This video demonstrates how to create a ghost bride dress and headpiece using a simple bedsheet. The tutorial covers various steps, including molding the upperbody, adding lace or tulle details, and wearing a veil. If you’re feeling crafty, fabric paint can also be used to create the ghost bride.
To create a ghost bride dress, start by using a styrofoam head and clip around 2 or 3 feet of chicken wire around it. Use needle pliers to secure the wire around the dummy. For a Victorian-inspired look, dress up like a ghost bride rather than a regular ghost. This look starts with white face makeup and includes a bit of shimmer.
There are two types of ghost costumes: classic ghosts (deathly pale skin, dark sallow eyes, and long black hair), and ghost brides (romantic types). Ghost is a London fashion house producing contemporary, affordable luxury ladies clothing. They offer a variety of dresses, including the Gothic Victorian White Fancy Dress for Women Girls Halloween Cosplay Party.
To create the ghost bride costume, start by stacking the lengths of the tulle and marking the center point of one long edge to indicate the top of the hood. Measure from shoulder to shoulder over the head of the wearer, add three inches, and divide by two. Mark the arc with pins at 3- to 4-inch intervals.
For the hands and arms, create the outline of hands and forearms out of wire and secure the wire to the dummy. For the ghost bride, paint on a white blob and outline it with black paint.
📹 How To Make a Ghost Bride Dress + Headpiece NO SEW!
Guys this video is all about the dress and headpiece for my skeletal ghost bride! I know it’s super hodge podgey and pretty low …
Is Corpse Bride inappropriate?
This movie includes references to dead bodies, skeletons, decay, and death, but they’re all in good fun. The corpse bride’s eye pops out to show the talking maggot who lives inside and offers romantic advice.
A Lot or a Little? What you will and won’t find in this movie. Corpse Bride begins with Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglott getting married. Their parents, Nell and William Van Dort (Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse) and Maudeline and Finis Everglot (Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney), expect the marriage to make both families better off. When Victor messes up the rehearsal, Pastor Galswells sends him to practice his vows. Victor finally gets it right, slipping the ring onto a twig in the dark woods. But it’s not wood. It’s the finger of the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter). Victor goes to the Bride’s netherworld. Victor wants to go back to Victoria, who is being courted by another man. He also feels sorry for the bride, who is lonely. He hesitates, lies, and watches his life and possible death go on around him. Families can talk about Victor’s dilemma. He loves both the Corpse Bride and his arranged bride. He must choose between them.
What type of dress does the Corpse Bride wear?
Emily & Victor van Dort (Corpse Bride) Costume for Cosplay & Halloween 2023. Emily’s costume is a white wedding gown with a sweetheart neckline and blue hair.
What size sheet should I use for a ghost costume?
One white bed sheet. We used a twin-size sheet from the Salvation Army. This worked well for our costume, which is about 5 feet tall. Taller ghosts need larger sheet sizes, which can be cut down if needed.
Black material – We used a black velveteen maxi-skirt we found at the local thrift shop. This worked well because it was dark black and didn’t stretch.
1 Deluxe Invisible Mask – From the local Halloween shop.
How big of a sheet for a ghost costume?
Step 2: Check your height. Fold the sheet in half, then stick your arms out to help it drape flat. Queen sheets fit most adults, but if you’re tall, look into King. Cut the bottom however high you like. Ghosts often leave just their shins and feet out, but you can leave more leg room if you want. For taller ghosts, wear black pants and shoes to make your lower half less noticeable.
Step 3: Find your face. While the sheet is draped over your head, have your friend mark small dots over your eyes to mark where your face will be. If you need help remembering where your head should go, make a dot on top of your head too. Once you’re done, take off the sheet and grab your scissors. Cut even ovals over your marks for your eyes. Make them large enough to see. If you can’t breathe under the sheet, add a narrow oval for your mouth.
How to make your own ghost costume?
Start with a white base like a onesie, hoodie, or t-shirt and shorts. Cut out two circles for ghost eyes and place them on a white beanie or cap. Add stickers to the base of the costume.
Is Corpse Bride a goth?
