I use crystals all the time, and will say the stones that you thought were "gold" are probably "Rose AB", "indian pink AB" or "fuchsia AB" but the rose would be my guess. Depending on the light and the manufacturer they can throw pink, green or gold. Swarovski stones back in the day used to throw WAY more blue than they do now, and many other brands (especially stones made in China) can be much different than standard colors from swarovski's past. Though they may have the same standard color base, the iridescent coating is what can make stones be significantly different from manufacturer and even lot from the same maker. From what I understand the same coating can have different results based on heat/time.
I love an epic Bella Mae project!!! I have my Bachelor’s in Mathematics, and did my senior project on the use of math in art, so seeing designers reference Pythagoras and the golden spiral in something like this speaks to my nerdy artistic heart.
I cannot sew, not even hold a needle without sting myself. All the more I love watching your artful work with so much attention to detail! Thank you! 💖
Wow, seing how cosplayers need to put so much hard work into figuring out, how these complicated dresses are constructed makes me appreciate them even more. ❤😊
That feeling of seeing a movie costume and getting the urge to make it yourself is too familiar! That's why I can't watch Hulu's The Great anymore😅Glinda's dress for this movie is really gorgeous tho! Thank you for this breakdown. Looking forward to following you on your journey to recreating it!😊💗
I love the fact that he used Fibonacci as a pattern to make the molds and this greatly impacts the design and proves that he thought about the smallest details, since Glinda is seen as perfect by the Ozians. This dress would basically be seen as the representation of perfection for Oz, being a public figure now she constantly talks about the pressure of being a public figure, Having to make good decisions and have people care about her is simply conveyed entirely in the design of the dress💗🫧
I was reading an article about the set designs for Wicked and the visual theme to the whole movie is swirls, and as you mentioned Fibonacci. It makes sense that the costumes wouls follow along. No "straight lines!" ❤ This re creation of yours will be magical!
Wow, this project is going to be insane - the beading work alone looks so intricate, and I wasn't even considering the details in the skirts. I'm excited to watch as you go along! I'm sure there's gonna be more promotional material, we've seen movies put out so much more emphasis on showing the costume and production design work in the past few years (hooray for that!)
I appreciate your videos SO much... as I was watching this I realized that following along while you mentally (de)construct dresses from images (and video) is one of the things that gave me the confidence to "replicate" a dress I saw in a museum! I'm not anywhere near your skill and patience level and the dress is WAY simpler (a Mad Carpentier evening gown from the 50s) but still thank you thank you thank for sharing you process and knowledge! ❤❤
AHAHHA YES! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!! Your content is amazing and your recreation of the Cinderella dress still lives in my mind rent free. I can't wait to see you tackle this next legendary gown!!
Another masterpiece in the making, so pretty, i don't envy the amount of work you have to do but I'm looking forward to seeing your new creation in the making. ❤
Oh my god finally!!! Finally!!! I’ve only ever seen one other person make this dress and I wanted so so so so bad to see you do it because you always get your recreations 100% right and thank you for doing it!
Omg thank you so much for replying! I can’t wait to follow you along on this journey (and then attempt to recreate my own😅). You were the inspiration that got me into sewing with your Cinderella ball gown videos and I can’t thank you enough!
I’m also so so glad you’re releasing the pattern for this dress! Since the first leaked images of it, I’ve been dying to make it and your videos are always so informative and clear about how things are done! I can’t wait to buy the pattern :)
I remember watching you make your Cinderella ball gown from start to finish. It was like watching a friend check in with their work. I'm excited to see you start another big project again!
Glenda is the Good Witch of the South if i remember right. To me the beadwork colors remind me of an early sunset or sunrise. How the sky looks just before the sun dips over the horizon or just as its appearing for the day.. This explains the different colors from pink to yellow, and even the iridescent ones. Hope you understand what I'm saying. As if the Cinderella dresswasnt enough torture you found this one. Can't wait to see you create it. Hopefully no flounces this time. Lol
@@AmandahLynnGlinda the Good is the good witch of the south according to the OG Wizard of Oz book, like she's explicitly named that in text. Pretty sure the Judy Garland film also follows this. And that Glinda from the south has always been in pink. It gets hella confusing tho, cause the Munchkins met with the Good Witch of the North who is dressed in blue (which is also what we see in the first scene of the broadway musical) when the Wicked Witch of the East died under the house. But we also know that is Glinda, because the Munchkin yells that's her before she starts singing. Sooooo yeah, it's probably one of those musical things where they just kinda combined two characters into one for ease of storytelling. Kinda messes up the Wizard of Oz storytelling for me tho.
