Shame on me for not posting sooner, but the Unicorn dance costume was a success! (A proper post-mortem will come later.) However, I've decided to enter my first competition. Just a mini-match for now but I will need a dress for it. Which of course, is very exciting when it comes to "what should I wear?" I've been Pinning ideas for different dress shapes, colors and designs and maybe overwhelming myself. So, it's time to hit pause and layout some design considerations as well as practical ones. Let's start with practical. Practical Considerations - Budget and Investment These are the pillars of practical decisions for costumes (and other creative things): Budget and Investment. Budget = what you can spend/spare in terms of time, money, space, and energy. Basically it's what you have on hand already. Investment = what you can put into a project in terms of time, money, space, and energy. It's more about capacity. My analogy of this is Investment is
Budget and Beginner Friendly Costume Design