Columbia Props and Details
Last updated: 5/31/14
Time Warp:
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Black dog collar with iridescent white rhinestones
5 rhinestones on each side. Black leather; buckles in back with a
gold buckle.
- Each rhinestone is centered in a little sunburst-shaped gold frame, making it look as if the stone is surrounded by 8 tiny gold studs (paint in with puffy paint).
- In the front, there is a gold ring (like for a piercing) attached to a spherical gold stud the same size as the rhinestones. It too is surrounded by a sunburst-shaped frame. (You can't see the frame in the poster magazines; look when she's screaming as Eddie is killed (the second "NOOO!" panel in the Movie Novel).)
- There is a line of stitching at the edge of the collar, above and below the rhinestones.
- Sequined bustier
Fastens up the back with hooks and eyes. If you're looking for something to cover and are having trouble finding a bustier, you might want to try a long-line bra or a Merry Widow corset. Either should run you $30-$40 or so.
- Flat sequins, not cup sequins. Buy multicolored sequin material in strips and sew on. Sequins are red, green, silver, blue, and gold, and are attached to a black bustier with white lining. If you buy cup sequins, stitch them so the cups are facing out. If you sew the sequins so the cups face down into the material, the bustier tends to look like smooth like armor.
- Do not sequin the cups of the bustier (the bust) separately from the rest of the bustier; the bustier should look like it is all made of one piece of sequined material. For the same reason, if you use string sequins, don't just line them up. If you use individual sequins, be careful not to overlap them too much or your bustier will have no give and will look like it's covered in scales.
- Both top and bottom of the bustier are edged with black fabric/bias tape. Keeps the sequins from scratching.
- The bustier is boned; the strips of boning are covered with black casing which is stitched to the white lining. You could also cover a tank top (bone it for support) or a long-line bra. The top comes to a point above each breast, and the waist dips to a point in the middle.
- Black satin shorts with ribbon stripes
{For a shot of the front of the shorts, click
here.}
- The easiest way to get a good large photo of the stripes is to buy Poster Magazine Vol 1 No. 2. Unfortunately, the large photo only shows the right front of the shorts.
- Ribbons are metallic (try lamé). DO hem them under instead of leaving raw edges; lamé will fray in a second. DO NOT just glue the ribbons on except possibly as a temporary measure; sew them down or they will come off.
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The legs are turned up once to form a cuff. There is a gap between the cuffs at the side seam; this can be clearly seen on the July 1995 Mick Rock calendar. This means that there is a V-shaped notch at the side seam; the two edges of the cuffs have not been sewn together.
- There is a pointed patch pocket (like on a pair of jeans) on each cheek, and 2 jeans-style "pork chop" front cutaway pockets. Both pockets and the cuffs have ribbon stripes, too, and they don't match the ribbons on the shorts.
- Becky Milanio (of Indecent Exposure) says that if you make the shorts, lay out the shorts pattern, sew on the stripes and then make the shorts. Jen White adds that if you sew ribbons on a pair of shorts, picking a pair of shorts which are already striped will help you get them straight.
- The ribbons are different widths and are not evenly spaced! Here is the approximate order (note: the picture of her with Frank in the Nell poster magazine (#1) is a mirror image!):
Right cheek:
{For pictures of the right cheek, click
here or here. For a picture of the right hip, click
here.
Here is a photo of the back of the shorts, showing the inner thighs pretty well.}
Left cheek:
Left leg (front):
Right leg (front):