Designing some magical fall outfits 🔮✨(Whimsigoth, fantasy, & nature inspired) 

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The Howl outfit is so incredibly based

I'm waiting for the day Kira will dress up as a Christmas tree

the moment kira finds out that there's embroidery machines you can buy, there will be an increase in the already complex sewing done

Ok so here are my 2 cents and tips. *Sheer gothic top:* I would make the design using a simple satin stitch on your machine. Print/draw out your design on dissolvable paper and pin the fabric on the paper then sew through both fabric and paper, dissolve after. The design goes on before cutting the pattern pieces out or sewing the pattern pieces together that’s the important part *Gold casual moon armor:* leather and gold leather paint (NOT spray paint Kira) are an option, you could even get gold pu leather. *Bat waistcoat:* Starch is great but *it will not hold its shape like this just with Starch* (painful first hand experience) you need some boning all the way to the tip of the “wings” and some good heavy duty interfacing. Suuuper excited about the Barbie dress

I think we need kira to do a gothic santa christmas outfit once novembers over

ODETTE DRESS ODETTE DRESS ODETTE DRESS!!! more seriously I'd probably watch you make anything at this point, you're incredibly entertaining and i love seeing your creative problem solving. Id love to see your take on an odette dress and that armoured/roccoco strawberry dress! But ANYTHING in this video would be fascinating to watch you make 💕

“The crimes I would commit to get my hands on this waistcoat.” Me, sitting at home owning a version of said waistcoat in black, having just worn it as part of my plague doctor Halloween costume 👀

Recommend looking into couching cords on fabric! Once you get used to it, it's a great way to add patterns and designs to fabrics fast and cheap! You can get really fancy with it or just zigzag stitch over string. Don't even have to pin it, just draw your lines on fabric and follow with the chord as you stitch. Feel like it would be perfect for any web patters you want

I was gonna say how the Howl's Moving Castle coats made me almost froth in the mouth in my feral want, but then I saw ✨gothic chair✨ and I was gone.

the strawberry dress armour speaks to me on a spiritual level 🍓⚔🛡

I LOVE Odette's dress. Just the most magical of Barbie character costumes. Please take that project, I want to see it!

Bernadette ( don't kill me if i spelled that wrong) recently did a wool cloak/coat and for interesting designs did a tatting design that would be easy to use and then you can avoid having to paint or painstakingly embroider but does require a tad bit of sewing. horsehair grain fabric when you want a smooth structure in waist coats. i think the leaf dress if you went a bit more medieval would be really fun and interesting please yes do the new years dress YES ODETTE

My thoughts on the sheer Gothic top: I would base the method kinda off of Bernadette Banner's lingerie dress videos. Make the sheer top base first, then trace out the design you want on your mannequin. Then with a narrow lace or ribbon (I feel like a velvet ribbon would look really nice) pin along those lines and stitch it down on either side. Though you would want to make sure you got a stretchy ribbon so it lies down nicely on all those seams. Just my two cents. But I feel like I want to try this now!

I feel like Hazariel's Moiraine bolero pattern could be a good jumping off point for the Cathedral shoulders. So many amazing designs, I need to get some waistcoats and whimsy on the go

I LOVE the strawberry dress armor!!!! If you don't wind up making it, could someone else (me) make one inspired by yours? With my own twist of course!

You probably won't see this comment, BUT I am geeking out about your Howl's Moving Castle designs. I would give my HEART *wink wink* to see you do them! 🥰 I'm also jazzed to see the Odette dress! You would slay that look and I can't wait to see it. If you do it. Which I hope you will. 🥰 Mozle tov! 🎉

Fun fact for any cosplayer but specifically bc Kira mentioned it lol, Big z fabrics has about a bajillion colors of microsuede for a reasonable price, also, a lot of machines have a "satin" stitch option which creates essentially embroidered lines so you don't have to do that by hand

Ooooo the Odette dress would make for a lovely early spring dress! Maybe for March, when the snow is melting but it's still a little dreary as the flowers are still trying to get up :)

I already have a gambison stop making me want the super pretty one! My wallet can't take another HEMA beating. These designs are absolute fire btw

I'm waiting for the day that she gets picked up by a fashion house as their head of creativity and design. You are overflowing with creativity! As someone who often struggles in this department, I'm so impressed!

