Queen of Hearts concept

Back in August of last year, when I was still floating on cloud nine after a great Masquerade with my daughter, and wondering what to make for Montreal ComicCon for my daughter and I, I decided some cartoon character (with less detail to their costumes) would be ideal. I have never been a great fan of the Queen of hearts, but I thought my daughter would look adorable as Alice in a light blue dress and white apron, so that is what I began planning for. While searching for photos to inspire me, I found this one of Terri Hatcher as the Queen of Hearts.

Terri Hatcher as the Queen of Hearts

This got me thinking that I did not necessarily have to go down the Disney road and do a perfect reproduction of the 1951 movie’s Character, but that I could in fact get creative and do a completely original concept.

Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland (1951)

As we all know, I lost my job and the convention did not happen for me, but I still worked on a few concepts that I would like to share with you.

All of these concepts share the same gold and black chevron skirt and parti-coloured red and black open and trained overskirt trimmed with white fur, as well as a mini gold crown with four red heart-shaped gems around its circumference.

Concept 1

It consists of a parti-coloured red and black sweet heart bustier, laced in the back, with opposite parti-coloured open bolero jacket with white fur cuffs and white standing collar.

Concept 2

It consists of a parti-coloured red and black sweet heart bustier, laced in the back, with opposite parti-coloured bolero jacket with triple opposite colour frog closure at front and finger loops at each cuff. The white standing collar is separate from the jacket and is integrated with the necklace.

Concept 3

It consists of a parti-coloured red and black sweet heart long sleeved bodice, laced in the back, with detachable white standing collar, puff-and-slash sleeves and pleated and starched white cuffs.

Concept 4

It consists of a parti-coloured red and black sweet heart bustier, laced in the back, with opposite parti-coloured bolero jacket with metallic colour frog closure at front, at the under bust level, white standing collar, puff-and-slash sleeves and finger loops at each cuff

Fabrics I would wish to use are Dupioni silk for the skirt, satin for the collar, and velvet for everything black and red, though I could also use satin or Dupioni silk for the corseted bodice for more of a contrast with the bolero jacket.

In the hair department, I had looked at these two wig options:

Wig option 1

Wig option 2

The black curly wig I would use for some sort of an up-do, but I also like the more vampiric look of the second wig.

To be honest, my favourite concept in number 4. I like the bolero jacket over the laced bustier, and I also like the puff-and-slash sleeves. I really hope I can make it one of these days. And of course, I will have Alice with me.