Cogsworth was the second character that came to me fully formed, costume-wise.  I knew exactly what my plan was, and though it got tweaked here and there as we were going along, he ended up looking exactly like what I pictured when I originally started doing my designs. The first step was planning.  For months I had asked my coworkers to send me cardboard that they would otherwise be throwing out, and as a result I had tons to choose […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Me Made

Every year, there are some characters who seem very simple on the surface but it takes me forever to come up with a costume idea.  This year those characters were the Silly Girls (a.k.a. the “groupies” who follow Gaston around everywhere he goes).  In the end, I took inspiration from both the animated and live action versions.  I liked that the characters in the animated version wore matching dresses, but I also liked that in the live-action they wore different […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Me Made

For whatever reason, two of the most challenging costumes came to me immediately.  Mrs. Potts was one of those.  As soon as I knew we were doing Beauty and the Beast I knew I wanted to fashion a oblong teapot, and I knew I could do it with hoop skirts.  The original intention had been to construct them myself, but they weren’t very expensive so ended up buying two and working with that. I found the fabric I wanted at Materials for […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Me Made