#bao clothing

[pawsnread]

The Making of Cubao Goes to Cannes

A lot of you may have seen the progress of Cubao’s suit on twitter, but I thought I would take a moment to note down my thoughts while progressing through the suit construction. So here’s a general summary of what I did, why I did it, and what I was thinking while making this tiny suit.

It all started, of course, after seeing Gong Jun walk the red carpet in that gorgeous Jason Wu creation. I was able to watch his walk live between work things; the whole thing only lasted maybe 2 minutes but it was the highlight of my day/week/month.

I was fixated on this suit for days afterwards, but it wasn’t until close to the end of May (probably a good 10 days later) that I decided to try and replicate this suit. It was partially motivated by the fact that my Cubao is the 15 cm version (the more common version is 20 cm) and it’s always so difficult to find doll clothes for that size (though it saves the wallet). Seeing as I have 13 years of cosplay experience, I was like “I’m used to frankensteining patterns to fit me, why not try in small scale? Less fabric, less stitching, how hard can it be?”

I was about to find out.

Having never made doll clothes before, I started by using stockpiled fabric to make mock ups while sourcing out fabric and other notions. First thing on my to-do list was pants. I had a pair of doll pants that were too small and short in the waist for Cubao’s rotund bum, so I deconstructed the pants and used it as a template for a mock up. I added about an inch to the top and about 1/4 of an inch to the bottom hem; after putting them on Cubao, I started pinning to the right height and length in order to determine where the hems and waist should be and the seam amounts. Last step was to add elastic and finish the seams.

This is the mock up in progress (left) and completed (right). It was a pretty simple process and moved pretty easily. Once I found fabric I liked (after purchased 4 other types that didn’t match the color - good thing about doll clothes is you don’t need a lot), I constructed the suit pants. I lined the suit pants since they were a bit translucent, and the extra fabric made them as little more snug than I anticipated, but it still turned out fine. The leg hems were finished by hand because I wanted and almost invisible stitching, and I always finish suit pants by hand. The pants fit well enough that I made two pairs of doll pants out of chambray fabric for my dolls to romp around in with other outfits.

Next was the shirt, and that was a process.

I started off with a pattern I found on Pinterest but original came from Xiaohongshu (I think, I can’t really make out the watermark). There were no measurements on the pattern so I had to undergo some trial and error sizing the pattern up on my printer. The sleeves seemed odd to me, so I initially reworked them to be raglan type sleeves thinking they would work better with Cubao’s mostly straight arms. Mock up #1 ended up fitting very poorly with the collar too low.

I sized up the pattern a smidgen, reprinted, and went back to the original sleeves. For mock up #2, I attempted to change the collar to mimic a more traditional shirt collar, which has two pieces - one neck piece and the actual collar. That turned out to be too much fabric for a little bao.

In the end, with mock up #3, I went back to the original shirt pattern and only omitting the extra fabric piece for the front closure, folding over instead. The collar opening ends up being a little wide, but not as much as my first attempt so I can live with the little gap.

Mock up #1 at the top, #2 on the left, and #3 on the right.

Overall the shirts were relatively easy, except for the sleeves. Sleeves have always been the bane of my cosplay/sewing existence; sewing sleeves on small scale was more difficult than I imagined given the tinier space to work with.

I actually made two suit shirts, one of a textured material and one of the same, slightly stretchy material used in mock ups #2 and #3. The textured material is more appropriate for shirts, but there was no stretch so getting it on Cubao was challenging.

Next came a little bowtie. I don’t have a lot to say about this process as it was pretty simple: sew two rectangles then attach them to an elastic band. Initially I wanted to mimic the double layer of Gong Jun’s bowtie, but that’s too much fabric for a tiny bao.

