#seymour 1.0

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Hi! I have a question: where did Seymour put her microphone before the peplum? i don't see a mic holder anywhere in the reference pics

It was always on the skirt. Often blended in a little better than some of the others.

@/laurenbyrne95, @/annaclarephotography, @/bridges1993

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do you remember why nicole went on for parr during 2020 previews instead of mallory? i remember hearing it was a costume reason but i cannot find the source or any information on it

If memory serves it was because Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert’s alt costume was closer to the principal Parr costume. The “no alt costumes” rule still applied back then, but the alt’s principal costumes weren’t finished in time for previews and they had a couple significant injuries and illnesses that required cover. That meant that they had to put alts on in whatever costumes were closest to the Broadway principal costumes:

- Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert in Adrianna Hicks’ Chicago Aragon

- Courtney Mack in Andrea Macasaet’s Chicago Boleyn top (which she’d worn previously when she debuted as B) and Broadway skirt

- Mallory Maedke in Abby Mueller’s Chicago Seymour

- Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert in Brittney Mack’s Chicago Cleves

- Courtney Mack in her own top from Chicago and Samantha Pauly’s Broadway skirt (Courtney and Samantha had previously shared a skirt during the Chicago/regional tour run)

- Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert in her teal Parr variation from the Chicago/regional tour, plus a few changes to make it closer to principal Parr

Anna Uzele’s costume was damaged and unable to be used. The wigs, crowns, and jewelry were generally the Broadway designs. Courtney and Mallory’s boots were Bway but Nicole was still in her tour boots.

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Six Boot Materials and Crystal Colors

First of all, I won’t be covering all of the many boot designs for each queen in this post. You can find a great post doing so here.This will just be an overview of the materials used for any cosplayers out there who are interested in that aspect.

There have been changes in the ways that the boots have been made and their designs, and the team that designs them and adds the crystals varies from production to production. I’m going to be specifically covering the boots currently worn by the current West End and 2nd/3rd UK Tour casts (2019-present).

The boots are custom-made by LaDuca. These are expensive and made specifically for the stage. I would generally recommend looking for a cheaper alternative since La Duca doesn’t carry anything resembling the custom boots currently and to get it just for the brand name is fairly expensive with very little pay-off in terms of accuracy. 

Part of the customization process is using straps/heels made with suede rather than leather - this helps the crystals stay on and may be something to look out for when searching for your own boots.

@/crstalledbyjane on Instagram is the one who adds all of the crystals for the UK productions. She buys them from bluestreakcrystals.com / bluestreakcrystals.co.uk. However, Swarovski crystals are sold in a variety of locations and you don’t need to buy from them specifically (I’ve personally always used Dreamtime Creations). 

The availability of Swarovski for mass consumption is being really rapidly pulled back, so they will be fairly hard to get starting around Sep/Oct 2021. I would recommend buying crystals ASAP if you’re planning to make a Six cosplay, and I’ll also make a post about Preciosa look-alikes once that gets a bit closer.

If you’re open to spending money on custom crystalling, @/crystalledbyjane has made them for cosplayers in the past.

I also do want to caution cosplayers that it’s unlikely you have the exact same fabric as the show uses. While I am listing the colors per queen, I would recommend that you focus more on finding a crystal color that matches your costume with the right undertones than one that is stage-accurate. 

The crystals are all flat-backed Swarovski ss20 (equivalent to 5mm). They are non-hotfix and attached using a very strong glue (unsure what Six uses, but I would recommend E6000 or similar). 

Crystal colors used:

Here’s a link to the supplier’s site with photos of the crystal colors used.

Aragon: Dorado, Aurum, Light Colorado Topaz (Jarneia Richard Noel’s flat boots, West End;* Lauren Drew 2nd UK tour;* Lauren Drew, 3rd UK Tour)

Boleyn: Peridot, Fern Green, Light Chrome (Maddison Bulleyment, UK Tour*) 

Seymour:  Light Chrome, Graphite, and Crystal (Lauren Byrne, 2nd UK Tour;* Carly Dyer, 2nd UK Tour*)

Cleves: Siam and Light Chrome (Lexi McIntosh, West End, flat*)

Howard: Crystal AB, Hyacinth Shimmer, Fuschia (Sophie Isaacs, West End;* Vicki Manser, West End; Courtney Monsma, 2020 Aus Tour; Vicki Manser, 3rd UK Tour) Crystal AB, Fuschia, not sure on the medium pink but could have potentially been hyacinth shimmer as well? (Jodie Steele, 2nd UK Tour; Georgia Carr, Breakaway 1.0) Hyacinth Shimmer, Fuschia, not sure on the light color (Rebecca Wickes, Bliss 2.0) (unsure on 1st NA Tour and Bliss 1.0)

Parr:  Majestic Blue and Black Diamond Shimmer (Danielle Steers, West End;* Athena Collins, 2nd UK Tour)

Teal alt: Light Chrome, Black Diamond Shimmer, Blue Zircon Shimmer (Jennifer Caldwell, 2nd/3rd UK Tour*; Cherelle Jay, West End)

Pink alt:  I’ve only gotten one decent photo of these but I’m very tentatively going with Crystal AB, Light Chrome, and either Light Rose or Rose AB. 

