So I finally finished the jacket. The costume was simple really, I just ripped up and re-invented a men's tuxedo jacket. I gathered it at the back to create a waist for Monkey, and cut a slit to give it flow. And I had a lot of fun adding the gold and red details. The school tends to be a little warm, so I figured that Monkey would end up taking the jacket off at some point. So instead of making him wear the frilly blouse I found, I just used the collar and cuffs and added them to the jacket directly. That way when he takes it off, all he has is the t-shirt with the skull and crossbones, and the belt. I know he can't take the sword or gun and such to school, but the rest is groovy. I added some strands of fake pearls to the pocket, to look like loot? It doesn't make him look like Prince.. does it?? And I added a really old earring to the hat, the big round silver thing. I knew there was a reason I saved old jewelry :) Along the collar of the jacket, on the pockets and around the boot tops, I added this really great trim I found at the fabric store! It has little English coins, and he actually jingles as he walks. I love it. For the shirt, instead of the painted one which was way too stiff, I went with a different idea. I drew a skull and crossbones on a normal white t-shirt, then under that I laid out a piece of faux red leather fabric. I stitched along the pattern on my machine, so that the leather was sewn to the shirt. Then, cut out the negative... and you have a way groovy shirt! I did another one in orange satin on a black shirt for the other costume I'm making. It's so cute! And EASY!
I can't bother waiting for blogger to upload them, so if you want to see the photos feel free to click on these links :) Sorry! Blogger is ass when it comes to uploading images. I have uploaded 1 image 3 times, and it says it's 'done'.. but I'm not sure what it's done with because there is NO photo! Assclowns!! And if I just paste the images from Flickr, then there isn't a link. Or I haven't figured it out yet :)
Photo 1 , Photo 2 , Photo 3 - he has a really bad Paris Hilton pose going on in this one :) , Photo 4 , Photo 5 , Photo 6 , Photo 7