Corpse Bride Tim Burton’s spooky, beautiful, and groovy gothic love story. Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” is a great film, but it’s overshadowed by “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” It’s a Victorian gothic film with an all-star cast.
How to cut a sheet for a ghost costume?
It’s not fun to go to a party with an untied shoelace. A ghost costume that drags along the ground is less fun. It also picks up dirt and smudges. And it.
How to dress up like a corpse bride?
You need the crown, a white veil, a black bouquet of withered roses, and the most important thing: Corpse Bride wig! You can make your veil from fabrics or tulle. Cut it into strips and paint it blue. To look like Emily and become Corpse Bride at the party, you can also wear a Corpse Bride mask. Big eyes, sad look, pale skin, and a wreath.
Finish the look with your partner, Emily’s beau: Victor! She’ll always remember him.
How to make a dead bride costume?
Zombie Bride Costume: Materials: You need a white dress. … Step 2: Dye the dress. I dyed my dress a tan color to make it look old. Step 3: Rip it up! Shred the dress with scissors. … Step 4: Paint it!
Introduction: Zombie Bride Costume. I’m a zombie for Halloween. I found a zombie bride costume at Party City, but it was itchy and ran small. The costume cost $50. I went to a thrift store and got a white dress to zombie-fy. I stained a white dress, tore it, and added blood. This was easy and cost less than $15. I’m happy with the results and hope you enjoy this! You need a long white dress. I got mine at Goodwill for $8. You also need tea bags, boiling water, and a brush to dye the dress. You’ll also need scissors, an X-Acto knife, and your hands. You can tear the dress with anything. You need red paint. The amount needed depends on how bloody you want the outfit to be. Step 2: Dye the dress. I dyed my dress a tan color to make it look antique. This is easy. First, I boiled water and made tea. I cut pieces of fabric from the dress and soaked them in tea for about 10 minutes. I chose the stain I liked best and painted it onto the dress with a paintbrush. Finally, I let it dry. If you want a darker color, paint it with tea again after it dries.
How to make a ghost dress?
We’re cutting them out. Anyway. I’ll draw the circles, cut them out, and then add the black mesh.
What makes Corpse Bride gothic?
The Corpse Bride is a Victorian Gothic movie. It’s set during that period. The colors are dark and there’s Victorian commentary in the visuals and dialogue. Everyone plays their parts. The parents are strict and overbearing, the male hero is weak and cowardly, the female love interest is meek and soft-spoken, and even Emily’s backstory is typical of Gothic tragedy. The story plays out differently in the film than it would in a Victorian Gothic novel. Emily is not a tragic character. She is fun and full of life. She helps Victor develop. Victoria doesn’t stay in her room after she’s locked up and thought to be crazy. She escapes and tries to save Victor, not waiting for him to come back. She insults Lord Barkis even though he can do anything to her. Emily gets closure at the end of the film. Instead of letting Victor fight alone, Emily saves the day by killing Lord Barkis with a sword. This confrontation lets her move on with her life. The endings of the three main characters show the differences between Victorian Gothic and 21st-century Gothic. Victorian Gothic focused on tragedy. In the 21st century, gothic can be more playful, showing how characters can overcome darkness and horror. Gothic characters in the 21st century are not weak. They can get through creepy stuff. Corpse Bride is a great example of this, because it is very Victorian Gothic. A great example of how a genre can stay the same but change over time.
📹 Spirit Halloween VS. My Corpse Bride Costume | Review + Build
I have not bought a Halloween costume from a store in years, so in this video I’ll be reviewing this Spirit Halloween Corpse Bride …
respect that you didn’t just spend the first half roasting the spirit costume (which would have been easy to do).. of course store bought can never be as good as homemade, but let’s be honest most women/girls don’t have the time/skills to make something like yours, so it’s pretty cool that you gave an honest take instead of trying to make it look bad in a misguided attempt to make yours look better (which is what i feel like a lot of ppl would do). 🙏
Former face and body painter here. For a body paint that you will be running around outside and sweating in, I would use a powder based face and body paint. Most people would suggest an airbrush and liquid paint that is set with powder after painting, but if it isn’t something that you will be doing a lot, that would be too costly in my opinion. A good powder based paint from Mehron or Ben Nye will be much more affordable and easy to use for what you want to do with it, and they will hold up for a photo shoot and a few hours of filming.
