#fallforcostume Day 30: Texture I can't believe I never got a photo of the finished costume! I've only worn this one once, and I was staffing at @chicagotardis, so the only photo I have is this progress shot I snapped in a mirror in my sewing room. Although Zoe Heriot's famous sparkly jumpsuit only ever appeared on TV in black and white, actress Wendy Padbury had told fans that it was purple. My efforts to find a sparkly purple Lurex knit met with failure, so In order to replicate the look of the original, I ended up layering a silver-and-black mesh fabric over metallic purple Spandex (and using a vintage sewing pattern designed for less-stretchy fabric, so the shaping was tailored in rather than relying on the fabric to stretch -- important because the fabrics had two different stretch ratios). This layering produced a nice shimmer effect when it moved, and the mesh surface texture kept the Spandex from being too reflective. When I met Wendy Padbury (she was a guest at the con where I wore this), she remarked on the fabric and asked me where I'd found it, since apparently nobody has been able to source the original material anywhere. So yay, my crazy double-stretch fabric experiments paid off! #doctorwho #zoeheriot #cosplay #costuming #doctorwhocosplay #stretchfabric https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-W_5ujiM2/?igshid=15k5xy8zf3s2e
