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I would be happy to share!! I love talking about crafting lol.

I drafted a pattern which you can download here. I used paper to figure out the proper shapes, and the bodice design is directly taken from the blog Columbia’s Closet. For reference, I’m about 5’6” and Riff Raff is about 6’1”.

Bodice:

The gold material is called Aluminor and it comes pre-quilted (THANK GOODNESS). It’s some kind of weird thermal material that I believe is used for lunchboxes? I lined it with black cotton to make it more comfortable. Then I topstitched around the edges. The side panels are held closed with snaps.

Shoulders:

This was probably the most time consuming part. I cut the pieces out of 1/4” foam, and repeated the process with 4-way stretch vinyl (leaving a good 1-2” seam allowance on the vinyl). The vinyl was also the most expensive part, at about $30/yard!

I used Weldwood contact cement to attach the vinyl to the foam, stretching and smoothing it over the surface.

I folded over the excess vinyl and topstitched through all the layers. My cheapo sewing machine barely handled it, and I broke a lot of needles. Be sure to use THICK needles because it’s a lot of layers! The vinyl is also kind of “sticky” which makes it hard to feed through the sewing machine. I solved this by adding yet another layer at the very bottom: tracing paper. I sewed right through the paper and ripped it away when I was done. It allowed everything to slide more smoothly through the machine.

I sewed the shoulders on with thick embroidery floss. I had to trim mine down a bit because I’m shorter than Riff Raff.

Gauntlets:

Exactly the same as making the shoulders. When topstitching, I added some gold bias tape to the top edges. I used some little clasps to hold them together.

Belt buckle:

These are just wooden dowels painted silver and attached to craft foam. I bought elastic belts from Amazon and threaded them through the slits I put in the craft foam rectangle.

I could go into WAY more detail but this is already a novel. Just ask if you want more info :)

The 2002 Silver Widescreen version comes with bonus options for audience callbacks, UK Version (feat. "Superheroes"), and a scene-by-scene prop instructional.

Although, I must say that the audience callbacks are VERY muddled. It sounds as if they recorded it on Halloween night in the Village, you'll most likely have to listen to it with headphones to get any really good lines.

1. Post a pic! I'm a larger man myself, and ordered something off Amazon.
   
   2)This is what I ordered, in a 4x and it fit fairly well.

Here is the album I am talking about it. This link goes to the cassette version because that is what I had way back when. I think they have reissued in CD format though.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000032WU/therockyhorro-20

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