KurtBergeron
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Love him or hate him, he's the 6th Doctor. As a Doctor Who fan, and Dragon Con attendee I became associated with The Prydon Academy Untitled, which is a costume group that focuses purely on Doctor Who, his companions, friends, and the bad guys. The group, for a long time, was missing a 6th and they came to me. So I got to work, and this is the result. It's not finished yet, but I can get into that next.
ook....incase you're interested, this is how I did it, top to bottom
1. The Wig: Harpo Marx
2. White Dress Shirt: Exactly what it says (with alterations). A red and white checkered fabric has been sewn down the button front, on the inside collar, and on the cuffs. Also, the classic question marks are on the collar. I brought the shirt to an embroiderer who's question marks were NOTHING like the Doctor's. I had apicture of them however in a book, and he scanned the picture and emailed it to China. Shortly after they returned the picture as a pattern for his embroidery machine and I had them, exact.
3. Neckerchief, or whatever you want to call it. I have one in a teal/blue and one in a red, as the 6th Doctor also did. In the second picture, the fabric is actually dotted ribbon that I found in the fabric section at Walmart. The downside to that is that the polka dots were only on one side. The first picture is dotted fabric (both sides) that I ordered from this site here Making My 6th Doctor Costume
4. The vest: This isn't accurate, but it's 6th Doctor-ish. I'm still working on making or acquiring the 6th Doctor's first vest from his pilot. It's my fav of the bunch. This vest was an eBay special, which is a prom tux vest that has no back, just the elastic strap and metal clasp.
5. The plastic chain in my vest was also purchased on eBay...ironically, it's a chain that was designed to put in bird cages for birds to climb on. My vest has pockets so at the end of one chain I have a TARDIS key and on the opposite there's a pocket watch.
6. The pants are made of white and black mattress ticking (as it was in the show) and dyed yellow. The pants in both pictures are different. The second picture are pants I tried to make with a friend of mine. They do the trick, but are a bit of a mess. The pants in the first picture I had made by a costumer who had an obsession with their victorian design. She was insistent that they stop at my natural waist....which is HIGH. I love em, but they look a little silly without the vest and coat on to hide how high they actually go. The pants in both pictures though were made by following the California Pant pattern from the Laughing Moon Mercantile Laughing Moon Mercantile - Purveyors of Sewing Pattterns, Clothing and Accessories Because the pants ride so high, there is a V cut out of the back of them. I learned that this is actually made to give your rib cage room when you sit. Interesting.
7. The spats were also white when purchased and I dyed them orange. They are available at any costume shop. Though I am working on a new pair from a different fabrinc. I'd like them to resemble Colin's spats in Trial of a Timelord, which Glitz pulls off of his shoe.
8. The shoes. These were brown boots that I bought on eBay for $5. I then ran to a cobbler and got a green spray for leather shoes. It needs touch ups now and again, but they've done really well, plus they are mostly covered by the spats anyway. I've since found the exact right boots but they are really expensive.
9. That coat
The same friend and I made the coat. The design for this ALSO comes from the Laughing Moon Mercantile Laughing Moon Mercantile - Purveyors of Sewing Pattterns, Clothing and Accessories and as you can see from the top pictures....it's not done. In the bottoms picture...it's also a mess and is actually held together from the inside by about 9 million. Super complicated for beginner costume makers and we only had about a month to work on it. The upper picture is more complete, but still needs some cutting/finishing at the bottom, better shoulder pads so it stays in place better, and the waist will be brought in so it's a little more form-fitting but boughs out at the bottom. It also needs to be lined. The pattern for the coat is spot on in design, minus the lapels, which I greatly had to alter. The pink lapel is about to be replaced with a valvet version, which is appropriate to the show and I didn't know during it's original construction. All of the fabrics were found at a textile in Springfield, Massachusetts. The pattern on the back right shoulder is IMPOSSIBLE to find, you just need to find something that works for you. Also,...surprising to me....it was REALLY difficult to find the red and black plaid on the front of the coat, under the lapels. Most red and black plaid fabrics, also have lines of yellow and white running through them. Mine may not be accurate, but I was pleased as hell to find what I did. I looked for A LONG TIME!!!