Last up but the most important part was the jacket. I started with the same shirt pattern but sized up again to ensure there was room to get both bao arms and sleeves in, also to accommodate the lack of stretch in the final fabric. The first mock up had no changes as it was done to see the fit and determine how the collar would be cut. After making the necessary trims, mock up #1 was deconstructed and the pieces were used as a templates to cut out mock up #2. In working with mock up #2, I realized that I wouldn’t be able to do a set in collar as I had hoped. The jacket collar is an important element to the suit so I didn’t want to not incorporate it. In the end, I decided to do stitching to mimic the lines of the collar.

Mock up #1 on the left with the front pinned down, and mock up #2 on the right with the collar stitch placement outlined in red.

Once the jacket was mostly sewn together, I laid it out on some pattern paper and traced around to get the general outline. I then used this outline to design the beading. There was little chance I would be able to replicate the beading exactly without seeing the suit in person, so I tried to incorporate some of the details that caught my eye (notably the swirl like patterns). Initially I had planned to do the beading on mesh fabric, cut it out, then sew it to the suit like actual bead work is done. After my initial attempts, I learned two things: that takes FOREVER on small scale, and the mesh fabric is very noticeable on a suit that small. My sketch was also way more detailed than feasibly possible on doll clothing. I ended up having to simplify the design and sew directly onto the suit jacket.

Initial sketch work on top, and beading process below. I tried to keep a loose tension during the beading so as not to cause any puckering of the jacket.

Miyuki Delica size 15/0 beads were used. Silver beads were the main design element with AB crystal beads as accents. The AB crystals came in two sizes; the larger ones were mostly used to give the design a little bit of dimension. Pearl colored beads were later used for the dangles. 15/0 are tiny beads to work with; most of the silver and AB beads were able to be threaded through a thin sewing needle, but the pearl beads required me to switch between sewing and beading needles to get them strung and sewn. For the dangles, I attempted to follow a similar pattern to the original, looping and hanging in the same places.

After the beading, the arms were sewn up and the sleeve hems, bottom hems, and inner collar were hand stitched down. Initially I had planned to line the jacket to make it a proper jacket. However, after constructing everything I found adding the lining increased the bulk and would make it impossible to get Cubao’s arms + shirt sleeves in.

Last was to add the hand made pipa knot closure in the front and the button knots on the sleeves. Both of these were made with 2.0 mm nylon macrame knotting cord and surprisingly very easy once you get the hang of it. The final touch was the brown shoes; these were purchased off Taobao using Superbuy as a proxy, and they arrived just yesterday, the day after I finished everything.

Overall, I am very pleased with the look. Construction was spaced out because of work and a bit of anxiety on my part. Concessions had to be made since bao clothing is on a much smaller scale. Naturally there was bits and pieces I’m not super pleased with, but overall I’m quite happy with the results. It was a feat, to say the least, replicating such an intricate design for a 15 cm doll. I’m glad I did it, but I’m also glad I don’t do this for a living. 😅

Hope you enjoyed this little insight into the process. If you have any questions, just pop in an ask and I’ll be happy to answer them. 😊

#crafting #sewing #doll clothes #cubao #bao clothing #cuhanbao #my crafts

[blackbeanbao]

slade in his divorce poncho

#slade wilson #from bao’s sketchbook #he’s naked bc he lost all his clothes in the divorce

[chinesehanfu]

[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD)Traditional Clothing Hanfu Reference to Song Dynasty Sculpture

【Historical Reference Artifacts】:

China Song Dynasty Painted Sculpture from【Jin Temple】晋祠宋代彩塑

▶️【About Hairstyle“包髻/Bao Ji”】: It is one of the hairstyles of ancient Han women.

包髻/Bao Ji is a hairstyles that use rectangular headscarf to cover the hair. When worn, it is folded diagonally, wrapped from the front to the back, and then wrapped around the corner of the scarf to the front of the forehead to tie a knot.

As early as the Tang Dynasty(618-907 AD), there was a prototype of this hairstyle, and it became popular in the Song Dynasty.

Women in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644 AD) liked to use black gauze to make this hairstyle and this kind of hairstyle survived until the last dynasty of China: the Qing Dynasty.

