RowBoatCop
Active Member
After some time trying to figure out a cost/time effective way to recreate the swashbuckler shirt from esb, I came up with this.
Supplies were an old white dress shirt, two white pillowcases & my hot glue gun, so aside from €2.50 for the pillow cases this was a zero cost build.
First I stripped the buttons off, then cut away one of the layers where the top button goes in order to fold it back between the collar without too much bulk
I cut an angle into the buttoning part (I have no idea what the terms for shirt construction are!) so that there wouldn't be any stray threads ruining the finish. I ironed the collar so that it lined up nicely with the "bottom" of the collar, then hot glued this in place to form the desired look.
Next I simply folded the pillowcases in half & ironed the crease, I found that half the width of (what I assume are standard size) pillowcases worked for the width of the front portion, from checking reference photos.
There's not much to it really, just hot glue one half inside & outside the shirt opening, being sure to line up the front portion where it meets the collar, & keeping it straight, I didn't do any major measurements, or anything aside from using a steel ruler to line things up.
To finish I worked out how the folds should sit & hot glued the crap out of everything, not much finesse involved but none of it will be seen.
Finished product:
I'm pretty happy with it overall, for a one hour build to get something that looks relatively accurate for next to nothing was pretty cool. It moves well & will look great once I get my solo jacket to go with it. I'd recommend this method for someone who wants a step above using a normal shirt without becoming a seamstress or paying a premium for some of the great screen accurate shirts available.
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Supplies were an old white dress shirt, two white pillowcases & my hot glue gun, so aside from €2.50 for the pillow cases this was a zero cost build.
First I stripped the buttons off, then cut away one of the layers where the top button goes in order to fold it back between the collar without too much bulk
I cut an angle into the buttoning part (I have no idea what the terms for shirt construction are!) so that there wouldn't be any stray threads ruining the finish. I ironed the collar so that it lined up nicely with the "bottom" of the collar, then hot glued this in place to form the desired look.
Next I simply folded the pillowcases in half & ironed the crease, I found that half the width of (what I assume are standard size) pillowcases worked for the width of the front portion, from checking reference photos.
There's not much to it really, just hot glue one half inside & outside the shirt opening, being sure to line up the front portion where it meets the collar, & keeping it straight, I didn't do any major measurements, or anything aside from using a steel ruler to line things up.
To finish I worked out how the folds should sit & hot glued the crap out of everything, not much finesse involved but none of it will be seen.
Finished product:
I'm pretty happy with it overall, for a one hour build to get something that looks relatively accurate for next to nothing was pretty cool. It moves well & will look great once I get my solo jacket to go with it. I'd recommend this method for someone who wants a step above using a normal shirt without becoming a seamstress or paying a premium for some of the great screen accurate shirts available.
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