Okay, so you're thinking to yourself, "Why is she dressed like the Grim Reaper?"
No?
A Ringwraith?
Maybe a Bene Gesserit?
The fact that I can jump easily from Tolkien to Herbert should clue you in to the kind of nerd I am, but instead of jumping from High Fantsay to Science Fiction, let's land squarely between the two.
My childhood began and ended with Star Wars. I was 6 years old in May of 1977. By 1980, it was official: I wanted to be Princess Leia when I grew up. I will stop, now, and not bore you with the details, but suffice it to say, I did a fairly credible job of it for a little girl on a farm in Arkansas. It helped that in some bizarre twist of the universe, I was the only little girl in my family during the 70s and 80s, so it was very easy to be a princess, then. I am married now, with three sons and two cats (both male), so it's still easy to be a princess.
Currently, you are saying to yourself, "I'm no expert on Star Wars, but I'm pretty sure that's not a Princess Leia costume", and you're correct (by the way, I know a Star Wars expert. He's one of my very good friends, and we'll talk more about him in paragraph or so). The wonders of the Star Wars Universe are ever expanding, and thankfully populated with more women, now, who (also thankfully) don't all wear metal bikinis or spandex jumpsuits (I'm a bit fluffy for that). I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye when I was in 4th grade. I was reading Timothy Zahn when my first child was born. I've not read all the EU (that's Expanded Universe for those not hip to the lingo) novels, but I have read a fair amount of them. We have most of the video games in house, too. Anyway, from this expanded universe comes the costume I am currently working on, Darth Traya.
I began the concept work on this costume in September 2011. It started with a text from the above mentioned Star Wars expert, that I should do a 501st Costume. Who? I countered. A Sith! Was the response. So after several more texts back and forth as we drove through a rainstorm on the way back from Dragon*Con, I settled on Darth Traya. The first couple of months was costume research and putting together a binder of all the standards to which one must adhere in the making of a costume deemed acceptable by the 501st. In December, I started collecting supplies. By February, I began the sewing. Now, I am almost done. Just a bit of leather work and final touches before it's ready to submit the pictures. And now I realize these pictures are a bit outdated. I've already done alterations from here. I'll have to get those up, soon.
If you're fabulously interested in knowing more about her, you can visit here: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Traya
Currently, you are saying to yourself, "I'm no expert on Star Wars, but I'm pretty sure that's not a Princess Leia costume", and you're correct (by the way, I know a Star Wars expert. He's one of my very good friends, and we'll talk more about him in paragraph or so). The wonders of the Star Wars Universe are ever expanding, and thankfully populated with more women, now, who (also thankfully) don't all wear metal bikinis or spandex jumpsuits (I'm a bit fluffy for that). I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye when I was in 4th grade. I was reading Timothy Zahn when my first child was born. I've not read all the EU (that's Expanded Universe for those not hip to the lingo) novels, but I have read a fair amount of them. We have most of the video games in house, too. Anyway, from this expanded universe comes the costume I am currently working on, Darth Traya.
I began the concept work on this costume in September 2011. It started with a text from the above mentioned Star Wars expert, that I should do a 501st Costume. Who? I countered. A Sith! Was the response. So after several more texts back and forth as we drove through a rainstorm on the way back from Dragon*Con, I settled on Darth Traya. The first couple of months was costume research and putting together a binder of all the standards to which one must adhere in the making of a costume deemed acceptable by the 501st. In December, I started collecting supplies. By February, I began the sewing. Now, I am almost done. Just a bit of leather work and final touches before it's ready to submit the pictures. And now I realize these pictures are a bit outdated. I've already done alterations from here. I'll have to get those up, soon.
If you're fabulously interested in knowing more about her, you can visit here: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Traya
Oh, and "What's the 501st?"
Look here: http://www.501st.com/
Who is the Star Wars Expert you were talking about?
Look here: http://www.nerdneerdowell.com/
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