Meet The Girl Who Sews Her Own Cosplay Dresses

Saturday, Aug 15, 2020, 8:50 am

By:James Fraser

Meet Angela Clayton. She is an eighteen-year-old girl from Long Island, New York. She has this unique hobby of sewing incredibly beautiful costumes. For over three years, Angela Clayton has been creating gorgeous cosplay dresses and medieval costumes. She has strong interest towards medieval fashion. She said she like this hobby very much, and devotes most of her time to the hobby. Check these fifteen awesome dresses made by Angela Clayton, and know more about her. 

1.This Beautiful Christmas Costume

This is one of the few Christmas costumes Angela made for the last Christmas (2015). She said this dress is one of the best she has ever made.

2.Elsa (Frozen) Cosplay Dress

She worked for more than 2 months to complete this beautiful looking Elsa costume. The dress is not exactly the same what you see in the movie. She said she made some changes because she simply doesn't want to recreate a Disney Princess's costume. 

3.Another Christmas Costume

This is another dress she made for the last year's holiday season. The dress and the gold colored headpiece look beautiful. 

4.This Cinderella Inspired Costume

She had made several Disney Princess inspired costumes ever since she took up the hobby. She said this Cinderella inspired costume is one of her favorite dresses. 

5.Dona Isabel De Requesens Inspired Costume

Here comes a painting-inspired dress sewed by Angela Clayton. The costume is based on Dona Isabel De Requesens's portrait painting. 

6.Heinrich Mucke Inspired Dress

This is another art-inspired costume made by her. She made the dress based on "The Body of Saint Catherine of Alexandria Borne to Heaven by Angels" painting, painted by Heinrich Mucke.

7.A Dress Made Based on 18th Century Fashion

She researched the medieval and modern fashion a lot. The 18th-century fashion inspired dress is made from ivory damask and velvet, with chiffon accents. 

8.Another Medieval Fashion Inspired Gown

The girl looks like she time travelled all the way to 2015!  Most of her cosplay dresses are made based on medieval fashion - all those gowns and dresses you see on old paintings.

9.Maroon Gown with Gold Detailing

This is another historically inspired piece from her collection. She is particularly good at making those amazing headpieces. They are little difficult to make.

10.Princess Merida Costume

If you are Disney fan, you are going to like this Princess Merida costume for sure. The costume looks simple. You can try making one on your own if you are already inspired by Angela's work.

11.This Mary Tudor Inspired Costume

Mary Tudor was a 14th century Queen of France. 

12.Gothic Butterfly Costume

She said she had to put a lot of effort to make this costume, particularly the crown. Want to make costumes? The lady has a blog and YouTube channel where you can find some tutorials.

13.This Napoleon Inspired Cosplay Dress

The dress looks amazing! Angela is particularly good at making dresses and costumes perfectly, without a visible glitch.

14.Another Historically Inspired Royal Costume

Oh boy, don't you love costumes like these? You got to wear these if you want to grab everyone's attention in cosplay events. 

15.This Flowered Gown

If the girl's work inspires you, and if you are willing to make a cosplay dress on your own, check Angela Clayton's blog and YouTube channel for cosplay dressmaking tutorials.

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