#stedebonnetcosplay

[tema-time]

Based on this artwork by the artist @jickdraws Please go check them out. They are a TREASURE trove of amazing art!!! Blackbeard-myself Stede- @officialjoygoblin Izzy- @sharkadiancos Photographer- Neetu who has asked not to be tagged #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #blackbeard #izzyhandscosplay #izzyhands #blackbeardcosplay #stedebonnet #stedebonnetcosplay #ofmdcosplay #ourflagmeansdeathcosplay #Steddyhands #steddyhandscosplay I dream of someday someone from the show favoriting something of mine. I dont expect it though lol https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7eTL6vFA6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ajconstantine]

Stede has these utterly ridiculous embellishments to his pockets. Five little bows, three of which are so long they dangle past the hem of his coat.

To recreate this look, I used a small bit of the trim I used for the coat edge at the top with teal ribbon threaded through it. Then I dyed beige twill ribbon tape a darker brown to use for the vertical trim and bows.

I am a firm believer in the concept that everything must have pockets, so I added a welt pocket underneath the flap so it has fully functional pockets.

Voila! Ridiculousness achieved. 😍

[ajconstantine]

The most important piece of the entire cosplay-- the frock coat. I used the digital Stede Bonnet Jacket Cosplay Pattern from Cospayton.com as a base for the pattern. I did have to modify it a fair bit, but I'm an experienced seamstress and it gave me a good starting point. One of the biggest changes I made to the pattern was adding the full pleats to the back of the coat to provide the full skirt look Stede has in the show. That was a bit tricky to get it to hang just right, but I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

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[ajconstantine]

My goal for my Stede Bonnet cosplay was to create it as close to screen accurate as posible. I knew from the onset that finding the right trim for the coat would be the hardest part.

After analyzing zoomed in screenshots, it appears that Stede's coat has brown metallic lace trim in a geometric diamond pattern that's wider at the cuffs and back than the front.

It also has teal Soutache cording woven through on one edge on the front trim, and on both edges on the cuffs.

I searched for AGES to try to find the right trim (and really, the entire cosplay hinged on this part!), and just about sang with joy when I finally found an absolutely marvelous version on aliexpress.com: "Vintage Gold Metallic Embroidered Lace Crochet Trim". It was a steal at $29 for 10 yards-- which sounds like a lot, but I ended up using 8 yards of it. It shipped from China, so took a month to ship to me.

It's a lovely antique gold, but was too light of a color for the cosplay. I first dyed a test piece using All Purpose Rit dye, which only darkened it a little bit. The trim is polyester, so then I tried dying it using iDye Poly Brown polyester dye, which darkened it to a very nice shade. I cut off the scalloped edge on one sice, then wove in teal ribbon on the edge.

I couldn't find or order teal Soutache cording that was used in the show in time to finish the cosplay by my deadline, so I used ribbon instead.

I narrowed the 2.75" trim by folding it under to be 1.5" wide for the front of the coat, and 2" wide for the cuffs and back.

It was a bit tricky curving it around the neckline and the curve at the back, but I managed to do with pleats, hand sewing them into place.

I'm utterly delighted with how well it turned out. #ourflagmeansdeath #ourflagmeansdeathcosplay #stedebonnetcosplay #cosplayinprogress https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkrEf_Pc7K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ajconstantine]

And so I embark on a journey to create a Stede Bonnet cosplay from Our Flag Means Death. I'm a historical costumer at heart, so when I realized how accurately detailed Stede's clothing was in the show I felt compelled recreate that level of detail. I was regretting that decision several times as I embarked on sewing historically accurate fall front breeches, which was one of the most complicated sewing projects I've ever done.

The end result is fabulous though, and matches the breeches from the show, with the exception of the odd little flaps they had put just under the buckles. Those just didn't look right to me so I left those off.

To my surprise, these breeches have pockets on the sides, that I access by unbuttoning the top side buttons. It annoys me endlessly that men had pockets in the 1700's whereas as women are struggling to this day with pocketless clothing!

I used the pattern 131 Men's Regency Trousers from Laughing Moon Mercantile. The buckles at the cuffs were Flower Patterned Breeches Buckles from Burnley & Trowbridge. I couldn't bear to push the buckle tines through the fabric, so I cut those off and sewed it into place.

[ajconstantine]

Shoes. In the show, Stede wears a 18th century style tongue and tie shoe. The shoes are black with red heels, tied with wide white ribbon.

I tried out a darling pair of antique recreation tongue and tie shoes by Darcy Clothing that looked perfect, but sadly my toes were a bit too wide for the pointed toe box for them to be comfortable to wear all day.

So I ended up using shoes by DwarvesShoes, called "Retro Leather Shoes Handmade Square Toe Chunky Heel" that are wonderfully comfortable.

I swapped out the laces for white satin ribbon, and they look close enough to the ones in the show to make me happy. I seriously considered painting the heels red, and still might someday, but decided to leave them black for now.

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[colorfuloddity]

𝓞𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓖𝓸𝓭... 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰... 🍊 Also can we discuss how the combination of @tema_time's expression and @yorkinabox's superb shooting makes us look like a Renaissance painting 🖼 🍊 #ofmd #ofmdcosplay #gentlebeard #blackbeardcosplay #stedebonnetcosplay #ourflagmeansdeath https://www.instagram.com/p/ClxrkVlrOP7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ajconstantine]

Stede has gloriously lacey cuffs, that Ed twirls around with such abundant flair when they exchange clothes.

The lace goes all the way down to his middle knuckles when hanging straight. I used a simple gathering stitch for the pleats and attached them to the cuffs using a combination of machine and hand sewing.

Stede wears three rings with this outfit. The most noticeable is the one on the right hand, a rectangular gold framed turquoise ring. (zooming in on screenshots shows the dark veining typical for turquoise). I picked up an inexpensive version on Ebay.

On his left hand, he's wearing a wide band gold ring with an inset dark red cabochon stone on his pointer finger, and a smaller gold ring on his middle finger with a dark green cabochon style stone.

I considered finding rings to match the ones on Stede's left hand, but decided that was overkill since the only one people would identify as from the show is the turquoise ring. (if they noticed the rings at all, especially since they're covered by the lace much of the time anyway.) Aside from the ring I bought on Ebay, for the cosplay I also wore a vintage gold and garnet ring I inherited from my grandmother and left it at that.

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