So a few weekends ago a friend of mine was having a Star Wars themed surprise birthday party. This happened to be the friend I sat next to at the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So when I found out her boyfriend fiancé was planning her birthday engagement party and asking everyone to come dressed appropriately, I knew I wanted to do something a bit more elaborate than a t-shirt. Of course, I didn’t have enough time to create a full Jedi costume, but I thought I could pull off Rey’s look fairly easily using a lot of wardrobe items I had on hand.
I found some amazing crinkled rayon gauze at a quasi-local Hancock’s Fabrics. It has the most delicious drape. So I bought a lot of it, and finished off the edges to replicate Rey’s fabric wrapped look. Everything else was thrown together from items in my wardrobe: a tank top, leggings, boots, a belt, a bag, and the ultimate fashion accessory, a lightsaber.
Best thing about this is that my friend was super excited to have a Rey at her party.
Not bad for 30 minutes, no?
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Wonderful, thanks for sharing 🙂 I can’t wait to make a Rey costume for our daughter. (if you are interested, you can see the other Star Wars costumes we have made on our blog)
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Not bad at all! Very good!
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Nicely done! You planning to keep the fabric for this outfit or sew up something else with it?
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Not sure yet – I’ll probably keep it like this for a while, but it would be super easy to turn it into something else since it is essentially 6 continuous yards of fabric.
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A remarkable similarity, especially on such a short notice! Love this costume!
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Awesome costume, and some impressive bruises! Hoping you are OK.
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Yeah, I sort of took up Lightsaber fencing – very fun, but it’s taken me a while to learn to balance defensive and offensive moves… Hence the gnarly looking arms.
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For 30 minutes…that is terrific! Great job!
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