Wagner from Dr Faustus

Sarrabear

I have designed,  dyed, printed the fabrics, laser cut the cogs, hand pained, and made the demon puppet. 
The entire costume,  even the crochet collar and cuffs for the under shirt were hand made by me. This has been a labour of love, because the model is my daughter, so I even made the wearer. 
The balloon breaches are 3 layers, a calico under layer to take the weight of the fabric, a shot silk overdyed layer which was then printed onto using screen printing, then the final layer consisting of 16 woollen sections,  all edged in satin bias binding, hand sewn so there are no visible stitches. I do love making things appear as though there're no seams. Creating invisible stitches takes a lot of time, but is definitely worth it, if there were to be close ups. If it was theatrical,  at work others say "can you tell from 50 feet away?" though I still find it difficult to let go and relax. I wouldn't want someone with a really good camera to pick up on stitching that was incorrect, either for the period,  or just for my peace of mind. 
Creating an entire costume from a thought in my daughter's head, drawing,  drafting patterns,  toiles,  fabric dyeing, printing, ageing, embellishments, it's a long process,  but I love it. 
There are times I wish I had a less demanding client, but as I love her, I couldn't give her less than what she wanted. 

Sarrabear

Calico pattern toile, for initial fitting. From making the toiles, I knew what better shapes to work with, though the stiffness of calico doesn't give the same softness of the shot silk in the balloon breeches, it's still useful for getting the pattern size correct.   Note the ridiculous size of the codpiece. She wanted a comically large one, like Lord Flash heart in Blackadder. I preferred the initial hose, though she decided against these, and wanted a softer fabric, and for them to look less regimented.