Your Fantasy Costume

Dark Fusion Boutique is a shop that features clothing and accessories designed by Lucretia*Renee of Serpentine- Theatrical Fire Fusion Bellydance located in Portland, Oregon.Her design style was initially inspired by her many years of performing in theatrical firedance and bellydance productions.  Really striking and eye-catch,  mosly in black, red, and cream colour, and several items matching each other so you can pick several combinations that will work perfectly for your bellydance  or stage outfit. Her clothing design style has become an elegant yet edgy fusion of fetish, tribal bellydance, goth, burlesque, circus, vaudeville, and steampunk. What makes her clothing unique is her form-fitting and sexy placement of seams, layered fabrics and textures, and her feminine twist on the fetish aesthetic inspired by the art of  dance and the Goddess. It has also a collection of lovely gloves and other accessories. You can visit their official site pointed above or go directly to Dark Fusion Boutique etsy store to look for in stock items.

Above: lovely vest with feathers

I particularly loved these skirts, love the combination of different patterns and fabrics in a rag way… I may get one of this eventually…

or this other, even more morrigan raven’s mood

I wish I had the body for the tops!! but if you do, they look awesome

As we always do link articles if you like this style of clothing you might also want to refresh about our previous article about Plume designs

Moresca is a New York based company specialized in fairy-tale, fantasy and renaissance costumes. I had the chance to see the wonderful bodices, garments, gowns and accesories when I attended as performer to the faeriecon last 2009.

I fell in love with the seagull short bodice but I wasn’t fast enough! people grabbed them in one day… as lovely as they were. I’ll probably will be getting this one for a videoclip. I think it’s heavenly adorable. It belongs to the MORESCA  “seagull” collection, though I think of an “artic wolf” too and that’s the way I want to characterize myself with it.

Above: seagull short bodice (AW I want it)

For those bellydancers and girls with a body that can provide grace to this, there were absolutely stunning tribal pieces like the own below. A fellow performer used a red set and she was looking absolutely great.

In the fairy ball also the faery bodices (that you can actually order in different colors, brocades and  floral ornaments) were pretty popular and despite sharing design they were all different and certainly customized and unique…  This is on the ohhh wouldn’t mind list too.

Oh I just needed to share also  pouch like this one… they’re so faery. They have a wealth of wonderful bags, so pretty that I’d not been able to pick one!

Talking about bigger things, there are also some unique and one of a kind items… and they’re indeed showing they are…!!  From simple (yet very sexy) hooded velvet capes and dresses to fairytale luxurious models.

Above: The “Mega” model  made from a beautiful color range of jacquards.

Revealing, with monastic overtones. The one a man tends to get for his woman. The waistband laces firmly in the back, under the full length cape. Generous hood. Dry clean.

Moresca fairytale wedding dress

ahh and for men too!! tons of options for Prince charming and other Castle inhabitants…!!

Faire Lady is a store that has bits of many items you might need for a Ren Fair, from Civil war versatile skirts, to cinchers,  ren corsets and bodices, pirate coats and chemises, petal skirts, tribal dance turkish vests, veils tribal and belly dance wear. It also features several accesories as belts, vests,  hoop skirts and even hats.  Below you’ll see a lovely pirate boned cincher:

You can opt from complete costumes or get the pieces separately. This lovely store based in Oregon features a wide collection of items that really stands out because of their sturdy aspect and fine quality. Chemises and ren bodices are offered in different colors and even all tapestry like this one. It seems to have also a nice push up effect…!  (aside of the gorgeous model I’m sure) Some are also reversible so you get two looks for the price of one!!

Petal skirts are delightful and offered in several colours,  there are
also chemises and skirts in plain colours so you can combine. particularly love this petal skirt  in purple and black , woudn’t mind to grab it!!

The Princess Leia’s slave bikini has been indeed very popular in fairs and conventions… It’s very sexy (for those fortunate girls that can wear it (not me right now ). I remember when I first watched the “Return of the Jedi” movie in which actress Carrie Fisher was wearing this infamous and rather scarce of fabric costume, that she looked absolutely great, and it’s in fact I wish I had that body (sigh!). Still if you need to refresh your memory… here you can find the old star wards trilogy and The return of the Jedi movies

You can read a tutorial to make your own in this website “make your own princess leia slave bikini” and also read a lot of the background story of this garment in the star wars wikio page

There’s even a website to this specific Leia’s garment called Leia’s metal bikini. There you´ll find tutorials and also you can find a costume (aprox 350 $), a must see resource for lovers of this garment.

If you want the most accurate replica, Metalbikini2002 ebay store can make you one, then It takes 2-4 weeks to get one of these but it’s indeed amazing, it’s only for the hard parts casted in resin, then you’d have to manage to add the fabric parts, but still the detail of the replica worth in this option. It includes also the boots parts . Click on the picture. You can also  customize the color and some other options. It costs around 400$

Another high quality option for your Princess Leia costume below:

Polishing details you can add this handmade collar with chain included… to accent the “slave mood” in a precise way.

And even some hair extensions with a long braid that you can match with your own hair color if you’re not wearing such long hair.

And you could be freak enough to wear your dog as Leia? hmm maybe YOU are . I personally found this so extremely cute and I cannot resist to post it here… awwww! You can find it in fact in several sizes … though poor creature….!

And to finish this article I wanted to remind you about an earlier article about the crafter “Organic Armour”, that offers similar yet very different models of bikinis of this kind, not exactly the Leia’s one but in a very similar mood.