I had a bit of an ... adventure while making this thing. What follows is a rambling tale of fabric and mayhem. With pictures. If you persevere to the end (or just scroll down), you can see the finished costume.
Here is the pattern. Because I like leaving everything to the last minute for maximum panic, I went to Designer Fabrics on Queen St. W the day before Hallowe'en and picked up these fabrics:
.I wasn't trying to match the colour scheme on the model, but these were the fabrics I liked/could afford. The embroidered fabric is interesting. Did you