Holdo’s dress is technically puce according to the costume designer. However, the darn thing is a different shade in every single photograph and the general concensus is that it’s somewhere between brownish purple and purpley brown. After searching, I ordered a dozen swatches of ‘mauve’ from Stylish Fabrics. Some of these looked a lot closer on their website, mind you, which is why swatches are generally a requirement when you need a specific color. I decided to go with the Mauve 2017 color. It’s still more purple than brown but depending on the light…
I started the dress by patterning the tall gathered collar of her dress and put together a Holdo Collar Tutorial for my fellow Admirals in Purple over on Facebook. Now there’s just the rest of the costume to sort out…
In the meantime, accessories galore! For a visually simple costume, there’s actually quite a bit going on. I’ve been working on the wig and Holdo’s blaster lately, and her silver cuffs have arrived ($3 from China!). I ordered the 3d printed halo tiara off etsy, and it’s great though at some point I might dig out my soldering iron and get some heavy guage silver (colored, not the metal) wire to try and make something more accurate. I’m waiting on the rings I ordered for her to get here from India and China, and I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do about boots for her since they should technically be the same color as the dress. Boot covers, maybe?
