Your Fantasy Costume

Above: one of my favourite Imp and Pixie coat with asymetrical front
Weather is getting colder and you may be looking for a pretty coat to feel warmer and comfortable. Imp and Pixie features a little but lovely collection of coats inspired in the forest magical creatures. They’re very wearable and would do also with any jeans for your urban daily life. I always say… why people does dress always in such standard way and pay a lot of money for  boring design that is no risky or special at all? That is when I come to find all these lovely al small manufacturers that come out with a comfortably but still eye catchy coat (suitable both for man and woman), not only to dress yourself as a pixie but also be comfortable when doing it if it’s an outdoors event.  I always think that in fantasy fairs most girls cover themselves only  with ivy, glitter  and fairy wings but forget about the risk to get a pneumonia LOL. If you cover yourself of course do it with something fitting and also useful for your daily “fae” wear.

Above: fairy wings can be taken out of the jacket… Isn’t that JUST ABSOLUTELY cool?

They´re made to order (in different color and lining) taking an average of a couple of weeks, though I read from the manufacturer soon they’ll have ready to buy articles. All quilting design is freestyle and will vary for each piece making each jacket unique. As winter is just around the bend you’d do better having a look it Imp & Pixie.

Have a look to our previous articles about urban faerie wear  and shoes like pixie pixie, senjo clothing and others. They match just so perfectly.

Gypsy moon’s company has created a collection called Brian Froud’s faery wear inspired in the  fairy illustrations by talented Brian Froud (designer of movies like “The Dark Crystal” and “Into the labyrinth” he has rendered a wealth of fairy books from which I would highlight “good fairies and bad fairies” book, one of my favourites. Romantic, floaty gowns of sheer silk and chiffon and also coats and blouses ready for a more urban approach to a modern fairy, no matter what size or age.

To visit the official website of Brian and Wendy Froud to discover their stunning art visit WORLD OF FROUD.

Senjo Clothing is a small  newly started  fashion company with unique and one of a kind items. Everything is handmade to order and fitted personally so you guarantee no two items are totally the same. Keeping small stocks   you can also pick a specific choice of colours/fabrics you would like to be used to be 100% sure you’ll be satisfied. Dresses, coats, arm warmers and even accesories… be sure to have a look to this wonderful website and emerging company.

You can’t tell how much I loved this wonderful arm warmers…!

We featured previously another wonderful website called Alien Skin, Senjo is similar in the fact that also offers casual faerie wear, but it has a lovely and distinct and unique in style collection itself.

I have quite a few garments from this lovely shop that I’ve used quite a lot in my performances. The Dark Angel is an international company that ships world wide exquisite fairytale clothing for women, men and children. It also keeps a regular “bargain or best offers” section which is reason alone to bookmark it. Beside the models listed they also have a couture line that you can ask about for special events like weddings or prom balls. They are actually increasing catalog and working on new models and I’m yearning for their new red “Avalon dress” and the red gothic fairy dress made also in ivory. But for men they keep also a wide range of lovely coats capes and shirts, to give that vampire, poet, or pirate look. As it names suggests The Dark Angel has a spice of Dark into it, and many of the models would switch perfectly that “Interview with a vampire” look.

Below I show some pics of the garments from them I already own and use for my own performances.

Of course they look much better on the model than in me, but still i was so happy to give them use on stage and some photoshoots, Dark angel are very comfortable, even their corsets will not really cinch your waist but put things in proper place and very wearable. My advice is to get even if they are made the actual size, always a size a little smaller than your actual one as they tend to be loose (most of then have though laces or straps to make them adjustable). I have the three gowns posted above, and a few corsets as well but be sure to check the rest of their shop. The white fantasia dress has a lot of fabric and feels heavy in a lovely way and you can see me in a you tube video performing with it here. The damselle dress is a rather simple medieval mood garment but fits like a glove, will make you feel slender, it has really a gracious shape. Below you can see a picture of myself in a photo shoot with the Purple gothic fairy dress that you can watch above.

Priscilla Hernandez with “Gothic Fairy Dress” by Dark Angel.
Photoart and wing design by Priscilla Hernandez

I’m adding some pics of me featuring Dark Angels items in my gallery so be sure to check it out.