Another excellent video Bella! I feel like you have raised your video editing skills even more as well. Soooo looking forward to see more videos on this new adventure (and I also don’t envy you trying to create this! My brain hurts even thinking of making those spirals and attaching all those sequins!)
You made me really interested in the details of this dress! I did not even pay attention to it before but now I do. That gave me a nice half an hour break, thank you!
Going back to the mini hot iron photo, it looks like they're using the mini iron to seam the foredge of that fabric to the underneith layer using a kind of heat bond adhesive film between the layers. This method looks identical to the method seen in Baumgartner Restoration videos, where he uses a similar technique to seamlessly attatch border extensions of new canvas to pre-existing canvas edges. I think he uses a type of transparent double-sided tape that is set in place semi-permanently (for conservation reasons) with the mini iron.
This is such a wonderful wealth of resources. Thank you so much and I am beyond excited to see your own replica. If it’s anything like your previous gowns, it’ll be perfect!
It is pronounced just like you said it, in Italian. In English or in math/science class, it tends to be pronounced with the first syllable of "Fibonacci" rhyming with bib.
your craftmanship just blows my mind! I was קxhausted just looking at the different aspects of the beading - it must take forever to do that sort of intrect sewing! good luck! you got me hooked, waiting to watch the process as you go along making this. you are a true seamstress inspiration :)
Dear Bella, your projects are as always stunning and your videos so informative. I've learnt a lot. And you are the reason I started my own Cinderella dress ❤ I wish there will be a pattern released for the bodice with the correct formation of the crystals, beads and seqins. This would be awesome. Can't wait to see your upcoming videos. Lovely greetings ❤
I'm really a beginner when it comes to sewing and your videos are so much fun to watch, they're inspiring, informative and also entertaining, can't wait to see the future videos in this series!
love this dress! also love the floofy pink cloud that billie burke wears as glinda the good in the wizard of oz--it's a dream dress of mine, i must confess. wish you'd make it, too, when you need something "easier" than this complicated confection! for galinda's dress, i can't wait to see the detailed making-of's!!
lol I have this vision of the local girls here in town falling in love with this dress, but being cattle country they are all wearing cowboy boots under the dress just as they do with the local town fair in June 🤣😂🤦♀️every year.
I can't wait to see you tackle this, but my god are there many things to reserve engineer and the sheer amount of beading is making me sweat just thinking about how much work that'll be! this investigation really made me appreciate this dress more, like there's so much to it if you look just a little closer!
I'll be interested to see how layering the organza over the sequins works out because I don't think you will have the sparkle that this dress has by covering the sequins with rhe organza. Can't wait to see what you get figured out
For the bodice embellishment, I recommend looking into Tambour Embroidery, Casey Renee Cosplay used it for her Glinda (Broadway) Bubble Dress, if you can get the hand of the technique it will save you TON of time. Its highly likely they used this technique to make the actual dress.
This is an amazing dress to try to recreate, but I started laughing because if you stare at the stills of the skirt swoops too long it starts to look like slices of pressed ham layered onto a sandwich. Or maybe I'm a bit peckish right now.
first off: i bought all your Cinderella patterns from you shop... thank you so much for them... oh my goodness i'm so happy you're making this dress... i can't wait for the pattern... i know you will do this dress justice and it will look like the "one" from the movie... notes: i think that the lower half of the bodice is a Peplum attached to it and hidden with the fibonacci spiral ruffles... that's a theory based only on your video... i'm probably wrong.. i have not looked at any of the photos or videos of the dress... been trying to stay as spoiler free from the movies even though i've read the book and see the youtube video of Idina and Kristin... i HAD to watch your video once i saw it posted this morning... hehe... i wish you all the best in your endeavor to replicate this masterpiece... can we speed up time so i can just binge watch you making this dress please???...
I just made one for Halloween but I had a limited time so I want to finish it by the movie. It was so hard my fingers have so many holes. The back is def the hardest. At the moment mine has a piece of embellished fabric over the back. I can’t wait to watch your process! It may give me ideas too.
The yellow crystals definitely seem to be Topaz AB because they have a hint of pink from certain angles but since that row is all being viewed from the same angle they will obviously read as completely yellow, the top of the bodice near the edge of the bust seems to be classic AB to match with the overall ombré effect
@@BellaMaesDesigns if you make the dress or not, you're still a genius, you have proven that in your previous creations. You are an inspiration to all your subscribers.
I’m so excited for this! I watched your Cinderella videos as they came out with great interest, and purchased the research packet you made available, even though I had no intention of making it myself. Are you going to sell your research on this dress as well? I can’t wait to see more!