#chinese hanfu #Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) #hanfu #hanfu accessories #hanfu_challenge #chinese traditional clothing #china #chinese #chinese history' #chinese fashion history #chinese historical hairstyle #chinese art #漢服 #汉服 #中華風 #包髻/Bao Ji #Jin Temple

[moonstruckdraws]

When I Caught You Staring... I Realized I Was Staring Too

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(hue shifts)

An illustration of @hellishgayliath's sons, Pico and Bao. Chillin on the bench just staring at each other like frickin dorks, dorks that I love dearly, based on a lil headcanon I made on the Pico board I made for Helli. This is also the first background I've painted this year, and despite being blurred, I'm satisfied to some degree. One of my art goals this year is to draw more backgrounds so ig this is a start lol

I didn't know which setting I liked, so why not show both lol. In all honesty, this image was going to have two themes. The current theme and a second theme with it being daylight and pink trees, some spring and autumn vibes or something. But I don't have the time for that lol, so maybe I'll do it another time.

Helli you picked the WRONG day to post our children interacting. Making me smile and kick my feet, well guess what? I push back with this! I'll admit you surprised me, and I give you a round of applause for that, no a STANDING OVATION, but don't test me! I'm willing to cram out a whole other board if I have to lmao. (but really those were so cool!! My face hurts from smiling at them for so long lmao. Luci looks so cute in your style!! The amount of shenanigan potential in them) I feel like I'm constantly reminded how cool you are lmao

#rottmnt ocs #others ocs #bao the tanuki #helli's sons #they gonna have sore eyes with all this staring lmao #THEY'RE ON A DATE I SAY #i have the urge to draw them in different attire for dates- #actually I need to draw rottmnt characters in different clothes again- #Helli your drawings made me want to draw Pico and Luci again but I'm stopping myself in advanced- #i'm getting sidetracked- ACK #I hate when I want to draw so many things at once because I know I won't end up doing most of them ahdkheio #pico the opossum

[lec743-my-art]

Used the HB pencil brush on Sketchbook

#my art #digital art #lego monkie kid #oc bao #clothes drawing practice

[xielians]

Please look at the two 10cm dolls @chiinoiserie and I ordered from @cocopines (twitter || instagram) !!!

Chii designed the dolls, but they're basically based on us, just with quite a bit of creative liberties taken ><

Please look at how cute they are !! With little paws, a cat/bunny chest embroidery and even a small keychain so that we can carry them around easier !! Coco also nicely helped us adjust the design so that they're more suitable to be made into dolls~

And plus, her turnaround time is also super fast !! Especially because she was also working on another 20cm Sakura order I made. I basically handed her the designs and made payment on 7/8 April, and the dolls were completed by 3 May, which is insanely fast, especially since Chii and I were rather slow in responding to her during the later weeks of April. (IRL life does suck)

We'll also like to thank Hythlodaeus for having a 10cm doll done because we used that as reference for the dead mum's hairstyle since neither me nor Coco could think of how to do it at first, and it came out so well too.

Please consider commissioning Coco for your doll needs!!! Her work has been incredible, and I'm so happy to have the honour of being her first client! I also comm'd her for a 20cm Sakura doll.

▸▸Her details can be found here (carrd || twitter)

#personal stuff #cocopines #chiinoiserie #actually a little shy posting about them #theyre clothes-less atm but we're waiting on some clothes right now!! #the issue with 10cm is that there are way less options in terms of clothes for them and a lot of the designs are PO.. #so excited to send chii her 10cm bao when i head to canada later this year! #will probably update this once the clothes i bought come in

[thealmostrhetoricalquestion]

going to london tomorrow for a week but i forgot to check the weather ahead of time and by god. i am going to boil to death

#also its my BIRTHDAY TODAY and i spent it buying autumn clothes #because i foolishly fucking thought that this summer thing was over #i also had pancakes and bao buns and wore a dress and saw people i love so its been good #<3 #rambly rambling things

[honey-pixel]

I’ve been catching up with One Piece and I love bao huang the little flying squirrel 🥺

Enjoy a sketch!

