Daenarys Targaryen Series Part 1: Wedding Dress

This is a cosplay series I created about two-three years ago before I went to AniMinneapolis in southern Minnesota. I have been obsessed with Game of Thrones since Day 1, so of course I wanted to do a Dany cosplay with multiple outfits. I chose Dothraki Garb, "Dragonscale" wrap dress, and her wedding dress. I did not use any patterns for the outfits except eye balling multiple reference pictures. These were my first "official" cosplays and I was running short on time.

All 3 cosplays cost me under $150 to make.

Wedding Dress

For the Wedding Dress I wanted to add my own originality to it with a light purple fabric which I used a cover bed sheet for. I also used bra padding, brown ribbon, gray paint, and Sculpey. 

What I found easiest was to just start in the middle of the sheet and draw out how I wanted my breast area to look. I then sewed in my padding then cut and sewed the front accordingly. Then I started to cut down to the skirt portion of the dress. Once I had the breast portion made, I wrapped the dress around myself and marked how much I needed to cut off and sew. 

The breast portion also has 2 long strips sewn on the sides that were long enough to create detail on the breasts as well as wrap around the bodice to make a snug fit. 

The dress is held up by a halter style with thick brown ribbon. 

The front piece that is wrapped within the tightening straps was hand sculpted with Sculpey and painted with a basic gray acrylic and coated with Modge Podge, If I could go back I would definitely do a wire base and add another coat of Modge Podge to reduce stress marks on the clay. The piece held together for over 2 days of full day wear at a convention. The tail broke off from tripping up the stairs.  

It is a very simple and fast dress to make. If I would have had a little more than a week to finish it, it would have been able to come out in better condition.