I don't think you mentioned this (I was cross stitching while watching you, so maybe I spaced 😅) but I think the horse hair braid is bright pink, which makes the ombre effect on the swoops
I have been intrigued by your patterns for a while but I’ve never done a scaled pattern like the Janet Arnold books. It would be helpful if you had a video tutorial or example of how to use your pattern to make something that would fit someone else. Otherwise I would buy. You could even do an example with something simple like a circle skirt or a pencil skirt so you don’t have to disclose your pattern you are trying to sell.
Looking at the dress, those slightly gold or yellow in due to graduation of a detail called a payette -a disc about the size of an American buckle with one hole near the edge. You should look at various colors of pink transparent silver lined a crystals in size 11/0 and 12/0. The only folks I kniw who make these are Miami. They have many more varieties of seed beads. The twisted beads could be myuki or czech. Miyuki has a catalogue and all companies have displays in line, but often they are harder to make out detail in. You also want a good thread or metal wire ( comes in all types of colors and gauges. You should know that silver lined beads will tarnish over time. I don’t know if it’s possible to retard that using the stuff they coat silver jewelry and engraved plates with. If do, you will need to test to see if you can coat the whole bead, I doubt it. You likely would have to string the beads on absorbent string, soak part of the string in the protectant, then run the beads over the soaked part to make sure all of the inside is coated. Those shell like swirls are the tail ends of the Fibonacci folded back on itself. They have crossed two Fibonacci spirals wide parts together and the turned each tail back. If you go to “ gowns with palettes” and look at images you can see dresses with big pattered like the “bubbles” and much smaller payettes which seem heavily sewn onto the nodes. If there is a fine fabric cover over the bodice embellishments it is like the finest grade of silk chiffon or gauze.
Couple of things I noted. There are horse hair cones inserted in some of the curls. There seems to be a darker organza sandwiched at that lower portion of the skirt.
I am no costumer/designer, by any means, but I wonder it the curvy pieces are numerous enormous circles with a wide circular band cut separatly and sewn to the outside edge of the big embellished circle, then the whole thing folded in on itself, like making a loose funnell, spiralling upward.
Without having seen any of the photos of this dress, or the making of video, but after you described the lines of the bodice being "circles fold on themselves" which you can see clearly....as a designer, if I were going to put that much emphasis on circles and curves in the bodice, I would want to repeat the concept in the skirt, and the moment you describes lol d the skirt as having "all these shapes and curves, etc." My design gut said, "its circles".... not like its a circle skirt, or even circles sewn to a flat edge to create a flounce, its layers of circles folded and a polished to an under skirt, creating voluminous fullness. Hope that helps, for what its worth. I have been WAITING for you to sort of " get passed Cinderella"....it was a beautiful dress, your series on the making of was beautiful, your finished version was as breathtaking as the original....but it seemed like you were milking it for a LONG time. Excited to see this one unfold.
Edit: ok, the skirt is not circles, but the Fibonacci spiral also makes sense...even for the bodice...so they started with that in the skirt and repeated it in the bodice. That's what I get for commenting mid video. Cary on
Haha, yup! But just be forewarned, I won't ever be getting passed the Cinderella dress... I put a piece of my heart into that dress. (But I do get what you're saying, though just for perspective - a girl's got to make an income and with social media being the main bread winner, I've got to do what I've got to do to keep income coming in (2025 might have to be my last year if things don't pick up.)
do you know how to make a tutu, like a professional one for ballet, i'm a ballerina and I would love to make one for myself, so if you know I would love it for you to sharee❤❤
I wasn't as enamored with the bubble dress as I was with her Shiz uniforms. I really hope someone releases patterns for the various iterations of her uniform, because the style of those fit how I want to dress in my everyday life (just not so much the color)!
HAHA! I had this with my Jibaro costume. As soon as I saw the short, I was like: "...Oh no.... OH NO!!! I WANT TO MAKE THIS!! PLEASE, BRAIN, DON'T MAKE ME MAKE THIS!!!" I did.
It looks cool. I do know that Casey Rene Cosplay did a replica of the broadway version. This looks very different from the broadway version. It reminds me more of Wizard of Oz than Wicked.
@@BellaMaesDesigns well, obviously i am still watching the video ehehe soo - i'm not going to watch wicked, i guess. this movie has such a bad vibe for me, somehow (like adultery, and uproars about fan art erasing people and such) and generally i find myself really icky about movies with so many bad headlines during the pre-release, but i was VERY excited to see that you loved that dress, too! it's so gorgeous, and i'm looking forward to seeing you make it!
