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Cosplay + Costuming

Costume patterns: not just for Halloween any more. My posts on sewing patterns for cosplay and costuming, kept up to date for easy reference.

The Addams Family

Simplicity official Addams Family costume pattern

Faerie

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Game of Thrones

Simplicity official Addams Family costume pattern

Hercules

The Matrix

Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror Snow White costume patterns after Eiko Ishioka - Simplicity 1728 (2012)

Outlander

Official Outlander costume patterns - Claire and Jamie Fraser 18th-century Scottish Highlander patterns, 2018

Star Wars

Star Wars costume patterns, 1980s to today

Superheroes

Superhero costume patterns - vintage Wonder Woman costume pattern Simplicity 8720

Tolkien

Xena: Warrior Princess

Butterick official Xena: Warrior Princess costume pattern, 1998

Bonus: Blade Runner

Blade Runner / Fashion / Patterns - Blade Runner-inspired Vogue Italia cover by Steven Meisel, March 1998

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Sarah Sheehan is a writer, fashion historian, and industry observer. She launched the PatternVault blog in 2011 with a series on Givenchy sewing patterns by Alexander McQueen.

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