@PricklyAlpaca for the different colors of Swede for the Autumn waist-coat (whenever you want to make it) I would suggest starting with a few piles of a simple mid toned or beige fabric, and diy each pile the color want. You can test it with a small swatch of fabric to make sure the diy makes it the color you’re looking for. Tips for dying fabric.. #1, pre wash the fabric to make sure it’s clean. #2, boil a large pot of water and gradually add the diy a little bit at a time. (Use a scrap piece of the fabric you intend to diy in order to make sure it doesn’t end up the wrong shade) #3, depending on the fabric you should make sure the diy mixture isn’t too hot before using it. Some fabric can get ruined if it’s too hot. #4, I suggest Rit brand diy, mostly because it’s what I’ve seen people use the most on RU-vid and it always looks awesome. #5, make sure to wash the fabric thoroughly in warm water and then cold, just in case so it doesn’t bleed onto everything it touches.. #6, … enjoy making whatever you’re heart desires!! In every color you want to!!! 🥳

Funny thing is, I found your channel only after I had completed designing an Autumn themed cloak modeled after the leaf of a Big Leaf Maple. The cloak was structured to have the points of the leaf nearest to the stem fold around and over the shoulders almost like a shall. And the collar was modeled after the part of the leaf stem the connects to the branch. As for the colors, the collar was a yellowish green fading quickly into, well, yellow. Then rapidly going to orange, and finally a rich blue-toned red (which was the majority of the cloak). With a slight dark rusted brown at the tips of the leaf points. Basically what I'm saying is that I LOVE your aesthetic!

The absolutelly out of nowhere CHAIRS!!! Im glad to be one of your Patrons from now.

All of these look amazing, good job! ❤You did so well capturing the themes, the winter dress is so pretty!

Still waiting for the day we see Kira take a spin on subscribers' designs. If even a tiny bit of her creativity has rubbed off on us, they gotta be STUNNING And idk about y'all, but every time I watch one of her videos, I am just HIT with inspiration. So many sketches of cute outfits that will never see the light of day LMAO

Omg the odette dress is a literal childhood dream !!!

I can relate to the struggle at the beginning of november haha, it just looks too much like fall to enjoy christmas things already. Also I loved the sequence at the botanical garden, just the best vibes ✨

“The Odette dress from Barbie Swan Lake-“ When I tell you. I *screamed.* That’s my entire childhood right effing there. Hell yeah, hell yeah.

For the queen of hearts costume, I saw a huge trend on Instagram and probably in tiktok with people who cut through white vest or random t-shirts a heart and after that they sewed different beads on it to make like a blood ligne or veins. It could be an idea if you can remasterise this concept and turn it less creepy for valentine days 😊.

Hey Kira! I absolutely love your videos, and you always inspire me to draw my own fantasy characters with beautiful outfits and EXTREME DETAIL. I just wish that my characters were real… and I’ve decided that im going to make one of the outfits I daydream of. With no experience. At all. Yay! (I guess you can skip the next three paragraphs because it’s kinda just word vomit) This dress is a version of Lucy Gray Baird that I imagined in my head when I read the book. I saw real movie references of her, and I was very dissapointed. If needed more ruffles, more rainbow, and it needed to be brighter! My idea is of Lucy Gray wearing a ginormous tutu skirt with 3 layers. The bottom is the largest, made of a gradient between a little light blue, dark blue, indigo, violet, and pink. The middle layer is smaller and kinda tilted, consisting of lime green, green, turquoise, and light blue. This skirt also has two pieces of fabric that frame it a bit and I have no idea what it’s called but I wanted to add it. The last skirt is the smallest and tilted this time, in the other direction. This one only has red, orange and yellow. The corset is exactly matching the one Rachel Zegler is wearing. It has some sort of nature lookin pattern on it that I can paint onto the bodice I make. In the book, Lucy Gray is supposed to have a sleeveless dress, but the movie is definitely not following that, so nor will I. The sleeves are going to be EXTRA THICK AND EXTRA POOFY, giving off the same vampire sleeves that you make. It has one big poof at the shoulder with a bit of ruffle, and then at the wrist it has smaller poof. I like the poof. I know I want to wear this costume for Halloween, because the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie will be out by then, and I’ll have a possible chance to be recognized. That makes it about a full year to learn everything I can about fashion designing and crafting and seamstressing so I can make the dress looking… about decent. I’ll use skillshare or something for this, but Kira, the great goddess of super awesome art, if you have any tips for me to start this, it would be greatly appreciated. plot twist: Kira doesn’t see this

The Howl coat is so cool ❤ I would totally wear that every day if I had one And I'm super excited for an Odette dress video

if i could become a clothing garment, i would be that purple dress in less than a heartbeat. never before has anyone managed to capture the vision of that dress out of my head better than you have! OBSESSED!!!

The forest floor dress is giving midsummer night's dream

Babe wake up, Alpaca posted!!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets creeped out by the onslaught of Santa!

The Odette dress!! Yes! My little sister was obsessed with that Barbie movie. It's one of the best ones.

