#Wing Weft Gloves

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Christine Baranski knows how to make a statement on the red carpet, and she did just that at the Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala for ‘Grounded’ in New York City last night.

After the rave reviews she garnered for her Oscar de la Renta look at the Emmys, it’s no surprise she returned to the designer for yet another breathtaking moment. And let me tell you, lightning has indeed struck twice.

This time, Christine graced the red carpet in a stunning white off-the-shoulder gown that oozed sophistication. The design was everything you’d expect from Oscar de la Renta—elegant, timeless, and expertly tailored to Christine’s statuesque frame. It’s the kind of dress that commands attention without trying too hard, proving that sometimes simplicity is the most powerful fashion statement.

But what truly elevated this look were the accessories. Christine’s Wing & Weft opera gloves were a pitch-perfect choice for the evening, especially considering the venue. If there’s ever a place to lean into Old Hollywood glamour, it’s at the opera, and Christine did just that, pairing the gloves with a selection of dazzling Fred Leighton jewels. Her ability to channel classic elegance while keeping it modern is what makes her such a red carpet favourite.

I’m not the biggest fan of the style of clutch, but her Roger Vivier black accessories didn’t detract from the overall look.

If you’re curious about the back of the dress (because who isn’t?), take a peek at her stylist Cristina Ehrlich’s Instagram. The gown features a v-bow-accented back that cascades into a sweeping train, adding that extra layer of drama we all love from a red carpet moment.

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Anya Taylor-Joy at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in NYC.

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Stylist: Anya Taylor-Joy and Paul Burgo

Outfit: Oscar de la Renta by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia

Shoes: custom Stuart Weitzman

Hat: custom Gigi Burris Millinery

Gloves: Wing & Weft Gloves

Jewelry: Tiffany & Co.

[allicat-rising]

this collab lewk between Prajje and Wing + Weft (home to Lacrasia Gloves) was EVERYTHING of the sort to me!

[karliesstyle]

Vogue Turkey | November 2019

Givenchy Fall 2019 Wing & Weft gloves

Karlie poses in a black lace top with wide, asymmetrical sleeves and black gloves.

Worn with: Versace earrings and Givenchy pants

View all looks from Karlie’s Vogue Turkey photoshoot here.

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Anne Hathaway wearing Giorgio Armani dress, gloves by Wing & Weft. Pink sequin dress by Area, pink gloves by Paula Rowan. Tom Ford purple coat, Gucci jacket, tights by Falke, Gianvito Rossi boots. Jacket, skirt, sunglasses and bags, all Chanel, Wolford top and tights, Paula Rowan gloves. Michael Kors coat and dress, Falke tights. Shirt, pants and heels, all Carolina Herrera. Top and skirt, all Alaïa. Wolford tights and heels by Valentino. Photographed by Dan Jackson for Vogue Hong Kong, November 2022.

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We glove a custom order! ♥️🧤♥️ This is the completed pair of luxurious leather gloves that accompanies the previous process photos. Nothing makes us shine like a client who has a vision to utilize our special machines and technical skills. Here you can see the Union Special point machine details on the tops of the fingers and all the way down the top of the glove. An invisible zipper closure in the center wrist resolves into a curved palm seam, making the fit even more ooooh-so-good. 😍 #wingweftgloves #hometolacrasiagloves #lacrasia #lacrasiagloves #customgloves #leathergloves #glovemaker #glovemaking #artisan #gloves #madeinnyc #madeinthegarmentdistrict #handcrafted #handmade #wegloveyou (at Wing & Weft, home to Lacrasia Gloves) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSjXl_nrecf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Details of Beyoncé’s Harper’s Bazarre September Icon issue.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMPBELL ADDY; STYLING BY SAMIRA NASR AND MARNI SENOFONTE

“Valentino cape and bodysuit; Stetson hat; Tiffany & Co. earrings and ring; Wing & Weft gloves.”

“Gucci dress; Tiffany & Co. earrings and necklace.”

