Happy 70th birthday, Godzilla! This dress combines my love for 1950s fashion and Godzilla 🐲 which in my mind is the perfect combination. I self-drafted this number based on a Vogue pattern from 1954. The fabric is a beautiful combination of traditio
Day 31: All Hallow’s Eve #fallforcostume Happy Halloween from the USS Enterprise! This is my third iteration of the Star Trek TOS uniform. I am very happy with how it came out and that I finally got some 1960s earrings to bring the look togethe
Day 29: Dark #fallforcostume Sharing my newest make, this dark and gothic 1940s nightgown! I spent the last weeks of summer creating some nightgown patterns for myself. This nightgown is actually a re-creation of a 1946 Hollywood pattern. (swipe to s
Day 25: Flowers #fallforcostume This new dress is a recreation of the January 1944 cover of the Australian Home Journal. It is made from a self-drafted pattern and a lovely cotton sateen that features hāpu'u (Hawai’i tree fern.) Hāpu'u area typ
Day 23: Leaves #fallforcostume There are at least five kinds of leaves in this photo! My blouse features at least two kinds of endemic Hawaiian ferns. My pāpale (hat) is woven from lauhala, which is the leaf (lau) of the hala tree, a type of Pandenus
Day 18: Fantasy #fallforcostume Pulling out my vintage Camp Half-Blood uniform for today’s prompt. I had wanted to make myself a CHB uniform for a while but knew I wanted to go a bit beyond the canon t-shirt and jeans. I researched what summer
Day 17: Victorian #fallforcostume Here I am will an oldie but a goodie, my early 1860s ensemble. This has been one of my favorite Victorian dresses I’ve made! I designed all of the soutache details myself and sewed them all by hand. I have a bl
Day 13: Red #fallforcostume I am sporting my late 1830s early 1840s holokū! This dress is entirely hand-sewn and was based on sketches of Hawaiian women from the 1820s-1840s. My fabric choice was influenced by the cotton mills that were established i
Day 10: Blue #fallforcostume This has been my second foray into the world of suiting! I think this 1940s bolero design struck a happy medium between my desire for suiting and my recognition that I have little need for such a garment living in Hawai'i