I think technically this is cosplay and recreation, cosplay doesn't have to just be anime!!! I am definitely currious how many definitions there are and also what her answer is 😊
No, I haven't. And I would say cosplay is recreations but the next level of really trying to embody the character (which I kinda do, but prefer just the making of the dress part!) But no, I've never entered a contest or gone to cosplay event.
Here's my question: if Glinda, witch of the North, traditionally wears blue, what is she doing in pink? Otherwise, a fascinating video. Also, this type of spiral has been used in wedding dresses.
So honestly I'm not super familiar with the story but from a quick google search I saw someone mention that when they were producing the musical they didn't have the rights to make it pink (because of movie copyright) but now they can... This seems interesting but not sure how true!
Lol this is me too but i made my own the color is inspired in the movie buf the design i made was similar in the Broadway my version is Glinda's Rose dress and her wand was a rose
Here we go again 🤣. Just Bella popping out with another very simple design to recreate 😂🥰.
😅😅😅😅
I use crystals all the time, and will say the stones that you thought were "gold" are probably "Rose AB", "indian pink AB" or "fuchsia AB" but the rose would be my guess. Depending on the light and the manufacturer they can throw pink, green or gold. Swarovski stones back in the day used to throw WAY more blue than they do now, and many other brands (especially stones made in China) can be much different than standard colors from swarovski's past. Though they may have the same standard color base, the iridescent coating is what can make stones be significantly different from manufacturer and even lot from the same maker. From what I understand the same coating can have different results based on heat/time.
Thank you so much for the information!!
I am excited for the upcoming videos. Your in depth reproductions are always so interesting to watch.
So happy to have you along for the ride!
My gosh my hands hurt just looking at all that embellishments. 😂 good luck to you making this one.
Yaaaa......😅
I appreciate the green and pink light in the background
THANK YOU FOR NOTICING!!! 🙃 I was very proud of that little addition!
"Pink goes good with green!"
I love an epic Bella Mae project!!!
I have my Bachelor’s in Mathematics, and did my senior project on the use of math in art, so seeing designers reference Pythagoras and the golden spiral in something like this speaks to my nerdy artistic heart.
Oh, that's so neat! I bet it is and I hope I can correctly use it in this project! :)
I cannot sew, not even hold a needle without sting myself. All the more I love watching your artful work with so much attention to detail! Thank you! 💖
Aww! That's so fun to hear (not the stinging yourself with needles!) but enjoying my videos! 🙃
Wow, seing how cosplayers need to put so much hard work into figuring out, how these complicated dresses are constructed makes me appreciate them even more. ❤😊
At first it's just a dress...then it becomes a deep investigation! And yes! Makes me appreciate costumes even more!
This is a magnificent dress! Probably one of the best I’ve ever seen. I’d love it in white as a wedding dress.
That feeling of seeing a movie costume and getting the urge to make it yourself is too familiar! That's why I can't watch Hulu's The Great anymore😅Glinda's dress for this movie is really gorgeous tho! Thank you for this breakdown. Looking forward to following you on your journey to recreating it!😊💗
So so true! Those costumes are great! 😉 Happy to have you along! 💖
I love the fact that he used Fibonacci as a pattern to make the molds and this greatly impacts the design and proves that he thought about the smallest details, since Glinda is seen as perfect by the Ozians. This dress would basically be seen as the representation of perfection for Oz, being a public figure now she constantly talks about the pressure of being a public figure, Having to make good decisions and have people care about her is simply conveyed entirely in the design of the dress💗🫧
Bella is so quirky and fun in her own little unique way.
God bless you Bella, you're so awesome ❤
Bella Mae chalenge not reproducing a new movie dress: Level Impossible Bella never back down XDXD
Bahahahaha!!! You know me too well! 🙃
I was reading an article about the set designs for Wicked and the visual theme to the whole movie is swirls, and as you mentioned Fibonacci. It makes sense that the costumes wouls follow along. No "straight lines!" ❤ This re creation of yours will be magical!
Oh, that's interesting!! Thanks for sharing!
It looks more of an inverted rose dress than bubble
Oh, that’s true!
Is it just me or does the back of the original dress looks a bit wonky?
I think the name is referring to Glinda being inside a bubble when Dorothy first meets her in “Wizard of Oz”.
I think they look like the petals on some of our roses as well.😊🌹
The motif is full of bubbles, so it's more about the theme of the dress than the shape.
Wow, this project is going to be insane - the beading work alone looks so intricate, and I wasn't even considering the details in the skirts. I'm excited to watch as you go along! I'm sure there's gonna be more promotional material, we've seen movies put out so much more emphasis on showing the costume and production design work in the past few years (hooray for that!)
