Hi! My name is Sarah and I am a college student, studying musical theater. I have acquired a passion for photography and wanted to turn people into Disney characters, particularly their personal favorites. However, I had no costume and no one to make them. Thus, I began my quest to create the iconic character costumes. … Read more
For those people who know me, I am known as the king of Halloween. I suppose the reason for that is because of my Halloween costumes. For the past nine years, I have been into making homemade costumes, getting bigger and better every year. Over the past nine years I have honed my skills as … Read more
I absolutely love the story of Beauty and the Beast, especially the character of Belle. She never judges a book by its cover, which is something that I try to live up to in life. A lot of people have told me that I look a little like Belle, therefore I thought it would be … Read more
I have always wanted to do an elegant costume for Beauty and the Beast. I wanted them to look a little more historical, however, so I did some research on French court fashion from around 1800 and based the designs off of that. For the baby, we wanted to do Chip originally, but couldn’t agree … Read more
Beauty and the Beast has to be one of my ultimate favorite childhood cartoons. I have wanted to be Belle for many years and this year I finally accomplish it! This costume was very easy to make and it got A LOT of attention throughout the night. Firstly, I have to say I had a yellow satin … Read more
I had a party to attend which was Disney themed. I decided to go as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. However I didn’t want to wear the long dress as none of my friends were dressing like that and it seemed a bit too formal. Instead I decided to make my dress short. I … Read more
Belle has always been my favorite Disney princess! I admire her profound love for literate, adventure, and reading. Of course, I also coo over the act of falling in love despite appearances…it’s a good model! This was the first costume I have ever made myself and it was a HIT! The dress is two pieces: … Read more
We all some what resemble a Disney princess so we decided we HAD to do it. Most of our costumes were things that we already had. So we spent ultimately nothing! But don’t get me wrong, it was difficult to dig through old things that matched up perfectly with the costume. At our Halloween party people pretty … Read more
When a very good friend of mine was a little girl, she always wanted the gold Belle ball gown, but she never got one. Now that we’re older, well, they don’t make Belle gowns for adults. So I decided to go about creating one for her in secret. But being the perfectionist researcher I am, … Read more
This year (2012) my girlfriend and myself decided couples theme as Beauty and the Beast! We bought our costumes from a Cosplay site, but I handcrafted the beast head-which is clearly the most important part. I had to re size a few things on the costume that was sent, such as the sash on my … Read more
At the University of Leeds (England) there is a pub crawl called the Otley Run which is traditionally completed in fancy dress. It consists of around 20 pubs/bars and ends in one of the main clubs in the city centre. For my 22nd birthday I had decided on a ‘Kids!!’ theme for the event and … Read more
As always, I began stressing about how to top the previous year’s Halloween costume in August. After a friend suggested my fiancé went as Genie and I as the Magic Carpet, it dawned on me-he should go as Lumiere (the candle stick), and I as Babette (the feather duster) from Beauty and the Beast! Everyone … Read more