Thread: Costume conversions!

Have you ever taken a costume and messed with it more than just size adjustments and adding a few beads? I really love to see what people do to enhance their costumes or make non flattering costumes work for them. Lets see your handy work!!

I don't know if I want to show my feather Eman that is no longer feathered. It may upset some people but I just didn't like how it looked, so I ripped them out. It's not drammatically enhanced, but looks much better in my opinion. I'll try to take a pic.

I turned this:




into this:

That's a nice conversion. I really like the two piece version, especially the skirt!

impressive!

Yay! That looks great!

I wish I could find previous pictures of what I converted. I might be able to come up with one, but I did them a couple of years ago.

I'm impressed.

I turned this dress into this...
Sorry, the pic isn't great.

Shems...holy crap. That's awesome. I would never have thought that doable!!

Love that one too Linny!

I love adding things to my costumes! I added beading to my Bella costume on the arm bands.
Costume project pictures by monsoondancer - Photobucket

Looks really good!

My first was a few years ago:

Before and after:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales... - Operation Defugged!

The process:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales...

And a fairly well-known one, my "fire" fixing:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales... - Fire! Your very long Fire post

Shems, I have seen pics of that costume before and was wondering where you got it. That is incredible!

Oh, and heres a future conversion plan!

I just swapped costumes and got a skin colored Eman with white lace on it. Its waaaaay too plain so I think im going to do some dramatic draping with some strand of pearls. Maybe make a few pearl and crystal brooches too.

Originally Posted by ozma

My first was a few years ago:

Before and after:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales... - Operation Defugged!

The process:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales...

And a fairly well-known one, my "fire" fixing:
Buggirl's Increasingly Strange Tokyo Tales... - Fire! Your very long Fire post

I love the commentary- Oh! The inner drama! Thanks for posting.

Shems - my jaw dropped...I'm impressed!

I converted an el cheapo annoying cabaret bra into a pretty kick butt tribaret bra that i will actually wear in public....I must take a pic (I don't think I have a before shot though...the thing was hideous! LOL

Originally Posted by shems

I turned this:




into this:

holy crap that's amazing!

That's what happens when you lust for costumes you can't afford. The dress was a Turkish Emporium troupe costume, which I liked, but I wasn't wearing dresses much anymore since I left my troupe in Utah, so I drew inspiration from a Sim Moda Evi aka Oriental Originals design (French Quarter, I'm sure many of you have seen it) and I made my own version. It was a big project, but the final result fits like a glove and is the easiest costume I have as far as just throwing it on and going.

Originally Posted by shems

That's what happens when you lust for costumes you can't afford. The dress was a Turkish Emporium troupe costume, which I liked, but I wasn't wearing dresses much anymore since I left my troupe in Utah, so I drew inspiration from a Sim Moda Evi aka Oriental Originals design (French Quarter, I'm sure many of you have seen it) and I made my own version. It was a big project, but the final result fits like a glove and is the easiest costume I have as far as just throwing it on and going.

I 100% understand!

Ozma your costumes conversions always rock! They are unbelievable.