Female Snape Coat

While I know this isn't an actual replica seeing as the coat is for a man....but I still wanted to share my latest project of making the Snape coat from Harry Potter for a girl. I found a great thick wool to make it out of and then lined it in green cotton. Then I covered all the buttons so they looked the same.....there's little things that I'd like to have different but overall I'm pretty pleased with it and will totally wear this coat just because. Does that make me odd? Probably but I don't mind.

I didn't have time to do a really nice photo shoot with our studio setup and wig etc. I was just really excited about the coat and wanted to share.

Also I wish I could add images in full size and not just as attachments. I've looked up in the faq section on how to do this but it just mentions clicking the arrow next to my attached images.....but I don't have any. Does anyone else know how to show an image in a post without it being a small thumbnail?

Impressive! You threw that together with no patterns?

Great job on that! Love that coat!

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I like it. Don't think any of the boys would get any studying done, though.

I love it and I want one!!!

You can wear that "just because" any time you want! It came out fantastic!

Baron said:

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Impressive! You threw that together with no patterns?

No lol! I'm not the best pattern drafter in the world so I use existing patterns and then combine them together and modify. The coat base was a butterick pattern and the sleeves were a 2 piece victorian blouse pattern. Then I modified the hem of the coat and the sleeve area with the buttons and the collar area. I made the flaps myself but that's easy haha!

Jayn said:

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Great job on that! Love that coat!

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Hmmm....I tried using my photoshop before and using insert image but that didn't work. I probably just need to play around with it.

iycis said:

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I love it and I want one!!!

Hogosha said:

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You can wear that "just because" any time you want! It came out fantastic!

Thanks so much! I don't know why I have a fascination with turning male costume female......but I usually love the outcome. I feel this should be the "new" black jacket in everyones closet hehehe!

damn, lookin' great! And the jackets nice too!

Eveningarwen said:

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Also I wish I could add images in full size and not just as attachments. I've looked up in the faq section on how to do this but it just mentions clicking the arrow next to my attached images.....but I don't have any. Does anyone else know how to show an image in a post without it being a small thumbnail?

http://photobucket.com/

Upload, move the mouse over the picture, go down to link options, chose thumbnail or full size picture, click (it auto-copies the link) and just paste it into your post.

Hope that helps.

Really looks like a jacket that can be used at any time and not something specific only to Potter.

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Thats what it does when I use the link from photobucket



and whenever I use the add image with the website from photobucket or any other image site it just gives me a broken image symbol and when I preview it there's nothing there like in this reply....I dont know....lol I guess it's just beyond me.

That's because you are using the HTML code link. You should use the IMG code or IMG thumb link.

Sorry, just used the first picture in my folder for the example.

Looks great and the girl is... HOT!!!

Eveningarwen said:

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I don't know why I have a fascination with turning male costume female......but I usually love the outcome.

I've got the same conversion complex. I've got female versions of a lot of characters, including (but not limited to) Boba Fett, The Joker, Draco Malfoy, The Doctor (10 and 11), Shaun of the Dead, and Ezio Auditore (in progress) ... I too love the outcome of all of the outfits.

alright I'm gonna try this again.....

Yes!! Finally!! You are my best friend for the day!! Thank you lol..... Ugh I feel ridiculous now lol. I'm on the computer all the time and you'd think I'd know something as simple as that.....but alas......<hangs head in shame>

Too Much Garlic said:

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That's because you are using the HTML code link. You should use the IMG code or IMG thumb link.

Sorry, just used the first picture in my folder for the example.

Thank you again!!

DarthLuumzl said:

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Looks great and the girl is... HOT!!!

Lol well thanks!

GeektressGalore said:

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I've got the same conversion complex. I've got female versions of a lot of characters, including (but not limited to) Boba Fett, The Joker, Draco Malfoy, The Doctor (10 and 11), Shaun of the Dead, and Ezio Auditore (in progress) ... I too love the outcome of all of the outfits.

I love it. My friend also loves male to female costumes hence her Bday present she is wearing on halloween in the pic above lol.....Its the Bandit from the movie The Fall.

Is that you modeling the costume?

Ya...All of my stuff is usually modeled by me....It's just easier then trying to find someone to do it and it means I get to make myself costumes to wear elsewhere lol.

Well you look great, just found your site too, nice stuff!

Thanks!

Look lovely covering buttons is a real pain, I feel you on that one.

Looks awesome, that's a very cool modification of Snape's cassock!

Are you standing on a balcony in front of a vineyard in that second picture?

SeanB13 said:

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Looks awesome, that's a very cool modification of Snape's cassock!

Are you standing on a balcony in front of a vineyard in that second picture?

Thanks....ya I was going for something more flattering on me then actually going for SA.

That's actually my friend and not me...I just made her corset and mask but ya that's exactly where we are hehe. It was a halloween themed wine tour in paso robles.

Oh, you were on a tour.

I thought you were standing on the balcony in your own private Southern California vineyard.

I like the corset, but the stylized Roman style cassock is my favorite.

The more I look at this, the more I want one. I might have to make one now ... What kind of fabric did you use?

Eveningarwen said:

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Yes!! Finally!! You are my best friend for the day!! Thank you lol..... Ugh I feel ridiculous now lol. I'm on the computer all the time and you'd think I'd know something as simple as that.....but alas......<hangs head in shame>

That's okay, glad I could help.

Male to female conversions are pretty interesting in my book - what is kept and what is altered. So, rock on.