String up those Lily's

Over the last couple of weeks i took on some extra work, working on costumes for 2 first year films. 'Spinster lily' was a fantasy genre and 'Strings' was steampunk. the films costumes mainly needed current clothing to be styilised as there was not enough time to make the costumes from fabric. For this i asked pippa to help me out and assist me, which im so glad that she did otherwise i would probably have turned into an actual stress ball.

Spinster Lily

Spinster Lily

The Spinster lily shoot was in studland for the second day of filming which involved 3 of the 4 characters. part of these costumes were sourced at the uni's costume store and others, such as the cloaks, where made of scraps of fabric i owned which were dyed in the dye room.

The last day of filming was in talbot woods which was nice apart from the weather trying to rain. overall the costumes held up well with very little sewing needed. although i was stressed about the costumes coming together and looking right of the characters i think the colour scheme and fabrics were good. i think the cloaks could have been broken down a little, but theres no real point dweling on things that cant be changed.

Strings

Strings

Strings was a much bigger task with alot more characters, luckily alot of the costumes were recycled, using scraps of fabric to create the puppet look and paints to add metallic tints to some of the costume. pippa was able to find some amazing last minute clothes from the costume store as we didn't have enough trousers and shirts that fitted the characters. alterations and fittings were difficult for me and pippa to do and so luckily lucy helped with alterations. as there were so many characters the fitting would have taken a long time to do with just pippa and me, but holly was kind enough to help out which was amazing. danae also helped out alot with the making process, sewing on the patches on to fabric. i think with out them i would have exploded....

Despite a couple of mishaps in filming the costumes help up well and luckily suited the set. i wish i had more time to have created the costumes for both spinster lily and strings but i think the costumes that we were able to create does capture the feel of the films. it was a great experience and loads of fun.

Strings can be watched here:
Strings Short