I love that you just casually make a corset. Epic! It looks so good! *PS. I actually do like grease paint for a good deep black because a lot of the water based blacks don’t look dark enough. But I do mostly water based then put the black grease paint in the darkest spots to limit the messiness. Like for Day of the Dead I use the grease for most of the eye socket (but also blend into regular eyeliner so I don’t get it in my eye) and on my nose, but I use water based black for cheek hollows and for the white and then cheap eyeliner for the teeth lines.
It looks great on you- actually both versions do. If I was ever doing anything like it, I would probably paint the whole thing grey and use blue effects, to me it sounds more realistic- nothing would ever stay even somewhat white 6 feet under the ground. it would be actually cool to have a non-ripped version of it- like a corpse bride if she weren’t an actual corpse. and I think you would look cool in a Pirates of the Caribbean outfit.
OMG you are so so so talented! I love your version of the dress. I can’t sew to save my life but I’m really good at fx painting. The best waterproof option would be an alcohol ( activated) base paint but it’s expensive and better for smaller things like bruises, scrapes, decay….you get the picture. It’s also a little hard to get off but not impossible. Then you have your water based (activated) like Mehron paradise. With this one you can easily do the whole body. The trick is to apply it alittle thick or brightness of color that you want. Since it’s water activated if you keep going over it, it will thin the color. Let it dry completely between coats (if you adding details or another color on top) then use a setting spray. This holds up pretty well but can be expensive. A cheaper option I have found is to get some highly pigmented eyeshadows and mix with a matte long wearing foundation. Find a white ( manic panic) or any porcelain colored foundation and mix with the eyeshadow. This works really well as an alternative. Hope this helps some.
this turned out really awesome, the painting on the dye worked super well (I’ll have to remember that technique). I’m not a cosplayer at all but the one time I did have to color my body I used sunscreen with food coloring and I think it worked out pretty well, and it was cheap, but it was a little on the greasy side…. You probably aren’t looking for suggestions for more costumes to make but I think you could do a really awesome Xena warrior princess reimagining. Anyway love the articles, keep them coming!
I love Tim Burton and his films Your handmade outfit is incomparably better than the one you buy. First of all, you took care of compliance with the original and this attention to detail is admirable. You have a great talent, girl, and I know what I’m talking about, because I deal with art myself, but not designing and sewing costumes, but plastic arts, so I can appreciate real talent. This buy-in costume is a tacky cheesy, and on top of that, it wasn’t too similar to the original and yet. Not everyone can make a Halloween costume by themselves. I greet and wish you lots of success. You are super!!!
I agree with others about the water activated paint, mehron & ben nye are both pro level brands, and that type of paint has less chance of rubbing off on your beautiful costume and staining it. For the skeleton arm, maybe make a black “sleeve” from a stocking and paint the bones on that? (Like your leg stocking). Better coverage, deeper blacks, and will cut back on your paint usage. Beautiful costume! I’m so inspired!
Bodypaint- It all depends on how you prefer your makeup. If you do a cream, the mehron cream is pretty good, so is their water soluble makeup, but that would take a spray set, whereas the cream can be set with powder. Both tend to be messy though. A lot of people opt for a bodysuit. I have mehron water activated body paints and they do work well, you just need to get the right consistency to get it on, and it’s best to work quickly so you don’t end up with streaks. If you can manage an airbrush and learn to keep it just plain steady, you can do body makeup much more easily and faster. It makes for a really good even application. Great article =)
If I want to go for unnatural skin shades I usually just swap out my standard contour colour with an eyeshadow of the desired colour and then blend blend blend with my foundation shade. For highlight areas, I use white setting powder, shadow with a translucent setting powder then top up with more eyeshadow if it needs it. It’s a very “trust the process” process, but it DOES work, I promise!
Pro-Aiir is the best body paint for long term sustainability. It’s made to be applied with an airbrush machine but if you don’t have one it’s very messy and kinda wasteful but technically you can apply it directly to the skin with a sponge or your hand. Mehron/Mehron Paradise is the best cake makeup. These two brands are professional grade and difficult to find besides online.