Hacker and Doge are dog puppet presenters on a children's channel. I and other students were asked individually to come up with costume ideas and to make a costume for each of the puppets. these then would be chosen and might appear on TV.
I was very excited to create costumes and it was a great opportunity for my work to be seen.
I first thought about upcoming events and i came up with the costume idea- the Queens diamond Jubilee.
I made one costume for the character Dodge-
this costume was meant to look like the coronation robe the Queen wore when she was crowned. I also made a miniature crown to complete the costume.
The second costume for the other character Hacker, I made to match. It was meant to look like Prince Phillips military style suit he wore on the coronation day.
After completing these costumes I thought i had done quite well. They were sent in to the studio.
During the week of the Jubilee celebrations, and on the Jubilee day its self my costume for the character Dodge was used! This picture below shows the crown and robe on the puppet.
My last project of my first year at uni was to make a costume for an event that would celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee. The costumes were iconic children's TV and film characters. I was given the iconic Sleeping beauty gown.
My first thoughts about making were about the amount of bright pink polyester satin i thought would need to buy!
Once I had researched I found ways of creating a recognisable but more elegant and structured dress.
Here is the finished dress, modelled by my friend.
A view of the costume on the mannequin. The boned bodice with standing collar. A crinoline hoop skirt sits under the full pink pleated skirt and white frilly petticoat.