As a cosplayer with ADHD, your videos are the only thing that keep me going with my projects! I love having them on while I’m sewing and they always keep inspired and motivated to finish!

My internet boomer self is always amazed at how talented you are - the sketching, crafting, sewing - you have achieved SO much so early :)

Waistcoats waistcoats waistcoats!!!

GIRL SWAN LAKE WAS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE MOVIE AS A CHILD PLEASE MAKE IT!!!!!!!❤

Instead of "happy santa" how about leaning into the pagan jul/ yule aesthetic? lots of evergreen foliage, blood and bone. Also, if the strawberries are overdone, (and the wrong season) how about blackberries & brambles? It still has the cute fruit vibe but a bit more whimsygoth.

I would LOVE to see you make Odette's dress- I LIVED off those old Barbie movies as a kid.

7:48 If you want to try and fake an embroidery look without spending an eternity sewing, I have found either using some king of heat activated puff-paint works (you can buy it as a fabric paint medium and add it to your paint) or 3D fabric paint with a nozzle works pretty well. The £D paint will give you thin, clean lines while the puff paint allows you to have more of a 3-dimentional painting look.

Swan Lake is my favourite Barbie movie. If you wind up making her dress it will be the best day of my life.

IM NOT OVER THE STRAWBERRY DRESS EITHER PLS MAKE THE STRAWBERRY ARMOR

Tbh a fantasy/ whimsical santa or elf costume would be cool for Christmas

For your casual armor waistcoats I highly recommend the patterns by missviscid designs There are some that would be right up your alley! I made one of her elven bolero's and I LOVE it! Can't wait to see some of your designs come to life and to see you make and wear it!!

There are so many good ideas, I’m a greedy little goblin because I want all. So many textures, cozy armor, leather armor, armor dresses, beading, embroidery, feathers *slurp*. But some favorites are the ghost dresses and shrugs, the sheer gothic top, purple new years dress, oddette, and the jester dress

I’m so glad you said you’re really into shrugs and the like lately, because I’ve been CRAZY with crocheting a ton of shrugs! Different colors, different textures, thickness, and sleeve styles. Gonna sell at the Ren Faire in May. I might have 100 of them by then!

I really would love to see these turn into outfits, keep up the good work! ❤

As someone who grew up in Texas December & January are the only winter months in my heart

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I thought 'that reminds me of howel' and I'm so happy to see more stuff inspired by that movie! The other designs were also very cute.

I would love to see a stained Glass dress! Like ... Manga figures, beautiful light and see-through.

also yes odette! i loooooove that dress!!!!! one of my favorite barbie moments and gowns everrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last leaf dress was my favorite and that howl's moving castle cape with the stars omg perfection! The chairs are so cool, and would be a fun craft to watch.

BARBIE SWAN LAKE!!!!!!! The other designs also slap, I’m always excited for whatever you make

Fawning over the strawberry armor and Odette dress the most but tbh words can not well enough describe how much I love and am inspired by all these outfits.

i vote for the leaf vest, heaven's gate corset, cathedral bodice, howl's coat as a cape and the strawberry dress armour!!! kira these designs are all so amazing thanks for sharing all these cool ideas with us

Yes yes yes yes yes absolutely, lease, god, make the Odette dress. Barbie swan lake was my CHILDHOOD

21:17 made me laugh because it reminds me of a character from a game. His names Crowley and he happens to be the headmaster at this all boys school(the games called twisted wonderland(made by disney and the author of Black Butler). The clothing options for each dorm are amazing)

"Casual armor?" Is that like casually moral? Love the waistcoats!

Strawberry dress armour!!???!!! Yes please!

I’ve literally only seen the thumbnail but I’m already SHRIEKING AT THE ONE THAT LOOKS HOWL-INSPIRED YESSSS BE STILL MY HEART 💙💙💙

The "waistcoat" with the chain detail - you could make the waistcoat, but lace/zip it up the back, and put some flesh coloured mesh on the chest and sew your chain design onto that.

I love these cozy little videos. It is really relaxing and comforting. Also, seeing your creative juices flowing is always great. Love Howls cape !

I fully support the waistcoat obsession, because waistcoats are cool.

For some of the embroidery designs (and chain details, when the chain rests on the garment instead of dangling like fringe) you might consider ribbons! A soft ribbon, sewn to the fabric, which might even be doable by sewing machine. It'll create a wider line faster than embroidering thread-by-thread. There's also ribbon embroidery, which is exactly what it sounds like (embroidering with ribbons), but will have the ribbon scrunch in on itself with each stitch - great for adding flowers and texture, not so good for long smooth lines. Another way to add texture: corded piping! It wouldn't work for sharp corners or fine details, but some of the long vertical lines on the Gothic Tank Top would look so cool with piping, like the fluted sculpting on the buildings that inspired the look. Also works for leaf veins!