#bao huang #one piece #sketch #my art #I need to update my stamp for 2023! #they are so tiny and I love the cloth mask #I just hit chapter 1000!! I’m so close!

[stiltonbasket]

Fic premise with stilton theme inspo: wangxian are two mice living in A-Yuan and Xiaohui's house. The baos live with Wen Popo, but she is very old and sometimes too tired to do more than provide basic needs. So Wangxian mend the bao's clothes and make them little gifts and treats. Baos are very happy.

Ohhhh anon this is such a cute idea! Now that Wangxian are helping out, Wen-popo can take a break and rest assured that A-Yuan and Xiao-Yu are being taken care of.

Plus, Wangxian make tea and breakfast for Wen-popo every morning, and they make sure to warm her slippers right before she gets out of bed. <3

#asks #omg mice wangxian #wwx is cooking in the kitchen #ratatouille style #and lan wangji is sneaking through the house and sewing up holes in clothes and shoes #the baos wake up to a pot of yummy stew big enough to last them for two days #and their coats nicely mended with new white rabbits embroidered on them! #meanwhile popo got up to find little bottles of really good medicine for her cough #it's the elves and the shoemaker...but with mice

[aquablues-archive]

hi bestays here’s everything that has happened so far today because i have an hour break before i have to set up for the evening 👍👍

#ok got up at 5:30 bc my alarm didn’t go off so we were kinda late #but i was fine we got here by 6:30 👍👍 #then i had to label the dishes for the procession #amd then i had to fill more flower vases with water like yesterday #and then put out all the breakfast foods i got to eat a whole bao 👍👍 #after that i set up some of the flower vases on the tables #then i did my aunts makeup my own and then my moms #i didn’t get to b in the procession but tbh i didn’t want to bc their stairs r so high and just putting on those shoes killed me 😭 #after the procession i just sat around until my cousin came #and then my uncle made us take photos #i didn’t watch the ceremony bc there was no space in the house so i just hung out outside lolz #so missed the hair cutting ceremony missed the string tying ceremony but i did eat more bao 👍👍 #after eating i put my head down on the table and knocked out LOLZ #i woke up bc my brother poured water on me 👎👎 #then we took pictures again w the bride and groom #and then i took pictures for my aunt and uncle #atp i switched out my heels for crocs i cld not do it bestays my feet HURT #lot of my relatives told me i look pretty today so i am feeling hashtag slay 👍👍 #and then at 1 the morning ceremony ended and i changed clothes and cleaned up outside #so much wasted food like if ur not gonna eat it all don’t take everything brah #and now i am sitting on the couch typing this before i go back to help set up #also someone stole my moms shoesfjfk #and i can feel my contacts sticking to my eyelids #it is also extremely fawking hot like the amount of water i drank already .. she is hydrated she is almost drowning

[perfettamentechic]

Issey Miyake - ISSEY MIYAKE INC.

Issey Miyake: un visionario alla costante ricerca dell'essenziale. #isseymiyake #maison #casadimoda #storiadellamoda #creatoredistile #creatoredimoda #fashion #moda #perfettamentechic

Issey Miyake, nome originale Miyake Kazumaru, è uno stilista giapponese noto per aver combinato elementi orientali e occidentali nelle sue realizzazioni. Popolare la linea di fragranze che include L’Eau d’Issey e i suoi capi di abbigliamento e mostre sono basati sulla tecnologia. Creatore di rara fedeltà alla purezza della propria visione di incontro delle suggestioni d’Oriente con l’audacia e…

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#132 5. Issey Miyake #21 21 Design Sight #A piece of cloth #a single piece of beautiful cloth #A-POC #Apple #Artemide #Atelier #ballerino #Ballet Frankfurt #Bao Bao Issey Miyake #best seller #Bloomindale&039;s #bomba atomica #bottoni in ceramica #Brancusi #casa di moda #Cauliflower #Christo #Colunbia University #Compasso d&039;oro ADI #Creative Director #Creatore della moda #Creatore di stile #Dai Fujiwara #Dame Lucie Rieha #designer #Direttore artistico #direttore creativo #Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

[pawsnread]

Cubao Meets the Runway

I am back with another Cubao outfit, replicated from one of Gong Jun’s Paris Fashion Week looks.

