Tutorial: Cyclone, Witch of the Winds from Justice Society of America

This year I’m once again nervous yet honored to be making one of Jill Pantozzi’s costumes for Comic Con International at San Diego. This time Jill chose CYCLONE, a descendant of the classic character Ma Hunkel.

Costume: Claire Voyant the Black Widow (tutorial)

The tutorial/steps in my creation of a CLAIRE VOYANT the BLACK WIDOW costume.

Costume: HUNTRESS YEAR ONE

The design has begun on this commission for a HUNTRESS costume which I’m only undertaking because it’s for a friend of mine. I’m responsible for the bodysuit and the cape.

Costume: MODESTY BLAISE

MARCH, 2011 – I added MODESTY BLAISE to my list after reading a volume of the old strips which was published by Titan Books. The DEATH IN SLOW MOTION oversize paperback was my first exposure to the character which I heard about from my relentless best friend in blogging, Bunche (The Vault of Buncheness). I have often [...]

Tutorial: Big Barda (DC’s New Gods)

THE BIG BARDA COSTUME FOR Emm Kay IS FINISHED!!! Here are some Work In Progress (& Finished) pictures… That’s exactly a 4-month period of working on this.

Miscellaneous Costumes – Hopefully For Sale Soon

I’m working with a partner to look into avenues for selling costumes again. Since my once successful Hero Fashions on etsy can’t operate because of PayPal, I’ve been stuck. With any luck, we’ll be able to have my costumes listed in someone else’s etsy store. Hopefully, I’ll have a firm announcement soon about when I can resume selling.

Batman TDK replicas at UniversalDesigns

If you ever dreamed of being Bruce Wayne, Batman or even a Joker Goon, now you have your chance! Universal Designs and UD Replicas, is one of the highlights of my journalistic career. As a Batman fan, comics nerd and costume addict, I see David as one of the men in the industry that every [...]

TRON replicas from UniversalDesigns

DEC, 2010 – UD Replicas is one of the finest shops for pop culture props and costume replicas. Their work has garnered official licensing from Warner Bros. and Disney. The Dark Knight replicas were previously featured in one of my past Girls’ Entertainment Network articles and now it’s time for designer DAVID PEA to talk [...]

“Dark & Strange” Alice in Wonderland

As of today’s work-in-progress pics, I have just the dress completed at the basic level; as I said it probably needs some tweaking. So that’s 6 hours of sewing today, Nov. 20, 2010. Tomorrow, the apron.

2011 Costume Potentials

NOV, 2010 – I’m trying to start my winter projects for the 2011 comic convention season. First up is a new (yes, yet another) ALICE LIDDELL of Wonderland dress. The “sexy” babydoll dress in my photo gallery was actually the property of my photographer; the long traditional one in my Brooklyn shoot was one my [...]