My husband and I decided to have a Beetlejuice and Lydia Wedding Costume from the wedding scene in the movie.
I got lucky and found a Swiss dot wedding gown from the 70s at an antique store in town. The only problem was that it was white and polyester, with gigantic sleeves. First step was to chop off the sleeves. Then I found out that it’s incredibly hard to get dye to take to polyester so I ended up painting it red with acrylic paint and a textile medium that I had to apply with a sponge to 4 layers of lace individually so that they didn’t stick together. I spray-painted the lining to match.
Then I decided to make my own hoop skirt to fill out the bottom of the dress. I went to Target and bought a hula hoop and sewed it inside of an old sheet, then put some elastic in the waist and had myself a hoop skirt. Last, I sewed up some arm warmers to match because it’s cold in Minnesota at Halloween.
My husband’s suit came from the Salvation Army’s women’s section (it was a ladies velvet pant suit), he got the ruffly shirt at the SA too. The bow tie was his and we went out and bought a wig for the hair/bald head.
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I’m thoroughly impressed with this. I was laughing at the comment about having to sponge paint the whole dress because I, too, have run into snags in costume plans where I had to do something ridiculous in order to salvage it.
Kudos, and awesome job!
I live in MN and was wondering if I could borrow your lydia dress. I’ve found some vintage dress to make my own, but you live here, and I thought maybe I could rent it from you.
Cantact me at la_rabbitt13@hotmail.com
Thanks.
Mrs. A. Rabbitt
OMG.. I totally love this I’ve always wanted to be Lydia but had no idea where to start, fantastic job.
I have been to every resale and thrift store in my area, I want so bad for this to be our costume this year! Can you please suggest where or what to do to get this dress??
seriously – would you be willing to sell it?
My boyfriend and I want to be Lydia and Beetlejuice for Halloween and I am having such a hard time finding costumes. I have been trolling through second-hand stores for months now. If you’re willing to rent it out/sell it, I’d definitely be interested!
I think u did a remarkable job on this! The best I’ve seen by far! WTG
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