Costuming: Black Bling

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Originally uploaded by Phoebe Swyft.

This hat was on it's last legs. I indulged in some tulle and sequin therapy. In the process I managed to revive the hat. It has been reborn as a 1970's glam victorian style riding hat. The face veiling is detachable.

Materials used:

Black wool top hat (purchased in ragged shape at Hot Topic on clearance. I think the after tax price was about $5.00)

Purchased feather appliqué

Black tulle

Black faceted sequins

Silver faceted sequins

Opalescent faceted sequins

Pre-beaded black lace appliqué

Grosgrain ribbon

Aleene's Jewel-it Embellishing Glue

Notes:

The Jewel-it dries light, flexible and clear. The only points where the excess is visible is up close in bright light on the black tulle. The glue has a snail tracking effect on the tulle.

The detachable face veil will be attached with safety pins at the back and with a silver toned brooch at the front. The veiling covers the entire face.

Roughly 1,000 sequins were glued on to this hat with the Jewel-it. A bamboo skewer was used to apply the glue and another was employed to affix the sequins to the glue.