This is the Julien Fournie haute couture outfit GJ wore to walk the L’Oreal Defile show on October 2, 2023.

Naturally, we started with the inner pieces first - pants and shirt.

The pants (the easiest part of any bao outfit) is made in a black stretch sateen (my absolutely favorite fabric to work with). The shirt is a black poly satin thing…I don’t really know what it is, just something I picked up because it was the right sheen. A bit slippery to work with but looks nice overall.

These two pieces will be used multiple times in other outfits so I suspect they will get pretty good use.

The most laborious part was the jacket. The pattern I used is the same as for the shirt but sized up a bit. To get it to fit better, I quickly sewed in some darts in the fronts and back. They don’t look great or are evenly placed, but they get covered up by the beading and collar. But the sewing was the easy part.

And then came the beading.

One sleeve of beading took about an hour.

After about 3 hours of work I had two sleeves and half a collar.

A break for lunch and then the final press. Beading too out 6-7 hours total with breaks in between (I had Legend of Anle playing in the background as a rewatch and I went through 9 episodes).

I am pretty happy with the end result for something I swore I would never make but then had a sudden burst of inspiration. I think it paid off because Julien Fournie himself commented and reposted to his IG stories. 🫣

And I��m not done with the Paris Fashion Week outfits because I have one more in the works. Please look forward to it.

#cuhanbao #cubao #custom made #doll clothes #gong jun #bao clothes

[nilusanimationworld]

Alright...sooo call me crazy but is it just me or Tigress has some connection with flowers a lot? And I mean A LOT!!

First let's start with Tigress's clothing. All her vests & hanfu with floral pattern which throughout the franchise represents her growth

But even before the the whole vine pattern we get to see the same pattern on Tigress's bed when she was still in Bao Gu Orphanage in Secrets of the Furious Five

Next in Secrets of the Scroll when Oogway is talking to Tigress at the Peach tree we see Oogway takes a look at a blossom & tells Tigress "The Question is; Can you be Tigress?" & the same flower flies near her

Next; Every time Tigress get's sick there's always a FLOWER involved to cure her. Now I know LoA isn't considered canon but there's one chapter in one of the KFP comics where the story is sorta similar to LoA's Scorpion Sting's episode where Tigress gets river fever. BOTH in the episode & in the comic there's a flower that's her medicine. Also coincidence in both cases Po (WHO'S BIRTH NAME IS ALSO LOTUS) is the one get's the flowers for her

Next in KFP3 while Po is trying to bloom a flower by using the chi technique the camera immediately zooms to injured Tigress with the flower also being in the shot & later Tigress wearing a flower garland & wearing a little flower on her ear just like Lei Lei.

And finally this is by far the most interesting one which got me screaming!

Viper, Po & Lei Lei ALL 3 who are close to Tigress also represents flowers in someway. Mostly in protective or comfort ways.

Viper as flower is her two little flower clips on her head.

Po who's birth name is LITTLE LOTUS!!

And FINALLY Lei Lei. Apparently Lei in Chinese means a bud of a flower!

I MEAN??? THIS CANNOT BE SOME WEIRD COINCIDENCE RIGHT?!?!? THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASON BEHIND IT??

I maybe overthinking but hey...at least I got all out from my chest. But seriously tho i'm sure there's a good explanation behind this flower connection!!