I appreciate your videos SO much... as I was watching this I realized that following along while you mentally (de)construct dresses from images (and video) is one of the things that gave me the confidence to "replicate" a dress I saw in a museum! I'm not anywhere near your skill and patience level and the dress is WAY simpler (a Mad Carpentier evening gown from the 50s) but still thank you thank you thank for sharing you process and knowledge! ❤❤
Aw, that's so neat! I'm do happy to hear that! 💖 💖 💖
AHAHHA YES! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!! Your content is amazing and your recreation of the Cinderella dress still lives in my mind rent free. I can't wait to see you tackle this next legendary gown!!
Aww, thank you! 💖 And hope this new project delivers the same as the Cinderella dress (but let's honest, it won't beat it!)
Another masterpiece in the making, so pretty, i don't envy the amount of work you have to do but I'm looking forward to seeing your new creation in the making. ❤
That beading is going to be so time consuming! This is a fabulous costume and your breakdown only makes it more fascinating
Bella, you’re crazy for this one girl. I’m so excited to watch you take on this Herculean task. If anyone can do it, it’s you
Oh my god finally!!! Finally!!! I’ve only ever seen one other person make this dress and I wanted so so so so bad to see you do it because you always get your recreations 100% right and thank you for doing it!
I'm so happy that you're so happy about this one! 💖
Omg thank you so much for replying! I can’t wait to follow you along on this journey (and then attempt to recreate my own😅). You were the inspiration that got me into sewing with your Cinderella ball gown videos and I can’t thank you enough!
@@Anon-p8q Awww, that's amazing! I'm so glad you're sewing!! It's the best!
I agree! Thank you for introducing me to this amazing hobby!
I’m also so so glad you’re releasing the pattern for this dress! Since the first leaked images of it, I’ve been dying to make it and your videos are always so informative and clear about how things are done! I can’t wait to buy the pattern :)
I just subscribed to your patreon for this Glinda bubble dress journey. I can't wait to see more!
Aw, thank you!! 💖 Really appreciate it and I'll be posting updates soon!
So excited to see more! Your attention to detail is wonderful!
I remember watching you make your Cinderella ball gown from start to finish. It was like watching a friend check in with their work. I'm excited to see you start another big project again!
Aw, thanks amazing! Happy to have a friend watching! 💖
I love how your passion for all this can clearly be heard through these in depth technical discussions.
Glenda is the Good Witch of the South if i remember right. To me the beadwork colors remind me of an early sunset or sunrise. How the sky looks just before the sun dips over the horizon or just as its appearing for the day.. This explains the different colors from pink to yellow, and even the iridescent ones. Hope you understand what I'm saying.
As if the Cinderella dresswasnt enough torture you found this one. Can't wait to see you create it. Hopefully no flounces this time. Lol
Glinda's the witch of the north in the films.
@@AmandahLynnGlinda the Good is the good witch of the south according to the OG Wizard of Oz book, like she's explicitly named that in text. Pretty sure the Judy Garland film also follows this. And that Glinda from the south has always been in pink.
It gets hella confusing tho, cause the Munchkins met with the Good Witch of the North who is dressed in blue (which is also what we see in the first scene of the broadway musical) when the Wicked Witch of the East died under the house. But we also know that is Glinda, because the Munchkin yells that's her before she starts singing. Sooooo yeah, it's probably one of those musical things where they just kinda combined two characters into one for ease of storytelling. Kinda messes up the Wizard of Oz storytelling for me tho.
Ohhhh, I like that!!! Thank you for sharing!
Another excellent video Bella! I feel like you have raised your video editing skills even more as well. Soooo looking forward to see more videos on this new adventure (and I also don’t envy you trying to create this! My brain hurts even thinking of making those spirals and attaching all those sequins!)
Oh thanks!! This editing took so long, but i've implemented all I've learn in the past years and I'm glad to hear it's noticed! 💖 And.....same! 😅
You made me really interested in the details of this dress! I did not even pay attention to it before but now I do. That gave me a nice half an hour break, thank you!
So excited for this new series. I rewatch the making of the Cinderella ball gown all the time.
You are incredible, thank you for bringing us along on this adventure ❤️
The ADHD Virgo in me LOVED this video. I can’t wait to see you re-create the dress. I’m seated.
Going back to the mini hot iron photo, it looks like they're using the mini iron to seam the foredge of that fabric to the underneith layer using a kind of heat bond adhesive film between the layers. This method looks identical to the method seen in Baumgartner Restoration videos, where he uses a similar technique to seamlessly attatch border extensions of new canvas to pre-existing canvas edges. I think he uses a type of transparent double-sided tape that is set in place semi-permanently (for conservation reasons) with the mini iron.
