How to make an original “corpse bride” masquerade costume with your own hands?

The American holiday Halloween is celebrated in our country on a grand scale every year. Themed parties on this night allow all adults to become a little bit of a child for a few hours and take part in a grandiose masquerade. You can choose any image for reincarnation, but the most popular are various mystical creatures and evil spirits. You can also draw inspiration from works of art; why not, for example, make yourself a “corpse bride” costume based on Tim Burton’s animated film of the same name?

Ideas for inspiration

Legends about girls who died suddenly after receiving a marriage proposal and managed to return from the other world to their own wedding are in the folklore of many nations. However, it was thanks to Burton's popular cartoon that the image of the dead bride became incredibly popular and replicated. A costume in this style can be made based specifically on this animated film, or the classic version of a dead girl in a once white dress who decided to return to the world of the living. Just in case, we remind you that the “corpse bride” costume in the style of Tim Burton assumes blue skin, blue hair and the same wreath of roses, a half-decayed dress stained with dust and traditional wedding accessories.

Choosing a wedding dress

The main thing in any fancy dress is the basic clothing. The easiest option is to find a wedding dress that you don’t mind ruining. You can decorate it in any way you like, tear it somewhere, or intentionally stain it somewhere. However, such a pleasure will be expensive, because even a used wedding dress is not so cheap. You can take any white dress or sundress instead of a wedding dress. How to make a “corpse bride” costume with minimal expenses? One way or another, you will have to buy a corset (you can find an inexpensive version made in China), but it’s not difficult to make a skirt yourself. A rectangle of white fabric should be gathered along the long edge with an elastic band, but the hem may not be processed. If you know how to sew, you can make a “correct” skirt, for example, using the “half-sun” pattern. The “corpse bride” costume consists of a dirty, half-decayed dress and accessories. Don’t be too lazy to tear the corset and skirt and get them dirty. The easiest way is to dilute black or brown gouache in water and thoroughly spray the outfit with it or even completely wet individual sections of the fabric.

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Mystical accessories

The most striking image of the deceased bride will be obtained if you complement it with a blue wig. Couldn't find a similar accessory for sale? Don't be discouraged - try buying an inexpensive blonde synthetic wig and coloring it. The Corpse Bride Halloween costume should also be complemented with a veil. Emily, the cartoon heroine, wore a veil on a wreath of large blue roses. It’s not at all difficult to buy such a decoration, and if you wish, you can glue artificial flowers of the desired shade to the headband yourself. Don't forget to spray the veil with dark water; you can tear it a little and fray its edges. If the costume includes stockings or tights, they should also be soiled first. Complete the corpse bride costume with a small bouquet. Artificial white flowers can be dyed with blue dye and wrapped in “dirty” white tulle or blue fabric. If desired, the costume is complemented with gloves (which should also be splashed and torn) and jewelry.

Care instructions

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Hand or machine washing of costumes is not allowed (not recommended). Cleaning the suit is possible using a steam generator, dry cleaning in the cabin, or mechanical cleaning at the site of contamination. At the same time, you should make sure that the fabric does not fade, stain, or become damaged as a result of your actions. If there are wash marks on clothing, you should try to wash/clean a small area and ONLY THEN wash/clean the entire suit.

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Makeup and makeup

The “corpse bride” Halloween costume will look most impressive with the appropriate makeup. If possible, purchase blue, grayish or white face painting and cover all exposed skin with it. A less extravagant option is to use white or the lightest nude powder for the face, neck and décolleté. Highlight your eyes; in addition to cosmetics, you can use false eyelashes. If desired, you can draw abrasions, stitches or protruding bones on the face. It all depends on your imagination and skills, as well as the materials at hand. As you can see, it’s not at all difficult to make a “corpse bride” costume with your own hands. If you start preparing for Halloween in advance, it will take you no more than 2-3 evenings to create it.

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In order to come up with an interesting image for Halloween, just remember your favorite films and cartoons in the horror genre. Let's take "Corpse Bride" as an example. The cartoon was released on big screens back in 2005, and the image of the main character turned out to be so colorful that it is still used to create Halloween costumes. Let's try to "spoil" those around us a little on All Saints' Day!

Corpse Bride: Costume What does a corpse bride look like in a cartoon? A long wedding dress, a little shabby with time, white gloves, a veil, a tiara of flowers on her head and pronounced sad eyes. We will try to achieve the same effect! Let's start with the costume - there are a lot of options in online stores, but if you want to do some handicrafts, you can create a bride's wardrobe with your own hands. The first option is to take any white dress, wedding or just evening. Of course, it’s better if it’s in a retro style, with “grandmother’s” lace and a corset. The next step is to give it a slightly “crumpled” look. You can cut the hem of the skirt, sleeves, corset on the back in several places, and also make large stitches with black threads. Stain your dress with black paint: simply spray it from a long distance onto a white fabric. The result will be a “fresh from the ground” effect.

Another option is a black short and rather fluffy dress. It can be “dusted” with baby powder or regular flour, embroidered with white threads, and decorated with a skeleton painted with fluorescent acrylic paints. In addition to this dress, long black gloves with interesting decorations, for example, with skulls, spiders, and bones, will be suitable.

Makeup for the look of a corpse bride When doing makeup for a corpse bride, be sure to highlight the eyes and lips. You can randomly apply blood stains and scars to your face. Many even decorate the area around the mouth with surgical stitches. The classic option is to use special face painting for makeup, namely blue, black and white colors from the palette. We make up the face in a blue tone. One eye, when closed, is completely painted over with black, the second – white with a black outline, and in the middle we place a black dot-pupil. Bright scarlet or flashy pink lips, and the look is ready!

If you don’t have special makeup, you’ll just have to lighten your facial skin as much as possible with foundation, powder and concealer. We generously outline the eyes with a black pencil and draw long eyelashes along their contour. All that remains is to walk along the curves of the eyebrows, making them thick, clear and strongly raised up.

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Bride with blue hair: hairstyle for the deceased bride For the corpse bride look, buy a wig or individual strands of black, blue-blue or gray. You can color your curls using special varnishes or crayons. A stylized crown of thorns, dry darkened leaves, a torn veil and veil are suitable as hair accessories. You can pick up a bouquet of dried flowers or a toy - a skeleton of a dog, like in a cartoon. Pick up something “terribly interesting” in a souvenir store.

Manicure and additional details The best option for a manicure for a deceased bride is its complete absence: nails with jagged edges, without varnish and with a black “mourning” border under them. If you don’t want to make fun of your hands like that, you can simply paint your nail plates black or red. Or “spoil” a set of false nails.

The “crooked-handed” manicure option will also look impressive. Cover the nail plate with an unobtrusive nude shade, and the edges, as in French, with a red or black tone, but deliberately make the edge uneven. Or create bloody stains on your nails. In addition to everything, you can demonstrate the anatomy of the human body on your hands - draw bones on them. Green cartoon worms will look original on your hair.

The image of the deceased bride has been repeatedly used by designers during shows of their collections, for example, Vivienne Westwood and Givenchy, and Hollywood stars simply love to make up in this style on All Saints' Day.

Tim Burton nurtured the idea of the black comedy “Corpse Bride” for 10 years. It will also take you a lot of time to create the image of a corpse bride, but at the party you will definitely be the center of attention. Especially if you show up there arm in arm with your “made-up” groom from the afterlife!

Author Oksana Gavrilyuk Collages Oksana Gavrilyuk for crossfashion.ru