“Gucci coat; IVY PARK x adidas shirt and shorts; Tiffany & Co. earrings; Tiffany & Co. Schlumberger brooch.”

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a37039502/beyonce-evolution-interview-2021/

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Tehya Elam in "Flights of Fancy" for British Vogue January 2020

Wearing: Miu Miu dress and Wing & Weft Gloves lace gloves

Photography: Harley Weir Styling: Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair: Cyndia Harvey Makeup: Lauren Parsons Nails: Sylvie MacMillan Set design: Alice Kirkpatrick Production: Art Partner and Shiny Projects

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Zoe Kravitz at SAG Awards 2020 : Zoe gave a lovely nod to Breakfast At Tiffany's (and her co-star Nicole Kidman's look in Big Little Lies) with a strapless Oscar de la Renta dress, Wing & Weft gloves and minimal Tiffany & Co jewelry. Beautiful!

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Photographer credit: Chez Photo

Oh man, talk about a big project! I decided to tackle this fuku for a couple of reasons. First, I’ve had several commission requests for Eternal fukus over the years, but I’ve never been comfortable making one for a commission without doing some trial and error first. Second, I wanted a big solo competitive piece, so I could use that as an excuse to go balls to the wall with this build and try out lots of new techniques. Third, I’ve had an interest in making several Sailor Moon accessories for my fuku commissions, which explains my rationale in how I approached a lot of these items, especially the smaller resin accessories.

So, let’s get this started!

Wig

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The wig is both fairly straight forward but also time-consuming. I’m not going to write a tutorial here on creating a Sailor Moon wig, since several folks have done that already and much better than I could. I used a Chibi from Arda in Fairy blonde along with 2 long ponytail clips and short wefts.

After fixing the bag hair, I tweaked the bang line, stubbed the ponytails, created the odango and styled the bangs.

Special shout-out to Vickie Bane for giving me lots of helpful tips and keeping me sane when I wanted to chuck this in the trash.

Here are a few helpful tutorials:

Anime Bangs

Bag Hair

Antiquity Dreams Sailor Moon tutorial

How to style wigs with a garment steamer – Note: I ultimately wound up doing this for the bangs.

Wig Accessories

  Here’s where we start getting to the fun stuff! As I mentioned above, I went into this build knowing that I wanted to create resin molds so to sell as part of my commissions. With that in mind, I started by creating odango shields in TinkerCAD. I made these as a two-part set: the base white layer and a top layer that I could cast with tinted resin. These are printed on PLA at my work (having easy access to a Makerspace is the best), then sanded and finished by me. Once the lines were SUUUUUUPER smooth, I took the pieces for the odango shields and created molds using Smooth-On products, specifically OOMOO 30.

Once the molds cured, I used Smooth-On 300 to cast the pieces. To create the white pieces, I “painted” white glittery powder from the Jacquard Pearl EX set into the mold, then poured in the resin, which cures in 10 minutes. For the red pieces, I “painted” Cast Magic Red Devil powder into the mold cavity and tinted the resin with a tiny bit of Red SO-Strong tint. I attached the pieces together with e6000.

The hair feathers were super fun! I traced the feathers from some ESM clipart I found online and created a vector of them in Inkscape. From there, I converted the files and cut them off on 2mm EVA foam using my Cricut Maker. I heat sealed the pieces prior, then glued them in a staggered pattern to match the pearl width. For the pearls, I found some flat back pieces on Amazon and glued them on the front and back of the feathers with hot glue. Once the full piece was dry, I glued the piece on a hair clip. This process is essentially the same for the other pearl/feather bits on her sleeves.

Again, here’s a helpful list of resources!

TinkerCAD

Finishing 3D printed pieces

Smoothing the Surface of a 3D printed model using XTC

Creating simple molds

Using dyes and powders with resin 

Base Fuku

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Ahhh, the big part of this. Thankfully, I have a lot of experience making fukus, so this part wasn’t too daunting, but there are some big differences between making these and making classic fukus.

