Bram Stoker's Dracula costume help!

Suicidal Zombie, we shall acheive this!

I too am making this costume this year. I have to say I am concernedmostly about the wig, so if you discover any info let me know. For the robe, I went to my local fabric store, and bought a material similiar to that of silk. Then I bought a kimono pattern to construct it properly. The patterns are basically piece of paper that you pin to the fabric, cut out the fabric in these shapes, then sew together. I know that sounds tough but maybe you could find someone that could help you put it together. The gold fabric paint is a brilliant idea, I'm looking for a order of the dracul stencil right now. Let me know if you come across anything. Everything else, I'm in the same boat as you. Let me know if you have found anything else and I will do the same. Good luck...

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Argh, sorry guys!! I didn't know there were replies to this thread! Cheers for the ideas! That's a good pic of the coat of arms, it's the only decent one I could find as well. So I went with the idea ( ) So update.......

-MASSIVE 12ft cloak that I made by buying a cloak from a seamstress on eBay, and then adding another 4/5 ft of the same material to the bottom, and tailoring it to make to cloak fan out wider. it's not quite the same material from the movie, but it's the best I could do without spending upwards of $80 on the cloak alone.

-For the white gown, I got a Plus-Size cardinal costume from eBay. It's a white Satin cassock, and is billowy in all the right places. It's perfect! If anyone wants the link just holler.

-As for the wig....difficult! I bought a decent quality long white wig and some huge rollers from a salon boutique. The idea is to role up the front and sides of the wig with the rollers, to get the coils. The back end (plait) is simple enough. The trouble with the wig is that when rolled up my hair can be seen underneath it....Gary Oldman had to shave his hairline for the movie! I've ordered a wig cap which can be painted white if need be, so that should tackle most of that problem. Creative use of white hair dye and cotton wool should cover up an stray strands! And then of course, getting all the hair to stay in place is another problem. Perseverance is key here....i will have it perfect! Anyone have any tips/other ideas?

-Make-up: Face putty to extend the ears to the jawbone and create the bulging brow and joules. The miracle worker Spirit Gum holds this in place nicely! And the make-up itself is fairly simple.

Out of Curiosity 'peterose', or you still doing it aswell? If so, awesome, and how are you getting on? Oh, and great minds do think alike afterall

HEYHEY! Alright well for the robe myself, the white part that is, I just found a perfect robe at the local thrift store so that's no problem. But I'm going to check out your cardinal thing if you don't mind posting the link. I'm doing the face putty thing as well. I'm not making my red robe as lengthy, as I have to wear it to a party and I'm sure there will be drunks stumbling over it all night. So my red one is just floor length. The wig has also been a problem for me as well. What I've done is purchase two long blondish white wigs that will be fastened one in front of the other. I'm going to spray them with dye upon completion of the shape. The front one will be the butt shaped hair, with curlers as well, the back one will be the braid, and I am wearing a bald cap under the whole thing. I'm going to be painting over it with my makeup, putty to hide the line. I'm still worried about how the wig will hold up. I'm thinking of stapling it to the baldcap so it won't fall off, then it's just a matter of keeping the bald cap on.
That damn wig eh? When you watch the movie the thing looks so solid like it's going nowhere. Let me know if you come upon any breakthroughs. I'm lucky cuase my girlfriend has long hair and is an expert at the syling aspect of putting it into the two buns. For now I think lots of hairspray and gel.

@ The old woman thing....I know! I had this fear...the make-up is the only thing that will distinguish us from being an old lady, if its done right! If not = old lady with questionable sanity and morals.

As for the shoes, I have a pair of white Con type shoes to wear underneath, but my cassock is just larger than floor length, so you can't really see them. I'm wearing my red cloak to a party (mine) as well, but If it gets to annoying I have a back-up. At least for the start of the night I really wanted the grand effect, since it's my party lol.

The damn wig indeed! It is bloody annoying! I toyed with the idea of the bald cap, but the wig cap is more 'grippy' so it'll hold the wig on better (I hope). In practicing with the wig, I've managed to get it to stay up and l have the right shape, I just need to get it too look a little neater, and then pin and hairspray the hell out of it! The 2 wigs sounds like a pretty good idea, is it working out all right?

As for the link to the carindal costume, I live in the Uk, so it wouldn't be much use to you. Here it is anyway though!

Real Plus18-40 DELUXE WHITE VICAR FUN FANCY DRESS XXL on eBay (end time 20-Nov-09 11:34:14 GMT)

It looks much better than it does in the picture, it's really good quality fabric, and it's massive on me, so it billows out at the bottom like good ole' Vlad's does and obivously I don't wear it with the cross! Or the sash and belt