#nini legs-in-the-air

Okay, I know it’s been ages, so here’s what I’ve been working on for the last month or so. For Celebration 2017, a group of us got together to embrace the rogue/rouge typo and do a “Moulin Rogue One” group. We had a great range of characters, with more to come for DragonCon! 

I went with First Order Officer on the outside, Resistance Spy underneath, an idea that spawned from the hat I made for Dapper Day last year and a pack of patches I received as a gift for Christmas (The patch on the garter says “Join the Resistance”). I based the dress itself off of Nini’s costume from “Moulin Rouge”, except for the top, which is basically just a reimagined First Order officer bodice. Most of the fabric I had in my stash already, except for the black grosgrain faille and one or two others. The First Order symbols were all cut by hand, and I hand pleated the red ruffle around the outer skirt. The rest of the ruffles were all done by ruffler foot, which is the real hero of this whole project.

Overall, I had a blast, and I forgot how much I love building a costume from the ground up. I can’t wait to do it again (with improvements?) at DragonCon.

First and last photos taken by Geek Behind the Lens Photography.