ook....incase you're interested, this is how I did it, top to bottom
1. The Wig: Harpo Marx
2. White Dress Shirt: Exactly what it says (with alterations). A red and white checkered fabric has been sewn down the button front, on the inside collar, and on the cuffs. Also, the classic question marks are on the collar. I brought the shirt to an embroiderer who's question marks were NOTHING like the Doctor's. I had apicture of them however in a book, and he scanned the picture and emailed it to China. Shortly after they returned the picture as a pattern for his embroidery machine and I had them, exact.
3. Neckerchief, or whatever you want to call it. I have one in a teal/blue and one in a red, as the 6th Doctor also did. In the second picture, the fabric is actually dotted ribbon that I found in the fabric section at Walmart. The downside to that is that the polka dots were only on one side. The first picture is dotted fabric (both sides) that I ordered from this site here Making My 6th Doctor Costume
4. The vest: This isn't accurate, but it's 6th Doctor-ish. I'm still working on making or acquiring the 6th Doctor's first vest from his pilot. It's my fav of the bunch. This vest was an eBay special, which is a prom tux vest that has no back, just the elastic strap and metal clasp.
5. The plastic chain in my vest was also purchased on eBay...ironically, it's a chain that was designed to put in bird cages for birds to climb on. My vest has pockets so at the end of one chain I have a TARDIS key and on the opposite there's a pocket watch.
6. The pants are made of white and black mattress ticking (as it was in the show) and dyed yellow. The pants in both pictures are different. The second picture are pants I tried to make with a friend of mine. They do the trick, but are a bit of a mess. The pants in the first picture I had made by a costumer who had an obsession with their victorian design. She was insistent that they stop at my natural waist....which is HIGH. I love em, but they look a little silly without the vest and coat on to hide how high they actually go. The pants in both pictures though were made by following the California Pant pattern from the Laughing Moon Mercantile Laughing Moon Mercantile - Purveyors of Sewing Pattterns, Clothing and Accessories Because the pants ride so high, there is a V cut out of the back of them. I learned that this is actually made to give your rib cage room when you sit. Interesting.
7. The spats were also white when purchased and I dyed them orange. They are available at any costume shop. Though I am working on a new pair from a different fabrinc. I'd like them to resemble Colin's spats in Trial of a Timelord, which Glitz pulls off of his shoe.
8. The shoes. These were brown boots that I bought on eBay for $5. I then ran to a cobbler and got a green spray for leather shoes. It needs touch ups now and again, but they've done really well, plus they are mostly covered by the spats anyway. I've since found the exact right boots but they are really expensive.
9. That coat
The same friend and I made the coat. The design for this ALSO comes from the Laughing Moon Mercantile Laughing Moon Mercantile - Purveyors of Sewing Pattterns, Clothing and Accessories and as you can see from the top pictures....it's not done. In the bottoms picture...it's also a mess and is actually held together from the inside by about 9 million. Super complicated for beginner costume makers and we only had about a month to work on it. The upper picture is more complete, but still needs some cutting/finishing at the bottom, better shoulder pads so it stays in place better, and the waist will be brought in so it's a little more form-fitting but boughs out at the bottom. It also needs to be lined. The pattern for the coat is spot on in design, minus the lapels, which I greatly had to alter. The pink lapel is about to be replaced with a valvet version, which is appropriate to the show and I didn't know during it's original construction. All of the fabrics were found at a textile in Springfield, Massachusetts. The pattern on the back right shoulder is IMPOSSIBLE to find, you just need to find something that works for you. Also,...surprising to me....it was REALLY difficult to find the red and black plaid on the front of the coat, under the lapels. Most red and black plaid fabrics, also have lines of yellow and white running through them. Mine may not be accurate, but I was pleased as hell to find what I did. I looked for A LONG TIME!!!
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