Hi CGL! I plan on cosplaying Alice. I want my costume to be accurate to the 1951 movie. This includes having a large, bell shaped skirt.
Only detail I'm not sure of at this point is if I should get my poof from a bunch of petticoats or a hoop skirt + petticoat. My preference is on the hoop skirt: it'll easily create the shape I want and works well in the Texas heat. In addition, Alice in the 1951 movie is apparently wearing a hoop skirt to support her dress. All of my friends I've talked to have supported the hoop skirt idea.
I am considering ordering the 42 cm hoop skirt from Divinity Doll, even though it costs $150. I would layer my Malco Modes 582/Jennifer over that.
Use the help thread
There should be an active help thread.
Also Alice would be wearing a petticoat, not a hoopskirt. Even the official disney park costume uses a petticoat.
>>9608136
Didn't see the help thread from 8/15. My bad.
I've seen the parks costume. I think it uses some starched fabric/linen petticoat. I think a regular nylon or chiffon petticoat would be fine under my costume though. Part of me thinks 1951 Alice appears to be wearing a hoop skirt because it was easier to animate than 4-6 layers of petticoat.
>>9608146
Literally the ONLY part she looks like she's wearing a hoopskirt is the image you've posted which is when air is rushing up under the skirt as she falls. Literally every other scene it's obviously a fabric based petticoat. In the house/growing scene a hoop skirt would not fold that way, ditto when she falls in the bottle and is running the caucus race. Go with a belle shaped petti anon.
Go for a hoop skirt
>>9608213
>>9608130
unless you're doing a weirdly specific alice-while-falling cosplay, don't use a hoopskirt. she's obviously wearing petticoats, her dress is not poofed out that much.
If you're bent on the hoop skirt, try Goodwill's Halloween stuff. The stores are stepping up for Halloween starting next week, so keep an eye out.