Note: I’m going to do a more comprehensive “how-to” tutorial over on Cosmic Coterie for this build (eventually), so my discussion below will mostly detail my thought process as well as trial and error.

One of my big hold-ups with making an Eternal fuku was the sleeves. They’re such an odd shape in how they look like bubbles, but are often drawn clear in the manga. I wanted something that had that bubble shape, but wasn’t *just* gathering. I turned to this tutorial by Angelic Threads as my prototype. This process requires A TON of tulle stuffing (I used nearly 4 yards of tulle in each sleeve), but it’s by and far my favorite way to make the sleeves. In fact, these turned out so well that I ditched my other protype ideas and stuck with this one! For the bottom of the sleeves, I used our glove roll approach at Cosmic Coterie, but just tweaked the pattern so it was 2 rolls instead of 3.

Once I ironed out the sleeve issue, it was time to tackle the belts! Proportions on the Eternal leotards are essentially the same as the classic fukus, so I took the base leotard pattern I normally used and built the pink belt into the leotard. The pink “belt” is my normal hip roll pieces cut on the bias and treated essentially in the same manner as the hip roll for a classic fuku. I will note that you must be EXTRA careful with the bias cut satin to prevent weird pulling. I cut a strip of interfacing and fused it to the top layer of the “belt” and also was extra mindful of my pressing. Additionally, you will likely need to taper the belt in at the center back to prevent puckering (if you care about that and I did).

The gold belt was very similar. I again took my hip roll pieces, cut them on the bias, and interfaced them. Once they were stitched together, I tacked the center front onto the leotard, then used snaps to hold the belt in place. Cutting the belt on the bias helps it curve around the body and lay flat!

The skirts are treated in the exact same manner as the skirts we use over at Cosmic Coterie. I did 3 circle skirts for each layer, basted them together, and treated them as one before pleating and attaching them to the base leotard. Then came the ETERNALLY (I crack myself up) long process of cutting and hemming 30 yards of fabric *dies inside*.

The collar was the most straight-forward part of the base fuku. I used the collar pattern Vickie Bane drafted up for us with my giant person alterations. From there, I made bias tape from my scrap gold fabric to create the stripes.

For Katsucon, I opted to create a standard butt bow since I didn’t want to travel with large wings. I’ll add those on when I get ready to compete!

Helpful tutorials:

Cosmic Coterie Fuku Tutorial

Eternal Sleeve Tutorial

Chest Brooch

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This was another trial and error piece. I had a resin heart mold on hand that I love for my Super senshi. I experimented with some shimmery mixes for the resin casting before ultimately deciding on an opaque design with Cast Magic.

Like the hair feathers, I created a basic vector of the wing shape based on some artwork I found online and played with the sizing until I found the size I was most comfortable with and suited me proportionally. I then converted the files and cut the base shape out on my Cricut. As with the feathers, I heat sealed the pieces prior to moving on.

Once that was done, It was time to mount everything! The heart resin piece attaches onto the base wings with industrial strength Velcro and then attached the pearl feathers to the sides with e6000. For a little extra flair, I also glued a few fluffy feathers onto the base and also added some Swarovski crystals for extra sparkle.

To help keep all this nonsense on my chest, I attached 4 spin clips to the back that are held in place with Black Worbla.

Helpful Tutorials:

Inkscape

How to use the Cricut to Cut Foam

Gloves

Ugh, I hate how inconsistently the Eternals especially are drawn. Sometimes Moon is drawn with the points on her gloves, sometimes not. My preference is with them, for a very specific reason: hand access.

For these gloves, I bought a base pair of white wrist gloves from We Love Colors. I then made arm stockings from the same material as my leotard for the top (the glove rolls were made using our normal approach over at Cosmic Coterie and then adding on the feather clips). To create the point, I made some bias cut satin strips and used the same angle I use for hip rolls (app. 90 degrees). I then treated this as really fancy bias binding and stitched it around the edge of the arm stockings, gluing crescent moons I cast out of resin on the tip.

