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Sandy Powell, costume designer for IWTV:

“Interview with a Vampire travels through time so I got the opportunity to dress Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in many different looks but this costume is pretty much accurate for the 18th century period. Tom’s character Lestat was meant to be handsome and charismatic so I always dressed him expensively and up-to-date. This shirt is particularly voluminous to give an air of romanticisim.” 

violeteyedvampiremolloy:

whiningforcenturies:

I couldn’t stop thinking about Armand in a dinosaur kigurumi

@maestroderomanus and @violeteyedvampiremolloy have a raptor infestation (again)

This is awesomely great. Had to reblog …..

Armand is a menace in a dinosaur costume…

babylonsabby
reblogged your photoset and added:

If I had the money, it would all be mine in a heartbeat.

What we need to do is pool our resources and buy all of this stuff from whoever has it currently and then make a museum out of it. Supervised touching of everything is allowed provided you wash your hands first. 

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944. BRAD PITT “LOUIS” HERO COSTUME CREATED FOR INTERVIEW
WITH THE VAMPIRE.
(Warner Bros., 1994) In the gothic, romantic horror film Interview with the Vampire, Brad Pitt plays “Louis de Pointe du Lac”,
a handsome vampire with a conscience. Here is the memorable 18th
century “Louis” costume created by Academy Award winning designer
Sandy Powell for this opulent film. Consisting of a rich blue, taffeta
frock coat with shimmering brown silk lining, meticulous gold lace
appliqué piping on collar, pockets and sleeve cuffs. Fabric-covered, hand
embroidered and sequined buttons on faux front closure, back vents and
sleeve cuffs. Long crème linen undershirt with balloon sleeves, ruffled
cuffs and one-button ruffled collar, open to below chest. Matching
blue crushed velvet, fall-front breeches with button-waist front, lace-up
back and orange sateen lining at the buttoned knees with taffeta bow
ornaments. Ornately embroidered gold and brown vest with puff-paint
detail, lace-up fabric back and hollow filigree brass buttons along the
front closure. Shallow hip pockets and brown silk lining. Crème-colored
linen ascot neck wrapping. A pair of brown leather, slip-on loafers
with embellished, ornamental brass buckles. Bias labels in jacket, vest
and breeches with “Brad Pitt” handwritten. This beautiful, period hero
costume is in very good condition, having been carefully archived by
the studio. Included are the Capezio brand white tights that complete
the ensemble. Accompanied with an original Warner Bros. Studios
Certificate of Authenticity. $15,000 – $20,000

Fun fact: the Capezio tights are the brand used by figure skaters. 

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945. KIRSTEN DUNST “CLAUDIA” COSTUME CREATED FOR INTERVIEW
WITH THE VAMPIRE.
(Warner Bros., 1994) This is the original 3-piece Victorian-style “natural form” bustle
gown created for the movie. Consisting of (1) blue satin, paneled
bodice piece with ornamental black velvet applique’ and meticulous
black beading, hook and loop back closure (1) multi-layered bustle
skirt, giving the illusion of richly layered skirts and petticoats, with
patterned silk fabric, black bead edging detail, pleated ruffles at the
hem and billowing satin bustle. Marked “Kirsten” on bias label, with
snaps and hook and loop back closure, and, (1) voluminous ruched
bustle train, currently pinned, but needing permanent reattachment in
the back. This beautiful, period hero costume shows some mild sport
fading and production wear and soil (dried mud on back skirt hem),
but remains in good condition, having been carefully archived by the
studio. Accompanied with an original Warner Bros. Studios Certificate
of Authenticity. $3,000 – $5,000 

Hey bud! I’m working on a Lestat cosplay rn, could you help me with ref pics? I especially need pics of his different shoes/boots and pants 💙

Bonjour~ You came to the right place… 

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…but there aren’t many shots of his shoes or boots, really 😛 Not just to conceal the added heel height! There’s just more action going on in the face area ;]

Here’s a pic of one whole costume, w/ I think, the shoes that went w/ it (thumbnail below, check out the link for larger image).

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He wears a bunch of outfits so I’m not sure which one you’re aiming for, but here’s a good post with several of them.

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^Blurry combo gif is blurry but you can see his pants are generally just dark blue or black, to let the top half of his outfit be big and flashy. Tight pants would probably be best. Middle gif shows tight velvet leggings and knee high boots w/ what looks like a 2 inch heel:

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Similar boots below, but they have a cuff, and different pants, these have button detailing (not sure how high those buttons go):

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[Grape-tossing here]

vampchronfic:

Beetle wing embroidery of 1830-1832 Henry Art Gallery.

Thought this might be of interest to you, bc I adore this painting, and the costume:

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“In 1888 actress Ellen Terry performed the role of Lady Macbeth at London’s Lyceum Theatre while wearing an awesome green gown bedecked with the 1,000 sloughed-off wings of the jewel beetle. It quickly became one of the most celebrated costumes of the Victorian era, immortalized in a portrait painted by John Singer Sargent.” (from this post by @archiemcphee)

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