bookmark for reference, it’s an awesome site.

Tim Burton’s “The nightmare before Christmas” is one of my favorite movies… This stop-motion animated jewel released early nineties when I was a teenager. I went to the cinema seven times in a row when it was released just to learn the songs by hear (in those times to find the soundtrack where I was living was a complex task, but finally I found the little precious soundtrack of score that Danny Elfman scored for the movie)… “Oh somewhere deep inside of this bones….!” Yes, this film archieved what looked impossible, to make a charming prince to fall in love with out of a  thin  doll of a skeleton with such a great personality… the mighty Pumpkin King Jack Skellington. A gentle mix of genres, it even had some space for romance, and thus Jack and Sally became one of the most loveliest couple ever.. This movie also showed to the world the spirit of Halloween into countries like mine that have no tradition of it. Years later it started to become a cult movie and gain the recognition it initially deserved…

Let´s start with the heroine…. Sally Rag Doll!

There are cheap already made versions available, but you can opt for a fine hand-made version

Polishing details with this stitched glovettes (or you can opt for theatrical make up too. See attached video for Sally’s make up tutorial)

I think this might be more accurate to what the character is, just like the one below with wool hair juts like a doll:

Still due to aesthetics some prefer to wear a bright red fiber hair wig, the next one is suitable in hair  style:

Step by step Sally rag doll YOU TUBE tutorial (4 videos)

Pt 1: Face
Pt2: eyes
Pt3:Eyes and face
Pt4: Finished look

JACK Skellington

Jack’s mask alone

I don’t need to say that the very classical Halloween skeleton gloves are indeed great and useful for Jack’s costume.

Santa hat for turning Jack’s into Christmas mood!

Other characters in the movie

Zero (Jack’s dog)

Major Tom

Oogie Boogie

pumpkin prop “Halloween town”

Singing…. “This is halloween! This halloween! halloween! halloween!!”

I loved  GHOSTBUSTERS movie when a child (well the first part at least as I felt very dissapointed with the sequel) curiously after so long now that there are rumours of a new Ghostbusters movie on the making…  so somehow these days i’ve had the tune again in my head and one can imagine that pretty soon they’ll be back into fashion… I think they’ll work with the original cast… yay for nostalgics like me… raised in the eighties….
Ghostbusters had many elements of silly comedies… but laughable as it is it had al  so some creepy moments too…

In the picture above you  you can see a very accurate replica of the costume,  you can download the pdf step-by-step tutorial from INSTRUCTABLES webpage. Download PDF
All the materials you need can be found here

Are you not handy but still want to opt for the best ghostbuster (and expensive) option, you can get  all sort of props and even an exact replica  of the proton pack in real scale too purchasing all the pieces along together. there are even very expensive props with light and sound, just like the next one.

Other options, pluses and things you might need

Above you can  see a ghostbuster movie logo  embroidered  iron patch that you may need to customize your clothes into an official “ghostbuster” outfit.

or the whole jumpsuit

Don’t forget to get a pair of black gloves (details are important)

Ahhh  the final touch… YOU NEED to get into the mood listening to the Ghostbusters soon… I know it’s a hit from the eighties… but WHO DOESN’T KNOW this great song? It’s the idiosyncracy and spirit self of the ghostbusters movie… and has a great groove too!!, if you’re making an entrance somewhere you need it…
You can get it from itunes, amazon and other digital retailers. There’s no doubt this is a Halloween party hit!!

Download mp3 song GHOSTBUSTERS from AMAZON (0.99 c)

If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood, Who ya gonna call …?