Once the bias binding was on, I hand sewed snaps on the stocking and the base glove, enabling me to easily remove my glove while in costume without having to take the whole piece off.

Boots

There’s not a whole lot to say on these that hasn’t been approached in other Eternals write-ups. I bought a pair of base white boots, but unfortunately they weren’t quite large enough for my calves. This was a pretty easy fix, thankfully. The boots had a center seam in the back, so I opened it up down to the bottom of my calf and sewed in a wide pieces of elastic.

After cutting the boots at a 45 degree angle, I stitched more pink bias cut satin around the tops and then glued on more crescent moons that I cast out of resin. Easy peasy!

Other Accessories

  A few years ago, my Cosmic Coterie teammate Space Cadet Cosplay had plans on making ESM, so she bought a ton of generic molds for this project. When I mentioned I wanted to do this build, she was super sweet and gave me the molds. I used the mold she gave me to create all the stars you see on this build. The crescent moon molds are from MoldsbyMia.

For the heart/moon piece, I built a small model in TinkerCAD and printed and cast them as I described above. These two pieces are mounted on the choker, which is also a piece of bias cut satin stitched at an angle.

Thoughts on this build:

I nearly talked myself out of wearing this build so many times, but its one of my favorites to date! I love how everything came together and how many new skills I picked up, which is refreshing after making so many Sailor Moon costumes. I do plan to add on to this build for competition later in the summer and will absolutely document the process to share with all of you.

In the name of the Moon, make gorgeous things! ❤

Photographer credit: Chez Photo

Costume Notes: Eternal Sailor Moon Photographer credit: Chez Photo Oh man, talk about a big project! I decided to tackle this fuku for a couple of reasons.

[lamaisongaga]

FASHION CREDITS: LADY GAGA FOR BRITISH & ITALIAN VOGUE

Lady Gaga is simultaneously the December cover star of the British Vogue and Italian Vogue! She was lensed by famed photographer Steven Meisel. British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, who styled Gaga’s spread, said he wanted to dress her in “something fabulous”. Mission accomplished!

Makeup by the legendary Pat McGrath, hair by Guido Palau with coloring by Ryuta Sayama, manicure by Jin Soon Choi, respectively.

On the first of two covers, the Italian-American superstar poses fiercely in a look from Schiaparelli’s Fall/Winter 2021 collection titled “The Matador”.

Strapless dress in wool crêpe with a plunging heart-shaped neckline. Entirely lined with a pleated silk made by hand for an exaggerated bubbled volume effect that redefines the dimensions of the silhouette.

"For two years, I’ve been saying that I didn’t care about nostalgia. This season, though, it’s where it all started. I found myself wondering, again and again: What if you combined a little Manet; a little Lacroix; a little 1980s; a little 1880s; a little matador; a little space alien; a little Ingres; a little shimmer; a lot of color? Could I do it? And what would it look like?" Daniel Roseberry said.

Her Multiplication yellow-gold, platinum and diamond flower clip-on earrings ($25,000) belong to the “Schlumberger” collection of Tiffany & Co.

French luxury jeweller Boucheron provided a handful of stunning jewelry for this editorial. On the cover we can spot the Serpent Bohème with 23 motifs entirely covered in brilliant diamonds. It’s valued at $222,000.

I had to pick up my jaw multiple times after seeing Gaga wear one of my most desired pieces from this couture season.

Also from the aforementioned Schiaparelli collection: fitted basque jacket with exaggerated arms in various Mikado silks, satin, and faille weaves. Underneath, yellow moiré bodysuit with bejeweled crotch, and bi-colored bejeweled crotch stir-up pants.

The embroidery techniques, done by Lesage, are inspired by the Schiaparelli archives and include traditional volute in gold strass, gold pearls, rhinestones, lurex thread, multicolored thread embroidery in ochre silk faille, embroidered with gold thread spindle stretch lambskin in bi-colored lamé and black.

