Flutter By..... Butterfly.....

Hello Again Dhaaarlings...

I made a mock up for a concept...

The Butterfly costume!

No... don't be silly Darling.... That's not it!

That's just the model I made up to demonstrate the concept to those with a less "visual" imagination darlings and as I have discovered throughout this process there are quite a few!

I'm seeing it now... An electric blue "Morph" suit... In my day they were known as a full body spandex body suit?...

Lots of Sparkles 

Sparkly panels taking shape...

Wait for it...


There is colour...

Rainbow Wings with the back of the costume being the same glittery spectacle as the front...
And there is a handkerchief style black chiffon skirt covered with more strings of golden sequins....

And what's a Butterfly without  antennae Darling????

Pipe cleaners are wonderful little treasures....


It's all completed and ready for a photo shoot tomorrow...


The Caterpillar's body is already ensconced upon the mushroom
but I don't have a picture to show you as yet...


It sits atop the mushroom beside the actor playing the Butterfly and all that you can see of her is from the waist up as she stands inside the mushroom... 


To transform... she simply steps down behind the mushroom... dragging the body with her... (which is attached to the mushroom) so that it drops into the spot where she has been standing and she then emerges onto the stage proper...as the beautiful and colourful butterfly....


It's been a headache to work on.... but well worth the effort Darlings....


Opening night is on the 7th Dec with a second show on the 8th.


All the major costumes are completed now with only a few minor bits and bobs to finish.... So my work is almost done Darlings....


I will post more pics of the completed costumes as I get the time but as you can imagine I'm still fairly well flat out ....