Thread: Victorian costumes - help me pick!

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While my party doesn't really have a theme, I'm doing the front office up as a Victorian parlor. I thought it would be good to tie in mine and my husband's costumes but we can't decide what we'd rather go as. Help me choose!

love the idea rikki so cool

Thanks dogman!
Whatever we do, make up and special effects need to be kept to a minimum. I need the majority of the costume to be in the clothes. I don't have time to do anything elaborate make up-wise because I have to spend the day finishing food and decorations for the party.

I'm thinking Gary Oldman / Winona Ryder style Dracula & Mina. Not how he dresses while at his castle but how he dresses when he's trying to seduce Mina.

Here are examples of the look I'd like to get. The biggest problem is budget...I'd like to keep each costume under $150 (preferrably much cheaper!). If anyone has any reasonably priced resources for this type of clothing I'd really appreciate your sharing. I've exhausted myself searching the net for them.





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I'd love to do the red bustle dress but I don't think it'd work out too well for party hosting!

I forget which pattern company it is, but it's one of the ones at the regular sewing stores (Hancock, Joanns) they have a decent set of patterns where you can make the underbustle and a bustle skirt that detaches - which might come in handy if you want to take it off later in the night and have less dress. Just be careful to try the bustle on a lot while you're constructing it, I know with me if it sits wrong on the hips my back is in agony within an hour. Fabric is heavier than it looks *L* The red dress is time consuming, but if you buy fabric roses for the detail instead of making them that cuts out half the time. It is a GORGEOUS dress to recreate.

Haha, the only problem there is that I can't sew! Whatever I do will have to be bought. If it's a small thing that needs to be done I can take it to my grandmother and she'll fix it for me (as she's done the last two years for Halloween) but I don't want to put a major project on her - especially since there's less than three months to do it in.

Hi for the morning suit have you tried ex-hire bridal/formal wear shops.

No, actually I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to take a look in the phone book and see what I can come up with. Thanks!

My party theme last year was "Our Love Wil Never Die", hubby and I were Gothic Victorian Vampires.

I'm trying to attach a pic, I hope this works.
I got our costumes online from nightmare factory. I was able to buy them after the previous year's Halloween 'cause I have the next 5 years themes planned.

If you haven't already, check out Victorian and Edwardian Styled Clothing. I have several costumes from them. These are real reproduction clothes, so they are comfortable, very well made and they have stuff on sale all the time.

Good Luck!