Step 2: Deconstruction begins
Posted: October 14th, 2009 | Author: Adam | Filed under: The How-to Guide | Tags: fancy dress costume, maurice sendak, spike jonze, where the wild things are, wild things | No Comments »

The best idea I had when making this costume was to buy these disposable decorator’s overalls from Amazon.
My plan was to use it as a pattern to base the rest of the Max costume on as I knew it would help me get the sizing right for everything from the legs to the hood.
By carefully cutting along its seams we’d be able to cut the various panels to size before sewing them together. Clever.
In the second picture you can see Carina carefully starting the surgery, it almost brings tears to the eyes.

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