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Post by Artelmis on Jul 24, 2012 3:20:02 GMT
I'm trying to find a cloak or cape with a fur collar and a leather lower face mask for my "Coldhands" getup for dragoncon.
I searched around and was unable to find an adequate cape. I found a lether bandanna, but was wondering if anyone knew of other options.
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Post by jhart06 on Jul 24, 2012 3:46:13 GMT
Leather bandana is your best bet for the face get up, unless you want to custom commission it or make it suede. Suede would actually be more feasible and warm for a face covering.
As for a cape, you best bet is to order one you like and just hand stitch or liquid seam on fur trim from Jo-Ann's.
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Post by Artelmis on Jul 24, 2012 3:53:28 GMT
Warm has its advantages and disadvantages
adv: I can wear it while hunting in the winter
disadv: it's going to be hot as all hell at dragoncon in ATL end of August.
I'll hit up jo-ann's or something and just make a cape from scratch. If i go visit mom, perhaps she'll let me use her patterns and sewing machine.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2012 3:54:29 GMT
Those leather facemasks/balaclavas/bandanas/kerchiefs are what we use to keep the cold wind off our face for riding motorcycles during the off-season. Very easy item to find... just look in any bike shop. Can't help you with the fur-collar cape though.
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Post by jhart06 on Jul 24, 2012 4:03:09 GMT
Suede isn't significantly warmer than leather. It's less humid/sticky, although actual temp is about the same or a bit more. They end up being equivalent though.
A cape is really easy to do on your own though as well. There are tons of sites with how-to's. Done in some fashions it is just a solid piece of fabric cut to size.
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Post by Taran on Jul 24, 2012 7:14:11 GMT
Alaska Fur Gallery at akfurs.com/ is a good place to look, but you will PAY for it. Also, Alaska Fur Cache at alaskafurcache.com/ would be a fantastic place to get it done custom. I do business with both and am quite satisfied.
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Post by Artelmis on Jul 24, 2012 15:30:19 GMT
Full fur is asking for disaster. I was just after a black cloak with a fur collar.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2012 15:39:16 GMT
Yeah, then I think that jhart is on to the right path, make it yourself. Even just making a full cloak is not difficult, and sewing a fur collar onto an already-made cloak would be even easier. The material costs for a cloak are more than the labor (which is opposite from most other types of clothing).
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Post by Elheru Aran on Jul 24, 2012 17:11:54 GMT
I would personally just run with a faux-fur. Less cruel to animals and probably cheaper, and since it's just a costume that you'll probably wear just a few times for a few hours, why bother spending the extra cost on real fur? You can get them in all sizes these days, I think...
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Post by jhart06 on Jul 24, 2012 18:13:40 GMT
Actually, Jeff, two things-
A lot of online retailers can be found that don't just hunt the animal for their fur, it is harvested for meat, or a deceased one from a preserve or some such. And if you're like me, it's easy to find Native Americans who sell the fruits of their traps (where the meat, fun, teeth, bones and all are used) and often the prices are not much more than good faux fur that looks real.
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Post by Elheru Aran on Jul 24, 2012 18:16:53 GMT
Hmm. Fair do's, then...
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Post by Svadilfari on Jul 24, 2012 22:26:09 GMT
Check out some local Thrift / second hand clothing shops....you may come across an old fox fur stole or similar that could be modified to fit onto a cloak
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Post by Taran on Jul 28, 2012 14:22:43 GMT
Be careful about that. Big ongoing scandal in the fur industry: Most Chinese-produced faux-fur is real fur dyed and tooled to make it look fake because it apparently costs the Chinese less to produce and alter tanuki-hides than to produce real fake fur (bet that's a phrase you never expected to read or hear "real fake").
And I do mean "produce." They breed, raise, and slaughter tanukis (also known as Russian Coons or Finn Coons) for both meat and hides the way we do pigs and cattle. I don't know what they do with the guts and bones, though. Probably throw them out but they might sell them to the poor for soup components.
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