I started a thread here: http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=2335272#post2335272
But the subject matter is this:
I'm not going for a pre-made suit like last year because they're crap--that furry velour like finish looks, well, effeminate. And I've grown to dislike the candy red commercial look Santa. It looks like such a joke. Even the look established by Coca Cola in the '30s is better looking with its brown belt and boots and not so much furry trim.
I was inspired by those different looking Santa figures you see on sale in stores this time of year. I've looked at pictures of Santas from around the world and through history. I've seen variations of red coats, green, blue, brown, white and even black(!). The coats are just as often long as short and even no coat at all. Distilling that overall I'm going for something that looks somewhat late 19th/early 20th century with a little darker and richer shade of red coat and hat, faded dark green pants (jeans I found at a second hand shop), a dark gold sash about the waist with little bells attached instead of belt and brown boots. The fur trim will be a light brown animal colour rather than white and then of course the obligatory white beard. Santa often hasn't been fat either or always had a white beard.
I may not be able to get the coat coloured, but I can get it covered with just the right colour fabric and voila!
If I can get this together then I'll try to post pictures. I had fun playing Santa last year and look forward to doing so again with my own homemade costume.
Then all I'll need is a hip flask to keep jolly.
But the subject matter is this:
I'm not going for a pre-made suit like last year because they're crap--that furry velour like finish looks, well, effeminate. And I've grown to dislike the candy red commercial look Santa. It looks like such a joke. Even the look established by Coca Cola in the '30s is better looking with its brown belt and boots and not so much furry trim.
I was inspired by those different looking Santa figures you see on sale in stores this time of year. I've looked at pictures of Santas from around the world and through history. I've seen variations of red coats, green, blue, brown, white and even black(!). The coats are just as often long as short and even no coat at all. Distilling that overall I'm going for something that looks somewhat late 19th/early 20th century with a little darker and richer shade of red coat and hat, faded dark green pants (jeans I found at a second hand shop), a dark gold sash about the waist with little bells attached instead of belt and brown boots. The fur trim will be a light brown animal colour rather than white and then of course the obligatory white beard. Santa often hasn't been fat either or always had a white beard.
I may not be able to get the coat coloured, but I can get it covered with just the right colour fabric and voila!
If I can get this together then I'll try to post pictures. I had fun playing Santa last year and look forward to doing so again with my own homemade costume.
Then all I'll need is a hip flask to keep jolly.
