Costume Gallery > Maleficent
Character:
Maleficent, Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Owned by:
Private collection of Liz Eaton
First worn at:
Designed to the NINES, 14th annual NBCCD fashion show
Who doesn't love this Disney villainess? Sleeping Beauty already stands out among Disney's movies, and I think Maleficent ranks as an all time favourite of most fans; she does after all turn into one of the coolest-looking dragons ever.
I chose to make this one a little different then the classic cartoon version. It's more fitted up top and I used patterned fabric. I had been to a traveling exhibit of props and costumes from the Lord of the Rings movies a few years ago in Boston, and was very surprised to see that the black robes of the Ringwraiths were actually a tone on tone pattern. In the movie, they read only as black. I loved that idea and so I used it for this costume. The overall effect of a tone on tone rose motif and cut work velvet is much richer-looking then a plain black robe, and I think it really brought the costume to life. I used four layers of multi-coloured organza for the reddish purple vents at the hem and it has been lined with a crinkled purple taffeta.
This costume also caused me to jump head first into the realm of millinery work (hat making), because a black robe alone does not make this evil fairy; she needs her horns to be complete.
Maleficent, Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Owned by:
Private collection of Liz Eaton
First worn at:
Designed to the NINES, 14th annual NBCCD fashion show
Who doesn't love this Disney villainess? Sleeping Beauty already stands out among Disney's movies, and I think Maleficent ranks as an all time favourite of most fans; she does after all turn into one of the coolest-looking dragons ever.
I chose to make this one a little different then the classic cartoon version. It's more fitted up top and I used patterned fabric. I had been to a traveling exhibit of props and costumes from the Lord of the Rings movies a few years ago in Boston, and was very surprised to see that the black robes of the Ringwraiths were actually a tone on tone pattern. In the movie, they read only as black. I loved that idea and so I used it for this costume. The overall effect of a tone on tone rose motif and cut work velvet is much richer-looking then a plain black robe, and I think it really brought the costume to life. I used four layers of multi-coloured organza for the reddish purple vents at the hem and it has been lined with a crinkled purple taffeta.
This costume also caused me to jump head first into the realm of millinery work (hat making), because a black robe alone does not make this evil fairy; she needs her horns to be complete.