Browncoat Costuming
POSTED BY: slayerfan1975
UPDATED: Friday, September 16, 2005 03:30
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I was impressed with all the costuming at Dragon*Con this weekend. Was curious for those either dressed as Zoe or Mal as to where you got the items for your costume. I know one company was selling the jackets and the vests but honestly, I don't want to pay that amount of $$$. Any info much appreciated.
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www.bitablue.com sells Chinese style clothing. I bought a silk shirt there for the opening. It's not a copy of what any of our big damn heroes wear, but I think it fits into the general style of clothing seen in the show.
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Thank you.
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*push*
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I had a thought that I will try out this weekend, since I'm not rollin in coin. I want a Browncoat. My thought is to check out a few thrift stores & find a used lab coat. Then hopefully I can take some brown dye & create my "coat of a brownish color" I'll let you know if it turns out.
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Found a coat, I'll see how it turns out & let you all know.
"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion
Stillshiny's Shop - I'm thinkin we rose again
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=4728
Listen to "The Signal" www.serenityfirefly.com
Serenity is coming. 9/30/05
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I was so looking forward to Abbyshot's "Mal coat" and "Zoe vest," but I just can't justify spending that amount of cash on a bit of clothing.
So I made my own "Mal coat," "Zoe vest" and "Kaylee coveralls." (I also made River's blue dress from the BDM, but I didn't bring it; had the goggles, though... hee....) I'd like to point out now that my sewing maching hates me, but I was still able to make the stuff:
Mal's brown coat
I bought the brown suede coat from eBay, cut up and re-sewed it so it looks like Mal's, and I had to custom make the metal clasps, which was really fun. The dark brown leather cuffs were just some inexpensive pleather from Jo-Ann Fabrics. All in all, the clasps were definitely the most difficult.
Zoe vest
In a local fabric warehouse, I stumbled across some incredibly soft (*purrrrr*) brown leather that closely resembles the color of Zoe's vest. I think it cost me about $15. I found a pattern for a shirt that more or less matched the lines needed for Zoe's vest, and customized it from there. Honestly, really very easy to do, and this is coming from someone who's never sewed with or without a pattern before. I ended up making two vests; the first was made out of similar color pleather, cuz it's cheap and easy to find, so I didn't mind cutting it to bits and fiddling with it. Once I perfected the vest in pleather, I made one in my soft leather. So, um, if anyone wants a pleather version of Zoe's vest, I have one! (Size small... I can send photos....)
Kaylee coveralls
These can be found at a bunch of different places. I found mine at some girly store at the mall, which surprised the hell outta me. I made the heart and flower "patches" out of felt and just glued them on, cuz I seem to have crappy luck with real patches. Heh. The teddy bear "patch" was an applique that someone found on eBay and posted somewhere on the site; it is dead accurate, too. There is a bunch of Chinese written or stamped on Kaylee's coveralls - one of which is "love" - but I couldn't make them all out and I forgot to bring them to work to get translation help, so I left them off.
I also brought and wore a bunch of my Serenity and "Jayne" shirts that I've made. (Thanks to everyone who complimented me on the shirts. Even Adam said the "Trouble Maker" shirt was "spot-on" accurate, which made me giggle like a little girl.) That's all I can think of. ... Was that too much information? Sometimes I ramble. 
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No, not too much info at all. Only thing is I don't have a sewing machine so most things I am gonna have to by as is. I can sew buttons, that is about it. But thanks for all the heads up. I think I may go out and do some shopping this weekend :)
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Two Words: Thrift Stores. There's a huge thrift store in my neighborhood that has dollar days Sunday and Monday. I bought a red and green Zoe shirt and a pair of green and tan pants for $1.00 each. Then a pair of boots for $3.00. The "big" ticket items were the vest, which my roommate sewed for me and the gun which my dad carved for me, but not everyone is lucky that way The holster was probably most expensive and made out of a big piece of leather but I made a couple of proto types first, so that added to the cost. Most costume pieces can be had in thrift stores.
By the way, SlayerFan you can hand sew. Takes more time but allows you to customize!
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yea, as long as I don't have to sew in a straight line hehehe
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