{"id":4065,"date":"2023-12-16T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/?page_id=4065"},"modified":"2024-10-08T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T20:31:19","slug":"pre-raphaelite-zelda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/portfolios\/cosplay\/pre-raphaelite-zelda\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Raphaelite Zelda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I first wanted to do a Zelda cosplay because my hubs picked up Zelda 1 with a fun community and I just so happened to have this baller diadem. I wondered how I could combine them. A Pre-Raphaelite version of Zelda was perfect – the kirtle-like dress, the bolero’s sleeves, the gold trim work, the dropped belt with the tabard – all inspired by the various paintings of John Williams Waterhouse. Even the wig echoes one of his paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The white dress is made exclusively of cotton voile, a very lightweight and sheer cotton that has a gorgeous drape. There are three layers to the dress, and the three hems are roughly 10, 12, and 15 yards each; all with their own sets of trim to weight them and allow for dimension of the skirting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bolero was self-drafted and I used poly-shantung to create the look, no silk here; this was a budget cosplay. All of the designs are hand-cut fabric fused with Heat’n’Bond to the base fabric. That belt and loin cloth took FOREVER! And I made a bag! Link’s shield to be exact – it’s fully lined and the design on it is done the same as the other motifs. Finally the wig – I wish I had a back view, it’s a double French braid done in a herringbone style. It’s super pretty and delicate with lace braiding too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first wanted to do a Zelda cosplay because my hubs picked up Zelda 1 with a fun community and I just so happened to have this baller diadem. I wondered how I could combine them. A Pre-Raphaelite version of Zelda was perfect – the kirtle-like dress, the bolero’s sleeves, the gold trim work, the dropped belt with the tabard – all inspired by the various paintings of John Williams Waterhouse. Even the wig echoes one of his paintings. The white dress is made exclusively of cotton voile, a very lightweight and sheer cotton that has a gorgeous drape. There are three layers to the dress, and the three hems are roughly 10, 12, and 15 yards each; all with their own sets of trim to weight them and allow for dimension of the skirting. The bolero was self-drafted and I used poly-shantung to create the look, no silk here; this was a budget cosplay. All of the designs are hand-cut fabric fused with Heat’n’Bond to the base fabric. That belt and loin cloth took FOREVER! And I made a bag! Link’s shield to be exact – it’s fully lined and the design on it is done the same as the other motifs. Finally the wig – I wish I had a back view, it’s a double French braid done in a herringbone style. It’s super pretty and delicate with lace braiding too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":324,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4065","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4065\/revisions\/4091"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}