Probably the
prettiest of my Midsummer's
night dream project for Costume
Design. The only problem I have
with her is her arm (no matter
what it likes to look WRONG >.<)
This is
cobweb, one of Titania's
servants. I differed from
Shakespeare's story by making
her female. I did so because I
have always seen cobweb as a
female, and I felt that Titania
needed at least two female
servants.
Cobweb I can
see being the most vain of her
servants and probably in charge
of arranging social events and
fashions for the queen. Titania
and cobweb probably have a lot
in common and are close
friends... well as close as
servant and master could hope to
be. I also want in the play it
to be a bit ambiguous as to
whether Cobweb is Titania's
lesbian toy or just a favorite
servant of hers.
As for her
outfit, the items she has in her
hand is a mirror (I know no one
can tell XP sorry about that). I
found one of them at renfair and
fell in love with how they look.
It's a giant fan of feathers
that has a small mirror on one
side. The wonderful thing about
them is that you can wear them
as decoration. A definite plus
for cobweb.
Her dress I
designed so that she had see
through fabric with cobweb
designs and probably some
glitter on it to simulate a
gossamer. I also wanted to show
her hoopskirt so that even when
she is backlit you get a sense
of a cobweb.
The hardest
part about designing cobweb was
to keep her outfit simple enough
so that she wouldn't seem more
formal than Titania. I think
showing the hoopskirt helps keep
her from being truly formal.