The fashion mogul paired the look with a lace-trimmed Spanish ruff collar from costume retailer Angels Fancy Dress...

...and white lace gloves by Wing & Weft Gloves which she layered with the Maya delicate ivory nylon scallop chantilly valencienne lace cuffs adorned with a bee-shaped jewel (£225) by emerging designer Azima Musayeva!

A stunning cocktail ring was worn on each finger. 

First row: Cartier Panthere Caline ring crafted from pink gold, emerald, diamond and onyx, the panther coils around the cabochon-cut rubellite – the stone suggesting an indistinguishable flame, the fiery colour of passion – and weighs an impressive 14.89 carats. Stacked above is the De Beers Aella oval-shaped diamond ring and next to it one of Bvlgari’s Serpenti rose-gold diamond rings.

Second row: two of them, the Serpent Bohème L motif yellow-gold diamond ring ($‌22,750) and Plume de Paon large feather ring ($‌20,550) are by Boucheron while Buccellati made the flower-shaped Opera ring composed of fans and garlands in white-gold set with diamonds, laterally "rigato" engraved, centering an octagonal white-gold leaf-modeled bezel set with a diamond.

Another ring of hers is from Chopard’s “Animal World” collection.

To complete the look, she wore pure matte 20 black knee-high socks ($16) by Falke...

... and the Schiaparelli black satin pumps with silk-faille bows adorned with trompe-l'œil gold metal toes bearing silver toenails.

In this next shot Gaga looks majestic wearing the voluminious tip-dyed ruffled tulle top and pants from Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi’s Fall/Winter 2021 Haute Couture collection...

...which she crowned with a pearl-embellished silver metal fabergé cage headpiece with integral ehadband from the archival Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2013 collection we’ve talked about before.

Luxury glovemaker Paula Rowan created the Montserrat pink leather opera-length gloves ($432). Available in tons of colors!

These two looks are both from Valentino’s Fall/Winter 2021 “Valentino Des Atelier” Haute Couture collection.

First one is the bubblegum pink-colored silk-faille hooded sleeveless column gown and off-the-shoulder opera coat. The second one is a 60s-inspired conical pink knitted cape mini dress. J’adoreeeee!

For this vintage Italian movie star-inspired look, Gaga posed in this Chanel Fall/Winter 2021 Haute Couture black bonded silk gown with ruffled shoulders, slit paneled skirt revealing white fringed silk organza underlayer and satin bows.

She also wears a necklace and platinum, gold and diamond flower clip-on earrings by Graff...

...and the Brigitte suede leather gloves with folded detail by Paula Rowan ($561).

My little fashion heart is filled with pure joy seeing how this editorial is filled to the brim with all the couture looks I wanted, wished and needed to see Gaga in before I rest myself down.

Here, she wears the Balenciaga silk-shantung coat embroidered with faux feathers by Maison Lemarié, the glossy lacquer dome hat created for the collection by Philip Treacy, and Swarovski crystal & resin-pearl statement earrings, all from the Fall/Winter 2021 Haute Couture collection.

On her index finger we can spot the Mikimoto Circle white-gold, diamond and pearl ring ($40,000). Her ring finger carries a large platinum and diamond cocktail ring from Cartier’s “Fauna and Flora” collection.

For the penultimate look, the Italian-American beauty is clad in one of the final pieces from Pieter Mullier’s debut for Alaïa’s Spring/Summer 2022 collection: a sleeveless, fitted white jersey foam gown with structured shoulders, mock-neck and semi-transparent curved side panels.

Her white cotton balaclava with vinyl mask and Velcro strap closure was custom-made for our girl by milliner extraordinaire Noel Stewart.

Last but definitely not least, a black velvet long-sleeved cut-out detail dress with mermaid tail skirt from the same Alaïa collection, paired with a fine lace cape from the stylist’s archive.