Orange alt: I’ve never worked with the orange tones so I’m having a harder time telling on these. I’m also thinking that Harriet and Hana might have different tones. The white is light chrome. I think Hana’s bright orange is electric orange and then the lighter tangerine but I’m not positive. Harriet’s and/or Hana’s other options seem to be some combo of fire opal and/or tangerine and/or possibly a red/pink for Harriet’s darkest color?

Black alt: Light Chrome, Graphite, and Crystal* (Cassandra Lee, 2nd/3rd UK Tour) Light Chrome, Graphite, and Jet Black (Collette Guitart, West End; Natalie Pilkington, 3rd UK Tour; this one is much more tentative. I will also note that Natalie and Collette have different patterns but the same colors)

Broadway alts: Light chrome and crystal? (Courtney Mack) Graphite and light chrome? (Mallory Maedke) Graphite and light chrome? (Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert)

*Confirmed by crystalledbyjane; anything without this marking is my knowledge based on previous work with Swarovski for my own costume work.

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Are the Broadway costumes made with higher quality material? I’m not sure why, but when I look at the Broadway Aragon and Seymour costumes they look slightly better despite having the same design so I wasn’t sure

They’re made with the same type of materials (the usual types of PVC and vinyl, sequin, mesh, etc.), so there’s no difference in that respect. There can be quality variance within the same material depending on who made it and how - I don’t know where they got all of the materials for the Broadway production with 100% certainty so I can’t say for sure whether that may be the case. They certainly would have had a larger budget for the production than they did for some others, so it wouldn’t be surprising. 

For Aragon and Seymour specifically, a lot of it is about the construction and fitting process. They're both much more structured than some of the other designs, and fit can really affect the quality and often makes things look like they're of higher quality regardless of whether or not they are.

For example: I don't know if you're including Natalie May Paris' updated (2.0) Seymour costume in looking like it's of lesser quality than Abby Mueller's Broadway costume (I can't remember when you submitted this) but the updated 2.0 design uses a corset and bum roll under the dress and outer corset to achieve a much more structured silhouette. You can really see how much of a difference even just the structuring makes between Abby Mueller’s two costumes:

North American Tour, Oct 2019, @/jennyandersonphoto; Broadway, unknown date, Joan Marcus

That one has a little bit less difference than some, so here’s a comparison of Caitlin Tipping’s costumes:

Gabrielle Slade also altered a fair number of the design details to make them more flattering to the Broadway queens. Up until then, the silhouette of the designs hadn’t really changed beyond what she had originally designed for the 1st UK Tour/West End queens.* She added more details and altered some of what existed, which also helped them look more complicated and little bit more tailored to the queens and therefore of higher quality. 

I can go into much more detail on some of this if anyone is interested, but tl;dr: in my opinion it’s less about material and more about changes made to the way the costumes fit and were constructed that really made a difference.

*There were some, especially for the Boleyn costume, but there hadn’t been as many as there were for Broadywa 

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Happy one year to Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert’s Broadway debut as Aragon!

1 Mar 2020, @/nila_kyoungmi

(note: she is wearing the NA Tour Aragon costume as her Bway Aragon was not yet finished)

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Masterlist of Seymour Refs

Masterlist of references for Jane Seymour. Mix of my posts and those written by others that I have reblogged. Authors will be noted. If you’d like yours added/taken off, let me know! I will keep them updated as I can. Mine: Jane Seymour Alternate Costumes Black Alt - Mallory Maedke (NA Tour/Broadway; including photos from run as tempoary principal Seymour and Broadway Seymour understudy)

Not Mine: Costume Refs: Jane Seymour from @divorcedbeheaded (Natalie Paris, 1st UK Tour/West End; Abby Mueller, NA Tour) Abby Mueller NA Tour vs. Broadway from @the-quiet-winds​

West End, Natalie Paris, Principal, Performance photo from @georgiarts West End, Natalie Paris, Principal, West End Live, Don’t Lose Ur Head gifs from @gayboleynz​ 2nd UK Tour, Lauren Byrne, Principal, performance photos from @galactic-doodles​ Broadway, Abby Mueller, Principal, Photo from @howardandparr Australia/NZ Tour, Loren Hunter, Principal, Photo from @its-totes-gods-will