LONDON TRIP 2015 (PART 3)

THURSDAY

On Thursday, we visited Angels Costumers. It was an amazing experience to see that many costumes in the same place. There was over 2 million pieces of costume from different productions and also genuine garments from different time periods.

It was an amazing experience in which I learned a lot.

These two costumes were worn by two of the judges from Strictly Comes Dancing. 

Some samurai armor

The top photo shows the wedding dress alley and they said that the owner's wife wedding dress was one of them but they keep it a secret. The second one was one of my favourite rooms; the fur room which had thousands of fur items. 

This room was full of accessories sorted by colours and type which I though it was incredible.

This truly was my favourite moment on the tour, seeing and TOUCHING Jon Snow's night watch costume in Game of Thrones, which I am a HUGE fan of. I was overwhelmed by it and the incredible amount of skill. 

Later on the day, I visited Oxford street's shop, Macculloch & Wallis which had very good quality fabrics and other supplies including Millinery materials. After that, I visited a little gallery that showed The Graphic Art of Harry Potter.

FRIDAY

On Friday, we travelled back home. I was very sad of leaving but at the same time I wanted to get home and rest. It was definitely one of the best holidays I have ever had.

LONDON TRIP 2015 (PART 2)

WEDNESDAY (On this section photos are liked to videos)

Wednesday was a magical day; we visited Harry Potter studios!!!! I was so excited to be there as the films have always been a huge part of my childhood. There was so many props that I could recognise and gave me memories of the spellbinding saga. We also got the privilege to attend to an exclusive costume workshop where we got to see THE REAL COSTUMES from different characters like Lord Voldemort, Luna Lovegood's silver tree dress and Hagrid's 'best' suit.
We did an exclusive workshop that consisted on a small insight of the Harry Potter saga and how they came up with some of the costumes as well as a vast amount and knowledge that I will keep forever. We also got our skills tested by from a bag filled with lots of different fabrics, we had to guess without looking and from a list what character was. We got chiffon fabrics, and very soft and light so we assumed it was a young female and we instantly thought of Luna Lovegood which we were right!! It was an amazing workshop and they showed us a lot of tricks and tips on how to work on the industry. We spend the whole day doing photos and I got to try Butterbeer ice cream.

Harry Potter's Howarts uniforms from some of the films which show the journey of the characters as well as the actors making the audience understand and be aware of the time past in between films.

 

               
Hagrid                                      Argus Filch

  

      Dumbledore                          Minerva McGonagall

and Severus Snape                        and Alastor Moody

Filius Flitwick and Sybill Trelawney  Goblet of Fire, Ball Costumes

                                          

                                 
Goblet of Fire Ball            Wigs used during the production

A visual idea of how the make up and prosthetics table would look like on a day on the set

Fleur de la Cour

 

Griffindor's Secret Door             Mirror of Erised

Severus Snape

Dumbledor's office

Hermione, Harry and Ron's costumes in Deathly Hallows

       Bank Door                            Secret Chamber door

Quiddich Equipment

The Weasley's Cottage

Charity Burbage's death

Dolores Umbridge

Hogwarts Train

This moment was truly special as Ron and Harry's costumes are placed in front of the costumes of the last scene in Deathly Hallows Part 2 which made me realise the past of the years as well as how the actors have been growing with their characters.

Prosthetics Department

Dobby, Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledor

Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger and George Weasley

In the last part of the tour, we saw Hogwarts castle maquette. It was amazingly made and HUGE!

Later on the day, I went to see The Woman in Black. It was a low budget production at the Fortune Theatre but I think that was the cherry on top and created an even more spooky ambience.

Soon Part 3 :)