/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>19174
>>19174

this forever. It's really easy. Become familiar with victorian/1800's style clothing (I did it by watching Deadwood and film adaptations of Sherlock Holmes--you'll start to notice differences between American and British attire), then find thrift stuff that gives that effect. After that you add accessories to give some character to yourself, as people ITT have said.

I would advise you to come up with a theme for yourself. I usually go with something simple like a coachman or a chimney sweep; my friend comes up with intricate stories about her outlandish characters and bases her whole costume idea off of it. both ways work out well! If you don't have a theme at all, then I would advise you to not get really flamboyant with your costume. keep it simple and elegant, or else you'll look like you've been magnetized to collect random clothing and objects on your body.