Ohhh, that could be! I wondered it that how they did the seams (with adhesive) but didn't think about a heat type!! Thanks for sharing!
This is such a wonderful wealth of resources. Thank you so much and I am beyond excited to see your own replica. If it’s anything like your previous gowns, it’ll be perfect!
Really looking forward to this journey.
You are soooo talented, love your videos
Aw, thanks!
Bella you are very talented when it becomes to sewing❤
Cannot wait to see what you do with this dress. I absolutely adored your Cinderella dress and all your videos. I am here for it! 😍
It is pronounced just like you said it, in Italian. In English or in math/science class, it tends to be pronounced with the first syllable of "Fibonacci" rhyming with bib.
I love watch "recreation" videos. Thanks for your efforts.
your craftmanship just blows my mind! I was קxhausted just looking at the different aspects of the beading - it must take forever to do that sort of intrect sewing! good luck! you got me hooked, waiting to watch the process as you go along making this. you are a true seamstress inspiration :)
Dear Bella,
your projects are as always stunning and your videos so informative. I've learnt a lot.
And you are the reason I started my own Cinderella dress ❤
I wish there will be a pattern released for the bodice with the correct formation of the crystals, beads and seqins. This would be awesome.
Can't wait to see your upcoming videos.
Lovely greetings ❤
I love you glinda dress and wicked dress is happy ha ha! You know it to be. ❤😊
So fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to share this information with us!
Absolutely! Love sharing about details!!
Billie Burke's dress to me is iconic as Glinda the good....
I'm really a beginner when it comes to sewing and your videos are so much fun to watch, they're inspiring, informative and also entertaining, can't wait to see the future videos in this series!
Aw, yay! I'm so happy to hear that!
I cannot WAIT to see you do this!
I’m excited because I’m definitely interested in creating this costume/ gown
love this dress! also love the floofy pink cloud that billie burke wears as glinda the good in the wizard of oz--it's a dream dress of mine, i must confess. wish you'd make it, too, when you need something "easier" than this complicated confection! for galinda's dress, i can't wait to see the detailed making-of's!!
lol I have this vision of the local girls here in town falling in love with this dress, but being cattle country they are all wearing cowboy boots under the dress just as they do with the local town fair in June 🤣😂🤦♀️every year.
I can't wait to see you tackle this, but my god are there many things to reserve engineer and the sheer amount of beading is making me sweat just thinking about how much work that'll be! this investigation really made me appreciate this dress more, like there's so much to it if you look just a little closer!
Those craft irons are awesome! I think they're called Clover irons.
Oh nice, that’s good to know!
@@BellaMaesDesignsI have one, they are indeed called Clover irons. 😊
This is such an exciting project! I look forward to watching all of the videos in which you create this masterpiece. ✨️✨️🩷💝
Yay!! Glad to have you along for the journey!
I'll be interested to see how layering the organza over the sequins works out because I don't think you will have the sparkle that this dress has by covering the sequins with rhe organza. Can't wait to see what you get figured out
Thank you !!! Good luck !!!
For the bodice embellishment, I recommend looking into Tambour Embroidery, Casey Renee Cosplay used it for her Glinda (Broadway) Bubble Dress, if you can get the hand of the technique it will save you TON of time. Its highly likely they used this technique to make the actual dress.
Yes! I already ordered the supplies to do it that way. I've always wanted to try it. I'll have to look at her work and learn the technique! Thanks!
@@BellaMaesDesigns Check her website she has a class she offers with videos, I was able to take her class in person at a con, well worth it!
This is an amazing dress to try to recreate, but I started laughing because if you stare at the stills of the skirt swoops too long it starts to look like slices of pressed ham layered onto a sandwich. Or maybe I'm a bit peckish right now.
HAHHAHAHAH! I see it!!
Just looks like shiny nonsense to me, thanks for sharing your vision of the dress so we can all get excited about it together
first off: i bought all your Cinderella patterns from you shop... thank you so much for them...
oh my goodness i'm so happy you're making this dress... i can't wait for the pattern... i know you will do this dress justice and it will look like the "one" from the movie...
notes:
i think that the lower half of the bodice is a Peplum attached to it and hidden with the fibonacci spiral ruffles... that's a theory based only on your video... i'm probably wrong.. i have not looked at any of the photos or videos of the dress... been trying to stay as spoiler free from the movies even though i've read the book and see the youtube video of Idina and Kristin... i HAD to watch your video once i saw it posted this morning... hehe...
i wish you all the best in your endeavor to replicate this masterpiece... can we speed up time so i can just binge watch you making this dress please???...
