Making a Baroque Dark Unicorn Costume with 1,100 Gems Because ✨Sparkles✨

Let's make an epic Baroque dark unicorn costume! After 2 months of work and 1,100 rhinestones, this thing is ready to sparkle and frolic in a fantasy forest!

Based on an extant 1660's gown from the Fashion Museum in Bath, this labor of love (emphasis on the labor) is a gorgeous gown from the mid 17th century that is me-made and almost entirely hand-stitched! (Except for the boning channels. I'm a masochist, but I'm not crazy.)

In this video, I'll walk you through all the steps to transform the 17th century petticoat and bodies we made last video into a sparkly, embroidered, embellished Baroque dark unicorn! We'll make a homemade unicorn horn, a flower tiara, learn how to make a mythical silk-painted-by-hand overskirt and bedazzle literally more than a thousand gems onto some golden lace to add just a little extra pizazz.

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Missed us building the gown? That video and the rest in the series can be found in the 1660's Baroque Dark Unicorn playlist found right here:    • 1660's Baroque Dark Unicorn Costume  

Resources:
Inspiration Jewelry (There's only 1 left!) from Dames a la Mode: https://www.damesalamode.com/collecti...
Lutestring Silk from Burnley & Trowbridge: https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/http...
Rhinestones, glass pearls, & gold lace from Amazon
DMZ Diamont gold floss from box craft store
Sculpey clay from a box store
Rest of materials from stash

Chapters:
00:00 Becoming the Baroque Dark Unicorn of my Dreams
02:02 Embroidering the CF
04:47 Bedazzling EVERYTHING
06:35 PSA
09:24 Constructing the overskirt
12:53 Sleevils
15:45 Horn and Crown
19:44 Painting the overskirt
24:22 The reveal

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