I hope you guys enjoyed your Halloween!! I’m honestly so sad that the season is over…. (wah!!) I’m just reliving through my old posts.
So for my last costume I bidi bidi bom bom’d through the night. That’s right I finally got to dress up as one of my favorite women in history, SELENA, and it was the most fun I’ve had.
This legendary babe had a look like no other! I loved that she designed some of her own outfits. Selena was so adventurous and true fashion pioneer, always pushing the boundaries.
I went with, what to me, is her most ICONIC and recognizable look
THE PURPLE JUMPSUIT
And let me tell you I wore those glittery flares with pride for two reasons:
- Its Selena!! A woman with such incredible talent!!! So unfortunate that she left us too soon 🙁 (I still cry, without fail, EVERYTIME while watching the movie)
AND - I sewed the entire jumpsuit by hand. 4, 5 maybe 6 laborious hours!!
…A lot of people assume I can sew because I’m in “fashion” but sadly I have not sewn a lick since 7th grade home economics, so this was quite a venture for me. Therefore, of course, I’m so proud of my work! I was determined to be this queen once and for all.
If you guys are already looking into next year’s costume (as am I) here is how I created my costume. *Bookmark this page or for you Pinterest users, pin for later*
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FIRST THE PANTS
So I knew that I would need capri leggings and two miniature circle skirts for the bell bottoms.
For the leggings I followed a youtube video “How to Sew a Pair of Leggings, two ways—for any age!” (except I couldn’t locate my sewing machine so I just did mine by hand. I recommend using a machine though, so much faster!)
The girls in this youtube video are sewing baby leggings but obviously just use the leggings that fit YOU best and end around your calves. Also leave a few extra inches at the top when cutting out your pattern so that they are high waist!
So once your finished with the leggings, make two circle skirts. Instead of measuring your waist, measure your calf also don’t worry about making a waistband. I followed this youtube video.
Once you have your two circle “skirts,” with both the leggings and circle skirts turned inside out, sew them together. Attach each circle “skirt” AKA the bell bottom to each leg. Since the material is stretchy use a handover stitch if you are sewing by hand or if you are using a sewing machine use a zigzag stitch. 
THE TOP
You are going to need a friend!
Cut two wide strips of fabric. The width is going to determine how much side boob you’ll have so adjust accordingly!
For each fabric strip, my dimensions were 8” X 35” * I’m a 32A bra size.
Sew each strip to the front of your pants
then cross the fabric around your neck and have it come under your arm to attach to the side. This is when you’ll need a friend so that they can help stitch them into place. You will do this to both sides. You can sew snaps to the end of one strip and also to the top where that strip will connect to so you can easily get in and out of this jumpsuit.
For my makeup I went with her iconic bold red lips and kept the rest pretty minimal- a small winged eye and a very matte face.
For hair I put my “bangs” in a soft roller so that they lifted and curled a lá SELENA and left the rest just slightly wavy. I have to admit I did trim my hair a bit so that my bangs could be a little shorter (literally anything for Selenaaaas! Hah!)
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AND that its! Its actually a lot easier than it seems….if I can do it ANYONE can !!
Any questions? Feel free to comment below I’ll def reply.
Also comment below to let me know which was YOUR favorite Selena look or the best halloween lewk you saw this year!
Alfred
4 Feb 2016Where did you get the fabric from?
Alfred
4 Feb 2016It looks really good… and I hardly know how to sew.. if u can then I can lol… what type of fabric is that?
pepperpout
16 Feb 2016It was a stretch glittery spandex type material. You definitely can if I can hahah
Dani
21 Apr 2016Where did you buy the fabric from?
pepperpout
21 Apr 2016I live in Los Angeles. So I went downtown to the fabric district it’s everywhere in those shops off maple and 9th
Alejandra Mendoza
17 Oct 2016Where exactly? I live in LA and I want to know what store. I’d appreciate this so much 🙂
amy serrano
18 Oct 2016hey! its a small fabric store on the corner directly across from Starbucks on 9th street and Los Angeles st. I never know the names of any of the fabric stores sorry! Good luck and happy halloween 🙂
Ceci
16 Jan 2017About how many yards of fabric did you buy to make this?
amy serrano
18 Jan 2017Hi Ceci,
I’m pretty small (5’1) so I purchased 2 yards but had a lot left over actually!
Ceci
18 Jan 2017Okay, thank you!