Help with a River costume from Serenity

POSTED BY: Marvintherobot
UPDATED: Monday, October 8, 2007 08:01
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MARVINTHEROBOT

Monday, September 17, 2007 8:43 AM

Hi i am planing on being River for Halloween this year. I have already obtained some really awsome boots that match her's from the movie off of eBay and now i am in need of a little help with the costume.
I am planning on making the costume she wears during the Heist scene in the opening of the film. i have obtained pictures of it from the Propstore archive but am having trouble comming up with a pattern for it. is there any one who could help me with this? if you can please post here or e-mail me at marvin.the.robot@sbcglobal.net

Thank you in advance!!

ARTCAT81

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:50 PM

not the heist dress, buut.. this one if dyed a dark blue would be fantastic for the maidenhead dress. it needs some slight simplification at the neck http://cgi.ebay.com/ICE-BLUE-WHITE-SILK-FLORAL-LINED-DRAPED-DRESS-8-NW
T-98_W0QQitemZ110151695384QQihZ001QQcategoryZ63861QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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ARTCAT81

Saturday, September 22, 2007 1:28 AM

http://www.propstore.com/product-River-Maidenhead-Bar-Dress.htm

here is the real maidenhead dress

here is the real heist scene under dress (well or so my theory goes.. because it looks awefully similar to the underdress from the heist its actually the dress from teh cockpit scene

http://www.propstore.com/product-River-End-Scene-Cockpit-Dress.htm

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

MARVINTHEROBOT

Saturday, September 22, 2007 3:13 AM

Yeah i found the pictures of it and that is the under dress. it is just hard to make a pattern fro the rest cause i could only find pictures that show frontal views.

I found a dress on eBay that is really similar i would just have to alter it a bit but i don't know if i am going to buy it cause i also found a pattern that would work for the under dress and the brown shirt... the croche part is mainly the problem now.

ARTCAT81

Saturday, September 22, 2007 3:30 AM

http://serenifly.tripod.com/serenityriver3.html this may help a bit

and fo rhte crochet over thingy.. get something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-INTERNATIONAL-CONCEPT-BROWN-CROCHET-SWEATER-SM
ALL_W0QQitemZ270166415162QQihZ017QQcategoryZ63866QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and cut and pin it to shape

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

MARVINTHEROBOT

Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:36 AM

Thank you so much! those pictures will really help!
I hope to have pictures of the finished product up as soon as i can!

ARTCAT81

Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:27 PM

nto soemting you need for your river costume, but just saw some fantastic river boots on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140163941230&fromMa
keTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

VIOLYNS

Saturday, October 6, 2007 10:40 PM

Thanks for referencing my site, artcat81. It's there to help.

I love that costume! Please let us know how it turns out!

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~mia
"I will never cease to fly if held down."

Serenifly Costumes http://serenifly.tripod.com

SHAMELESS

Monday, October 8, 2007 8:01 AM

Bought that dress on Ebay! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for that link, it's perfect! Can't wait until it arrives...

As for boots? Check these out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140166175889&ssPage
Name=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Stores&refitem=140163941230&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget

Not quite my size, but have a go!

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