How to make an original fancy dress "corpse of the bride" with your own hands?

American holiday Halloween is celebrated in our country on a large scale every year. Themed parties on this night allow all adults to become a few children for a few hours and participate in a grand masquerade. For the transformation you can choose any image, but the most popular are various mystical creatures and evil spirits. You can also draw inspiration from works of art, why, for example, not make yourself a “corpse of the bride” costume based on the animated film of the same name by Tim Burton?

Ideas for inspiration

Legends about girls who suddenly died after receiving a marriage proposal and managed to return from the other world to their own wedding are in the folklore of many peoples. However, it was thanks to the popular Burton cartoon that the image of the dead bride became incredibly popular and replicated. A costume in this style can be made based on this animated tape, or the classic version of a dead girl in a once-white dress who decided to return to the world of the living. Just in case, let’s remind you that the Tim Burton style “corpse of the bride” costume assumes blue skin, blue hair and the same wreath of roses, a semi-decayed dust-soaked dress and traditional wedding accessories.

Choose a wedding dress

The main thing in any fancy dress is the basic clothes. The easiest option is to find a wedding dress that is not a pity to spoil. You can decorate it arbitrarily, somewhere to tear, somewhere to specially stain. However, such a pleasure will be expensive, because even a second-hand wedding outfit is not so cheap. You can take any white dress or sundress instead of the wedding one. How to make a “corpse of the bride” costume with minimal expenses? One way or another, you will have to buy a corset (you can find an inexpensive version of Chinese production), but it is not difficult to make a skirt yourself. The rectangle of the white fabric should be gathered along the long edge of the elastic, the hem can not be processed. If you know how to sew, you can make a “correct” skirt, for example, on a “half-sun” pattern. The “corpse of the bride” suit consists of a dirty, semi-decayed dress and accessories. Do not be too lazy to tear a corset and a skirt, stain them. The easiest way is to dilute black or brown gouache in water and thoroughly spray it with an outfit or even wet entire parts of the fabric.

Mystical Accessories

The most vivid image of the deceased bride will turn out if you complement it with a wig of blue. Could not find a similar accessory for sale? Do not be discouraged - try to buy an inexpensive light wig made of artificial curls and dye it. Halloween costume “corpse of the bride” should also be supplemented with a veil. Emily, the heroine of the cartoon, had a veil on a wreath of large blue roses. It is not difficult to buy such an ornament, and if you wish, you can independently glue artificial flowers of the desired shade to the rim. Do not forget to spray the veil with dark water, you can tear it a bit and fray its edges. If the costume will include stockings or tights, they should also be stained beforehand. Complete the “corpse of the bride” costume with a small bouquet. Artificial white flowers can be dyed with blue dye and wrapped in "dirty" white tulle or blue fabric. If desired, the costume is supplemented with gloves (which should also be splattered and torn) and jewelry.

Makeup and makeup

Halloween costume “corpse of the bride” will look most spectacularly with proper makeup. If possible - get a blue, grayish or white face painting and cover it with all exposed skin. A less extravagant option is to use white or lightest body powder for the face, neck and décolleté. Highlight your eyes, in addition to cosmetics, you can use false eyelashes. If desired, abrasions, seams or protruding bones can be drawn on the face. It all depends on your imagination and skills, as well as the materials at hand. As you can see, it’s not difficult to make a “corpse of the bride” suit with your own hands. If you start preparing for Halloween in advance, it will take you no more than 2-3 evenings to create it.