Aw, thank you! I'm so happy you found them useful!!
And thanks for the notes!!
Hi. I am a big fan of your work. I live in Brasil, your talent inspire me. keep doing it❤
I just made one for Halloween but I had a limited time so I want to finish it by the movie. It was so hard my fingers have so many holes. The back is def the hardest. At the moment mine has a piece of embellished fabric over the back. I can’t wait to watch your process! It may give me ideas too.
The yellow crystals definitely seem to be Topaz AB because they have a hint of pink from certain angles but since that row is all being viewed from the same angle they will obviously read as completely yellow, the top of the bodice near the edge of the bust seems to be classic AB to match with the overall ombré effect
Oh true! Good point!
A very forensic brake down of the dress. This just goes to show that you are indeed a genius.
Maybe save the genius until I actually make the dress! 😅😅
@@BellaMaesDesigns if you make the dress or not, you're still a genius, you have proven that in your previous creations. You are an inspiration to all your subscribers.
@@meister1210 Aw, appreciate that!
I’m so excited for this! I watched your Cinderella videos as they came out with great interest, and purchased the research packet you made available, even though I had no intention of making it myself. Are you going to sell your research on this dress as well? I can’t wait to see more!
oh, thanks! ❤️ I'm not sure I'll do the research part, but we'll see! :)
Oh Bella! I'm only at 14 minutes and this dress is terrifying me. I feel the need to strss eat 😂😂😂😂😂
Great info, I'm looking forward to what you do with all your research.
Looking forward to sharing!
I thought the Cinderella dress was hard , but after seeing this gown , i wish you good luck in making it , i cant wait to see how it goes😊
Haha! Thanks! 😅
Also love the pink and the green outfits
I don't think you mentioned this (I was cross stitching while watching you, so maybe I spaced 😅) but I think the horse hair braid is bright pink, which makes the ombre effect on the swoops
You could probably make those larger hole free circle bubbles with heat transfer iridescent vinyl.
I literally thought of you when I first saw this dress. Was wondering how long before you would try to make it.
I would love to make this dress. I have been dreaming about it.
I have been intrigued by your patterns for a while but I’ve never done a scaled pattern like the Janet Arnold books. It would be helpful if you had a video tutorial or example of how to use your pattern to make something that would fit someone else. Otherwise I would buy. You could even do an example with something simple like a circle skirt or a pencil skirt so you don’t have to disclose your pattern you are trying to sell.
Looking at the dress, those slightly gold or yellow in due to graduation of a detail called a payette -a disc about the size of an American buckle with one hole near the edge. You should look at various colors of pink transparent silver lined a crystals in size 11/0 and 12/0. The only folks I kniw who make these are Miami. They have many more varieties of seed beads. The twisted beads could be myuki or czech. Miyuki has a catalogue and all companies have displays in line, but often they are harder to make out detail in. You also want a good thread or metal wire ( comes in all types of colors and gauges. You should know that silver lined beads will tarnish over time. I don’t know if it’s possible to retard that using the stuff they coat silver jewelry and engraved plates with. If do, you will need to test to see if you can coat the whole bead, I doubt it. You likely would have to string the beads on absorbent string, soak part of the string in the protectant, then run the beads over the soaked part to make sure all of the inside is coated. Those shell like swirls are the tail ends of the Fibonacci folded back on itself. They have crossed two Fibonacci spirals wide parts together and the turned each tail back. If you go to “ gowns with palettes” and look at images you can see dresses with big pattered like the “bubbles” and much smaller payettes which seem heavily sewn onto the nodes. If there is a fine fabric cover over the bodice embellishments it is like the finest grade of silk chiffon or gauze.
Thank you for sharing! I will have to look into those things you've mentioned!
I was hoping do this dress plus sell pattern in future. I seen so many creators make this dress, I want go check out movie.
The embroidery is done with the luneville technique btw! ❤
Couple of things I noted. There are horse hair cones inserted in some of the curls. There seems to be a darker organza sandwiched at that lower portion of the skirt.
Oh interesting! I'll have to look at that!
I am no costumer/designer, by any means, but I wonder it the curvy pieces are numerous enormous circles with a wide circular band cut separatly and sewn to the outside edge of the big embellished circle, then the whole thing folded in on itself, like making a loose funnell, spiralling upward.