Talking of lace! The incredible hooded catsuit, Gagaloo wore underneath the smooth beauty, is from the Fall/Winter 2020 “Rebel of the Future” collection of emerging designer Sarah Regensburger.

She crowned the look with with a custom Philip Treacy black feather showgirl headpiece based on an archival design.

Her wrist-length black lace gloves are by Wing & Weft Gloves.

Now, the jewelry. She wore a haute joaillerie grand moonstone, black-spinel, aluminium and white-gold necklace from Chopard’s “Fleur d'Opales” capsule collection which was layered on top of a jet beaded choker and necklaces from Angels Fancy Dress.

Lisa Eisner Jewelry created both her Wyoming black jade scarab ring with polished bronze, and the square-shaped black jade cocktail ring which was made in collaboration with Tom Ford for his 2015 collection.

Her other orbit-like gold flower ring is from Dior’s Fall/Winter 2021 Haute Couture collection.

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VICTORIA for sickymag.com

Photography Oriana Layendecker Fashion Vance Gamble Model Victoria Thomsen from New York Models Hair Linh Nguyen from See Management Make-Up Joy Fennell Production Brink Talent Clothes Donna Zong, Wing and Weft Gloves, Versace, Taylor Golderberg, Helmut Lang, Joss Medina, Erickson Beamon, Mola Walker, Elena Rudenko, Bibhu Mohapatra, PLV and Chae

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Rianne van Rompaey at the Temple of Poseidon in “Eternal Style” for WSJ. Magazine, December 2017. Photograph by Inez & Vinoodh.

“Create an enduring impression in bold volume and color. Michael Kors Collection trench, $2,150, shirt, $895, and pants, $995, C.S. Simko belt, $165, Wing & Weft gloves, price upon request, Albertus Swanepoel hat, $400, and Aquazzura boots, $1,200.”

[tiffanydmuacosplay]

It’s been so long since I shared a pic of my original Rainbow Dash Cosplay!! 📸📸 @charliegirlnic This is a costume I made ages ago, keeping with the sporty theme as Rainbow Dash is sporty. I copped a bit of flack as most people thought I just did a ‘sexy version’ but that’s not the type of person I am. I spent ages getting a true to shape tail and it’s my favorite part of this entire costume. I literally made a plush tail with stuffing, chopped up a few wigs and sewed all the wefts on 😅😅 I also made the sports crop, skirt, gloves and ears, and painted the socks and wings. :D #mylittlepony #mylittleponycosplay #rainbowdashcosplay #rainbowdash #mlprainbowdash #mlpcosplay #rainbowpony https://www.instagram.com/p/BtIvW0DHIAb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dh1gq1fg5qxd

[karliesstyle]

Vogue Turkey | November 2019

Balenciaga Fall 2019 Wing & Weft gloves

Karlie looks so fierce wearing a red oversized coat with an exaggerated collar and wide sleeves and black gloves.

Worn with: Versace earrings, Versace tights and Versace sandals

View all looks from Karlie’s Vogue Turkey photoshoot here.

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The Untitled Magazine’s Tenth Anniversary Issue features RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner Sasha Velour wearing the iconic New York City Skyline cape, black mini-dress, crystal necklace and shoes with metal heels, Zang Toi . Custom made gloves, for Wing & Weft Gloves. 18 karat white gold, faceted black onyx and diamond “Donut” earrings and 18 karat white gold, diamond and black onyx “Lips” ring, Hammerman Jewels. Photographed by Daniela Federici. Stylist me! . . . . . . . . . . #theuntitledmagazine #danielafederici #stylisttyronmayes #tyronmayes #celebritystylisttyronmayes #superstylisttyronmayes #hammermanjewels #realdiamonds #dragqueensofinstagram #rupaulsdragrace #dragracewinner #zangtoi #gaypride #pride #tattoo #genderfluid #genderbender (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjlM-JRLLqS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=