Feeling Festive

So I've started o get into the festive spirt and started to make seasonal head flowers to sell. I know i'm early however Im wanting to start to make fascinators and hair flowers to earn some money and also to get my name known to possibly buyers. 

These hair flowers are straight forward and didn't cost much to make. 

Simply using a glue gun was easy enough to make all these different styles. 

Taking a step into wonderland

Sunderland had an amazing display of the classic Alice and Wonderland in roker park which started in early october to November. 

All the lights were beautifully designed and set out amazingingly all around the park making it a beautiful walk for all the locals. I read up that the display was made by the people who decorate blackpool light display which are known for their beautiful displays. 

A Night In Africa

I managed to get last minute tickets to see the stunning theatra verion of The Lion King. Everyone in their lifetime and especially their childhood has grown up watching the Disneys Lion Kings and it's a family film everyone loves and can sing along too. 

The theatre musical of the lion king is now onto it's 15th successful year and is sold out world wide on every tour. 

The costuming and stage design is beautifully constructed to show every characters important role. 

Julie Taymor is the director, costume and stage designer and worked along Elton John for music.

The Lion King so far has been one of the best musicals i've seen on stage and would recommend anyone who can get tickets to do so, worth every penny.

As photography was not allowed I have sorced images from pintrest to show how amazing the costumes were. 

Movie Treasures

Today I visited the Celebirty Movie Treasures exhibition at the Kirkletham Museam In Redcarr. 

This exhibition was open to see set and costumes made for popular films and tours which we all love today. 

Geri Halliwells famous platformed boots.

Michael Jacksons tour jackett

Batman Returns penguin Gang Skull Costume

 Marilyn Monroes famous little black dress

Pirattes Of the Caribbean, Pirate Costume

The Aadams Family Wednesday Dress

Sleep Hallow: 

Johnny Depps Coat

Here I got a close up detail of the ageing and dressing which was placed on the bottom of the coat which would be the mud as the coat would be trailing across while he walked.

Sleep Hallow : Christian Riccis costume 

Grahm Nortans : Golden Velvet Blazer

The Mask Loki Costume

Here are some close ups of the age and distressing bullet wounds of the costume.

Belle

Finally after months of telling myself I need to watch the film Belle I managed to find the time to sit down and relax and enjoy this amazing film!

The 18th Century is my favourite era for costume, the rococo style is beautiful and elaborate and all the pastles, ribbon and lace is everything I love about this style!

Belle is set in the 18th century and is based on a true story. Dido is a young would who's mother was a black slave who was in love with her father who was a rich sailor. Sadly her mother passed however as her father was out at see he begged his family to take care of Dido. 

This film is basically about Dido's place in society as a black woman who has grown up in such luxury. 

Belle is an extrodinary film with beautiful costume designs. 

The costume designer for Belle was Anushia Nieradzik, a woman who I haven't heard about and when doing some research I haven't seen or heard of any films she has down. However the beautiful work she has done for Belle I'm sure I will see something new soon. 

Dracula

I have been dying to see the new Dracula film that was released this month and finally I managed to go and I must say I was not dissopointed!

Dracula is a remake of all the previous films which has told this famous story however with a more of a dramatical twist which really worked well.

Dracula is played by Luke Evans an actor I am very fond of as he has also stared in the second Hobbit film. The director of this film was Gary Shaw who is new to the filming industry. Personally I find he has  worked very well on this film and directored it very well.

The costumes wear all beautifully produced and the amount of detail that had gone into one garment was equizive. Alot of the costume that was made for this film was armour work which I don't normally take an interest in however all the small detail carved into each suit was beautiful. The costume designer was Ngila Dickson one of my favorite designers who has worked on my favorite triligy The Lord Of the Rings. 

 

Darling Designs

So my amazing and talented friend, Samuel Fisher, created an illustration of me for my blogs to give it a professional look. 

So apart from totally falling in love with my new header, I've created a Facebook page for myself to show all my university work and also self projects which I hope people will love.

I'm also wanted to create an etsy account in the near future to start selling some handmade garments such as skirts, tops and dresses. I'm also going to start making small fascinators.

I would love if anyone who likes my blog would also like to follow my page.

www.facebook/wilsondarlingdesigns

Cosprop

Cosprop is a recent company I've just discovered and have took a great interest in. Cosprop is  company which produces many historical garments used for films and programs, they have been open and successful since 1964. Cosprop also has it's own personal museum open to designers and producers who are wanting inspiration in creating their own designs. 

Cosprop is a company i'm very interested in looking more into and following in their footsteps as historical costume is something I am very interested in. Also the use of embroidery in all historical garments is also another specialist area i'm looking in doing in-depth research in.   

Here I have attached some images from the Cosprop website to show some of their beautiful work. 

http://www.cosprop.com/home/

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