Katniss Interview Dress

Here's the first picture of my Katniss Interview dress from the Hunger Games!

I made this for Dragon*Con in Atlanta, 2012. I first made an understructure of cotton twill which was boned to hold the dress up. The body of the dress is made of silk taffeta. The hem contains 9 yards of hand-dyed silk satin, out of which I cut 162 petals and roll-hemmed them together, and inserted into the taffeta. Then the taffeta was backed with gold organza and draped into place on the understructure. The back is made from layers of tulle (not visible) and there are Swarovski crystals on the hem and covering my arm. When I twirl, the hem flares out pretty impressively! (but doesn't catch on fire. It does, however, sparkle.)

I won the Best in the Professionals Category in the Friday Night Costuming contest at Dragon*Con 2012: it's my first award from that contest!

Photo by Glenn Stein (Thanks Glenn!)

*Please note: This is costuming, not cosplay. Thanks for understanding!*