#kung fu panda #kung fu panda 2 #kung fu panda 3 #kfp #kfp2 #kfp3 #master tigress #po #dragon warrior #master viper #master shifu #master oogway #kung fu panda secrets of the scroll #kung fu panda secrets of the furious five #lei lei #dreamworks #dreamworks animation #I NEED ANSWERS!!! #I DONT NEED SLEEP!! I NEED ANSWERS

[hawberries]

ling + lan fan + street food

[image is a digital drawing of Ling Yao and Lan Fan in modern street clothing, posed as if floating in the air. Lan Fan is biting into a jianbing with a huge stack of xiao long bao-laden bamboo steamers spilling from her other arm. Ling is tucking cheerfully into a full bowl of hand-pulled noodles. Various snacks float around them: a lamb-stuffed bun, a fried potato skewer, takoyaki, tanghulu, fairy floss, and milk tea.]

#three things i LOVE and MISS HAVING #fullmetal alchemist #fma #ling yao #lan fan #fanart #people! #gallery #i gotta focus. i'm shifting into Prints Deadline mode

[spicymancer]

If you got the opportunity to make Rumble After Dark into a real fighting game

- What studio would you want behind it?

- Are there any unique mechanics the game would have?

- Would any of the Acti-Rangers, Monster Researchers, or any of your other OCs show up as guest characters a-la Bao in All Star Battle? If so who?

I think unambiguously ArcSys animation style, maybe with mechanics designed by 8ing. (A la DNF Duel)

Haha, depends on if the game is actively NSFW or not! If so, clothing damage and unique cinematic finishing moves could be... *ahem*. Otherwise I'd probably want it to have something with as much interesting mechanical expression as the Roman Cancel in Guilty Gear.

Rumble After Dark, the ActiRangers and Agent Cass / Xenobiologist all exist in the same setting in my head. So I can definitely see some guest characters. Monster Researchers would probably be relegated to costume references or something.

#oc questions

[hongluboobs]

That’s why our ribs are cages

(The insane amount of symbolism at play under the cut)

Unfortunately cheesy caption but it’s ok!! because I am Insane about this thing!!

This was inspired by a scene in Dream of the Red Chamber where Bao-yu rips open his chest to give his heart to Dai-yu! (within a dream) I’m not at that chapter yet but. You understand how this would make me insane.

Hong Lu’s face is stylized to resemble a comedy mask. He hides his true feelings and deflects through a carefully constructed mask. Also dehumanization! He smiles in most (i think there’s one ID that doesn’t) of his stagger/damaged sprites there is something SO wrong with him!

His clothing is rendered in higher detail than his face/hands/body. Hong Lu places a lot of importance on appearance and is the only sinner to wear the full uniform (properly, which means unfortunately Don does not count.)

The place his chest is torn open mirrors where his tie would be, down to the color. These elements all work to de-emphasize the fact his chest is ripped open. Hong Lu is VERY much about dehumanization/objectification! This is why he’s the fanservice character! The chest rip also mirrors his Dimension Shredder EGO :)

The name on his coat is ambiguous! It can be read as either bao-yu or dai-yu! I have no idea who hong lu is. There’s more theories I’ve entertained about who or what he is than there are sinners. But ambiguity is a big thing in red chamber and I wanted to include it here

The bottom part of his jacket begins flowing like blood, and in the negative space there are teardrop shapes. Hong Lu has an insane amount of water symbolism, and especially tears when we consider all the gloom associations and the Tearful Thing! Dai-yu also owes Bao-yu a lifetime debt of tears she eventually dies repaying!

I think that’s everything! (Aside from the super secret symbolism you can find on your own and should definitely tell me about :) ) Typing on my iPad sucks but hopefully u get the gist and enjoy my art! I usually don’t put this much symbolic thought into my work but it was a refreshing change of pace and I rlly liked making it. I’ve wanted to do a thematically significant piece like this for SO LONG and finally got around to it

PLEASE talk to me and ask me about Hong Lu. I’m insane right now there’s SO much to him and I need to share it

#pachidraws #hong lu #limbus company #gore #eyestrain #REALLY a proud of this thing I had an epiphany at like 1am last night and has to draw it out #I spend far too much time thinking abt this man