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I took the term "Tree Skirt" literally (lemmynsfw.com)
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I saw these dress form Christmas Trees for sale and thought it could be improved. I've been making costumes for 13 years and wanted to give myself a challenge. Except for the wig, every piece was handmade.

-I cut up an old skirt to make the corset and used the biggest zip ties as boning

  • Tore apart wreaths for greenery, pinecone, and silver pieces

  • Cut up a hoop skirt and designed a chicken wire underskirt for support

  • Used scrap leather for the harness

  • Hand sewed 160 keychain rings onto the green high-low skirt I made, so branches could be attached

  • Got a bunch of garland from a craft store and had a friend wire cut them into different sizes, to shove into the keychain rings and make it look like a Christmas tree

  • Sewed the collar

  • Modded fake white Poinsettia flowers so they could be attached to the corset, headpiece, and skirt

  • Used a wire, fake cardinal, and pieces ripped from the wreaths to make the Headpiece

I'm so proud and so happy! It was the most time consuming, expensive, and complex costume I've ever made and it's the cleanest and most gorgeous thing I could have imagined!

Though I have no idea where to store it (it's been my literal Christmas tree this season) and the skirt alone weighs about 35lbs. ๐Ÿ˜…

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I agree with you.

... But that dress was literally custom made to showcase boobs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Haha yes it was. I obviously won't post it in this subreddit, but I make Burlesque costumes and content, so this is designed and stitched in a very particular way. I want to make incredible costumes, but learned quickly that people rarely support cosplayers without an adult twist.