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Reverie of Solace: delicate fairy fantasy couture

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Above: Water nymph fairy dress Reveries of Solace is  inspired in fantasy. crafter Carlota Sisco has been working on it over 15 years. Each desing unique and mingle numerous sources of inspiration from vintage to renaissance, rendered as  one of a kind delicate pieces as a result of the combination of multiple techniques sometimes taking months to complete a piece. You can  see a portfolio at the official website www.fantasycouture.com. The official site is more a portfolio and also a custom contact email so you can get in touch with the designer and make and get information about a personalized custom to be made. As you can see by the pictures we´re talking about superb quality. FRom vintage to surreal, a work of extreme delicacy.

 

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland White Queen Halloween costume ideas

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Above:Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Mirana The White Queen portrayed by Anne Hathaway (see wikipedia article about the background of this character) One of the most eye catching characters portrayed in Tim Burton's Alice in wonderland movie is the White Queen Character. We had previously covered an article about the Red Queen... so now we go for her sister and antagonist.

 
Your dressmaker

Your Dress Maker: historical, pagan, gothic... a bit of everything!

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Your dress maker is an ebay store that lists some historical and renaissance garments. All clothes can be custom tailored to fit your size.  The company is based in Thailand and offers some really full garments for quite affordable prices. The store lists in several languages so you can be sure about the purchase process. Above: Taffeta renaissance Gown. Made of taffeta and decorated with pearls. The gown is fastened with laces at the back. The upper part is boned and fully lined. It features a collection of historical garments from a wide range of prices from medieval to Italian renaissance, Tudor, French Baroque (these would be an add to our previous Marie Antoniette´s article) , Civil War and more...  From noble clothing to peasants...

 

Andralys: Medieval and fairy fantasy gowns

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If you want to go for a custom made dress, here's a wonderful site that features the works of  Andralys: Angelique Stock french costume maker and designer. From  medieval to victorian and prerraphaelite (like out of a Waterhouse' painting)  and even daring to feature some steampunk inspired models, it showcases some custom and one of a kind works and also post her sketches and ideas for her upcoming projects. You can order too bridal garments and just surf among the selected photographs that will expose the quality and versatility of this garments.

 

Ravenswood: amazing leather pirate coats

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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.

 

Glory Gowns... a renaissance fantasy

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Linda Blankenship has been a seamtress for over 40 years, and now she specializes in fantasy garments from celtic, ren to lord of the rings elven dresses. Her Renaissance gowns are a two-piece with chemise with arm treatments. She recently opened a website to showcase her wonderful garments called GLORY GOWNS.