Without having seen any of the photos of this dress, or the making of video, but after you described the lines of the bodice being "circles fold on themselves" which you can see clearly....as a designer, if I were going to put that much emphasis on circles and curves in the bodice, I would want to repeat the concept in the skirt, and the moment you describes lol d the skirt as having "all these shapes and curves, etc." My design gut said, "its circles".... not like its a circle skirt, or even circles sewn to a flat edge to create a flounce, its layers of circles folded and a polished to an under skirt, creating voluminous fullness. Hope that helps, for what its worth. I have been WAITING for you to sort of " get passed Cinderella"....it was a beautiful dress, your series on the making of was beautiful, your finished version was as breathtaking as the original....but it seemed like you were milking it for a LONG time. Excited to see this one unfold.
Edit: ok, the skirt is not circles, but the Fibonacci spiral also makes sense...even for the bodice...so they started with that in the skirt and repeated it in the bodice. That's what I get for commenting mid video. Cary on
Haha, yup! But just be forewarned, I won't ever be getting passed the Cinderella dress... I put a piece of my heart into that dress. (But I do get what you're saying, though just for perspective - a girl's got to make an income and with social media being the main bread winner, I've got to do what I've got to do to keep income coming in (2025 might have to be my last year if things don't pick up.)
Bit harsh!
if the construction of the garment isn't complicated and time consuming enough, that bead/sequin/rhinestone work will surely do it
do you know how to make a tutu, like a professional one for ballet, i'm a ballerina and I would love to make one for myself, so if you know I would love it for you to sharee❤❤
I wasn't as enamored with the bubble dress as I was with her Shiz uniforms. I really hope someone releases patterns for the various iterations of her uniform, because the style of those fit how I want to dress in my everyday life (just not so much the color)!
I am also in love with this dress and I am going to make it for my daughter
Amazing!!! A mini version of this would be so adorable!
@ Bless you, my daughter is actually 18
@@purplemoonbeam6375 Opps! Sorry! All the best with the project! :)
It's a very pretty dress.
I’m almost finished I’m using about 80 yards of silk
I believe it!!
HAHA! I had this with my Jibaro costume. As soon as I saw the short, I was like: "...Oh no.... OH NO!!! I WANT TO MAKE THIS!! PLEASE, BRAIN, DON'T MAKE ME MAKE THIS!!!"
I did.
It happens way too often…😅😅
It looks cool. I do know that Casey Rene Cosplay did a replica of the broadway version. This looks very different from the broadway version. It reminds me more of Wizard of Oz than Wicked.
The Broadway dress it pretty crazy too!
@@BellaMaesDesigns yes. It took her years to finish it with all of the tambour embroidery.
@@autumn7143 I believe it!! Amazing!
Oh we are so back!!
Ohmy Goodness, I'm truly first! LOL
Hah! Congrats! :)
@@BellaMaesDesigns well, obviously i am still watching the video ehehe
soo - i'm not going to watch wicked, i guess. this movie has such a bad vibe for me, somehow (like adultery, and uproars about fan art erasing people and such) and generally i find myself really icky about movies with so many bad headlines during the pre-release, but i was VERY excited to see that you loved that dress, too! it's so gorgeous, and i'm looking forward to seeing you make it!
Where to watch the behind the scene of making Glindas bubble dress/gown
Love your videos. Have you ever entered a cosplay contest, or are you more interested in recreations?
I think technically this is cosplay and recreation, cosplay doesn't have to just be anime!!! I am definitely currious how many definitions there are and also what her answer is 😊
No, I haven't. And I would say cosplay is recreations but the next level of really trying to embody the character (which I kinda do, but prefer just the making of the dress part!) But no, I've never entered a contest or gone to cosplay event.
Those crystals look like pink and yellow AB
Here's my question: if Glinda, witch of the North, traditionally wears blue, what is she doing in pink? Otherwise, a fascinating video. Also, this type of spiral has been used in wedding dresses.
So honestly I'm not super familiar with the story but from a quick google search I saw someone mention that when they were producing the musical they didn't have the rights to make it pink (because of movie copyright) but now they can... This seems interesting but not sure how true!
I have 0 interest left in the movie, but THIS? this i will follow
Lol this is me too but i made my own the color is inspired in the movie buf the design i made was similar in the Broadway my version is Glinda's Rose dress and her wand was a rose
a behind the scenes video of the designer said the skirt ruffles were ombre dyed.
Can you please do Elphabas dress in one short day/defying gravity? No one ever talks about it😭
Girl when you see tthe Glinda bkue dress! its giving Live action cinderella
I saw it.... the dark layers underneath are definitely giving those vibes!!
Can i suggest a stunning gown. In the movie 'Lucy Gallant' there is a gown called 'Oil'. Please check it out.
Some of those irredencent one it looks like they are under some sheer fabric that light pink
Ah, interesting! I'll look at that!