Elsa & Anna from Frozen Cosplay
Holland Tayloe Gedney and her friend
Breeanna Judy look beautiful cosplaying as Elsa and Anna from Disney's Frozen! ♥ Here's what Holland had to say...
"I started this costume shortly after I saw Frozen in theaters, before I knew what a phenomena it would be in pop culture, or how popular Elsa would become. I simply looked at the ice dress, recalled fabric that would be perfect for the skirt and said “I think I can make that” and then did. This costume is entirely handmade by me; each rhinestone, sequin, tiny bead, and snowflake was affixed by me personally. I did not use a pattern, tutorials, or anything to help me besides movie stills, concept art, and an extra pair of fingers to glue the rhinestones onto the back of the shirt as I do not have a mannequin (I wore the shirt to glue rhinestones in the proper place - I had super glue burns on my shoulders for a month!). I used Swarovski Crystals for the shirt accents. Two types of sequin, iridescent clear squares and Iridescent foil over rectangle sky blue sequin. Silk weaved with real gold for the skirt. Tulle and snowflake sequins and appliqué for the cape. It took me 6 months to complete. I did my own make-up and styled my own wig. Though unfortunately I styled the wig a week before the shoot so the style had fallen out while in it’s storage place by the shoot day and I wasn’t able to fix it because my hands were covered with glue from making the cape last-minute the night before the shoot and so in the morning I couldn’t adjust the style because my glue-y fingers just frizzed the wig out!! Lesson learned. I also tried my hand for the first time at photo-manipulation. We don’t have snow where I live so all the photos had to be taken in a studio on a white background... I felt like they needed to pop more; so I endeavored another six month process to edit the photos to what you see here. This was a very time and work intensive cosplay for me. But being Elsa has changed my life, and it was so worth it. She has been a guide into how to “let things go,” has been a beacon of hope, and she’s been a vehicle for me to perform again (for Children fans of Elsa), and give back to the community. I know many people are so “over” Frozen and Elsa, but I am really grateful that this film came into my life.
My Anna is fellow cosplayer and actress Breeanna Judy. She also hand made her costume, including bead detailing on the bodice and shirt!"
Models:
Holland Tayloe Gedney (
website, instagram @hollandtayloegedney, twitter @HollandTGedney) as Elsa &
Breeanna Judy (
website, instagram/twitter @breeannajudy) as Anna
Photographer:
Harold Baldwin (instagram @habpix)
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May 08 2015