I found this awesome black feather wings for about $12 at a gay pride store and then decided I was definitely going to be Natalie Portman from Black Swan (my name’s also Natalie so it fit). I bought the tu-tu at a Halloween store, white tights from Target, black ballet flats from Target, and secured … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to a duo costume for Halloween 2011 at Ohio University. We both loved the movie “Black Swan” and wanted to go as the Black and White Swan ballerinas for Halloween. We purchased black and white leotards and tutus, feathers, jewels, white face makeup, feathered fake eyelashes, and I had … Read more
What girl doesn’t want to wear a tutu on Halloween? I was trying to come up with costumes that involved a tutu and suddenly it hit me: THE BLACK SWAN! I was overly excited about my idea for the entire month I was working on it. I don’t think it would take an entire month … Read more
It took a lot of convincing, but I somehow convinced my boyfriend to be the “white swan” while I was the “black swan”. I started off at a dance wear outlet where I found a deformed leotard with attached skirt for him to wear as well as a plain black leotard for myself. I then … Read more
I finally won the coveted annual costume contest with my Black Swan costume! It was also accepted into a gallery art show, my very first exhibition! I started with a black satin corset. I sewed lace around the top and bottom edges, then shredded it with scissors. I added feathers and sequins and a few … Read more
The entire black swan costume was simple. I bought white tights and ballerina slippers, a black petticoat and ruffly underwear to wear underneath. For my top I bought a black corset and pinned feathers on the top. This sounds difficult and annoying but I actually took a black feather boa and cut it the length … Read more
This was my black swan costume from 2011! My friend and I love making Halloween costumes every year and decided to do Black Swan last year. It was pretty easy to make, besides the makeup. I bought a black tutu, knitted gloves, and a crown at a nearby Halloween store. I took feathers and sewed … Read more
I had an old red corset laying around from an old costume. I sprayed it black with aerosol fabric paint that I got at the craft store. Next bought a few different kinds of black feathers and sewed them to the top and hip of the corset. Then I looked up a pattern for a … Read more
The base of the costume was a corset, 2 tutus , rhinestones, ballerina tights/shoes, and lots of feathers. The makeup was a combination of theatrical white/silver, we had to use a white concealer to fill in the spots. Black and silver eyeliner was used to draw the feathers around her eyes, and red contacts did … Read more
Hi Elad, This is my very first entry in this contest… I decided to create the Black Swan costume from the Natalie Portman movie. The movie was dark (not for everyone) but I was intrigued with the costume… I bought pale pink ballet tights and canvas shoes which I sewed pink satin ribbons on them.. … Read more
Yes… this was the coolest black swan costume!… The starting point was getting a simple corset and a tutu. Then we got lots of crystals of different sizes (or “bling” as I call it :)) and glued them one by one in a nice pattern on the corset and the tutu similar to the way … Read more
I was unsure of what I was going to be for Halloween and while looking around in a thrift store for ideas I saw a porcelain black swan vase and realized what a great costume that would be. I had seen the movie last year and knew this was something I could totally pull off. … Read more