Joanna's Costume Designs: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Directed by Joy Harrell
Choreography by Gina Eller and Joanna Bair
Costumes by Joanna Bair

This was taken on photo day. Peter, Aslan, Susan, Edmund, the White Witch.

The children backstage as Kings and Queens of Narnia. The capes were cut from various crushed velvet and I added glittery gold fabric paint designs on them and gold cord for ties. I made the girl's crowns out of pearls and wire which turned out really nice. The dresses and Edmund's costume we lucked out finding from Halloween stores. Peter's costume we patterned after the Edmund one with a red tunic.

Dress Rehearsal bows. This is a good shot of the Witch's sleeves that my mother graciously attached white feather boas to the sleeves of this beautiful dress she made of a polyester satin. The snowflake crown we borrowed from the Eastern Nazarene College Theatre Department. Aslan's outfit was an African outfit we found laying around backstage and the headpiece we ordered off ebay. I was going for a Lion King effect with that.

I was partial to the Unicorn costume. I made that one without a pattern, so I was proud of myself. It was a sheer chiffon with ruffles. I added purple flowers for buttons and put the fabric and flowers around the unicorn mask as well. The mask was painted, glittery and also had some yarn from the tail coming down the back for a mane. I knitted scarves for the tails for the unicorn, beavers, and centaur. For most of the animals we used unitards with dress overlays. You can also sort of see on Susan her skirt which we made. Cast Photo

Father Christmas. This one we used a pattern for and my mom did most of the work on this one. It was red velvet and fur trim of the same fabric used for Mr. Tumnus' pants. We ordered the beard and wig from Lacey's wigs.

The Dwarf . The jacket I found at Marshalls and then fabric painted silver glitter on the edges to match the White Witch a little more. His beard and wig were also ordered from Lacey's.

Centaur. I found awesome embroidered suede fabric for these pants. The vest made her look a little more masculine and she ended up wearing a wig over her pony tail that made her hair look more like a mane. I let her keep those sparkley shoes that I had.

Fenris Ulf. I made all the wolves fur pants which they wore blue shirts and their masks with. I wanted the army to be in greys and blues.

White Stag. White feathers, glitter and some glittery pipe cleaners made this mask. The silver tunic over a white leotard and palazzo pants made for an effective, but simple costume.

This is what the birds looked like. I attached strips of fabric cut like feathers to t-shirts that I fabric painted feathers onto. This was an owl. There was also an eagle which you can see in photos below.

Mr. Beaver. I was so excited when I found this fabric, it gave the effect of wet fur! If you look closely you can see the tail I knitted and then wove wire through so it would keep its form.

The White Witch. My mom did the majority of the work on the dress from a pattern. I made the staff out of a dowl, christmas decorations, paint, glitter, fabric, ribbons, and jewels.

Edmund was a girl we wigged. Her outfit here was from Goodwill and H&M.

Mr. Tumnus. Similar concept to the wolf costumes. This fabric shed like crazy, but had an amazing texture. The scarf, shirt, and leggings were bought.

The beginning of the battle gives you an idea of the boys battle costumes as well as some of the animals.

The Witch's Army with the wolves down front. These were mostly costumes we ordered that looked creepy and went with the grey, white, blue, and black color scheme I wanted everyone affiliated with the witch to have on.