the hi-low shape of the skirt offers a peek at both sides at once. the idea between day and night is that the skirt represents the same setting, the same valley, at different times in the story.
i can’t remember how many rhinestones…more than 1000.
DEX VOCALOID COSPLAY TUMBLR MOVIE
the comets are stylized to look more like the colorful sunburst stars from the movie and are a combination of rhinestones and hand-sewn beads. The nighttime side continues the ribbons from the other side, but makes them blue comet trails. the fake tree is now decorating my living room (after a good dusting), and the flowers are all on this skirt (after a good washing). the pink flowers in particular were a serendipitous find from my neighbors throwing out a fake tree with those flowers all over it. the flowers are all hand-sewn into place. The daytime side has grasses, leaves, and stems made of several colors and widths of ribbon, trimmed and singed into shape, and then sewn on to the tulle. i had to hand sew the daytime side of the skirt to the ruffles, and man, it was not fun to hand-sew 8 yards. the ruffles along the hem were a huge pain and were something like 75 yards of fabric before i stacked them into 25 yards (3 layers) and then ruffled it down to 8 yards (the circumference of the skirt’s hem pre-ruffles). it contains around 4 layers of fabric (2 layers of blue tulle, 1 layer of pale blue satin, 1 layer of navy blue silk dupioni. the shape, laid out, is like a weird oval that starts to curve in on itself. #the LEAVES are HEMMED (via tag made me happy, but also made me want to ramble about some parts of ~the making of~ this outfit. Started posting old videos on tiktok so why not post here too? here’s some close ups on my “like starlight” look inspired by howl’s moving castle in motion!