I am HERE for Team Waistcoat. Your designs are similar to the top of a robe à la française, which is what I gravitate toward in my own style.

That strawberry armor looks amazing! As a strawberry lover my comment is my vote for that video idea

I would kill for the Howl Cloak!!! The leaf bolero, suede leaf waistcoat, pumpkin bolero, bat shrug, Victorian ghost dress, strawberry armor, and rose waistcoat are my favorites

Things I learned for embroidering clothing you plan on wearing as a daily outfit: Single-thread metallic/holographic thread (like what's used in fairy hair) is beautiful and can create fine detailing, but it tangles and easily. If you plan on washing the outfit, don't use this. (I used it for veins on dragonfly wings and it looks awesome but it hasn't survived the washing machine well). When sewing with it, make small stitches and use shorter lengths when sewing with to minimize tangling (since it's so fine, it's next to impossible to untangle the stuff). Six strand embroidery floss is the standard. Great for most things, but depending on the size of your stitches, it can break/become fuzzy after washing. Good for light/medium wear, but not heavy wear. I used it on a pair of jeans and it looked great. After a lot of washing, however, the threads have broken in some places and are fuzzy. The thread also doesn't stretch, so putting it near joints will cause the stitching to tug/warp and sometimes break. It's great to use, I've just found it needs some planning. Pearl cotton floss: Similar to six strand, but all strands are twisted together into a thicker, solid thread. Excellent for high-wear items. Again, you don't want your stitches to be too large, but this kind of thread holds up well in the washing machine and doesn't fray or become fuzzy. It is harder to make some stitches (like French knots) but I've had a shirt I embroidered years ago and it is still in the same condition as when I first made it. I'm a beginner and I've embroidered things I probably shouldn't (like jeans, but shorts turned out well), but I hope some of this is helpful.

MAKE IT ALLLLLL I WANA SEE EACH ONE MADE PLZZ THANK YOU!! i want too see a neon version of this type of style plzzzzzzzzzz

I love them all! In the beginning I got Disney Fairies vibes!

I love the big leaf dress. It gives an autumn fairy vibe and I love it

14:42 interesting design for a Fall princess

omg the owl quilted jacket and the strawberry armor!!!

I wanna see that gothic tank top/shrug so badly! It would look incredible!!

I think the leaf dress would look really cute in white. Maybe a bit like silver leaves some plants (like dusty miller or wormwood) have. Or like fantasy-nonsense trees

I honestly would love to see videos for the making of all of these garments, they are all amazing! and some of them i would probably usa as inspiration to try and make myself 💗

I too am obsessed with 1800s men waistcoats. I love all the patterns. Those and sweater vests over a long sleeve shirt are a great cold weather outfit. The checkered cape I'd do celestial and autumn mushroom, potentially together because I'm extra. I'll design this later as I still have a cat family portrait and space pumpkins to finish for future youtube content.

I want the strawberry dress armor in my life!!!!! Also, that rose vest, I think I'll actually need to follow along with that design.

So I drew along and seriously I've never drawn such a cool outfit before- Great video, fun to draw along to! I always love me some just drawing, designing and rambling videos, they're so cozy!

the concept of a biblically accurate chair has me rolling 🤣🤣

YESSSS to the Odette dress and YESSSS to the strawberry armor!!! Absolutely love those 2 ideas, love the barbie swan lake movie so much (was my first/favourite barbie movie growing up) and wish i could afford a strawberry dress, i find it so cute!!! 🥰🍓🦢

the moment i saw the thumb-nail I GOT EXITED because to be honest i was waiting for you to make fall or winter related outfits, and you did both?! love it ♥

You should totally make a strawberry porcellain corset with relief strawberries!

I wanna live in your artwork! Watching your designing videos gets me so excited about clothing again.

Your art and design skills are goals my god I want and love everything you're putting out!!!!! GRABBY HAMDS!!!!! The intense wish is that you one day create a clothing line featuring these gorgeous garments that I would absolutely not be able to afford but would covet and lust over like the gremlin that I am.

As someone who loved barbie swan lake and howls moving castle i am frothing at the mouth over making either of these designs

I think Wet Felting would be right up your alley!

Would love to see ypur version of Odette's dress. Also fleece lined leggings are your best friend for cold weather in shorter dresses/lighter layers. Also the Howl's cape was the thing in the thumbnail that had me excited for this video. Howl's Moving Castle is my favorite ghibli film as well! I have a Sophie dress pattern I'm excited to make once I get a little more sewing skills under my belt. But love the added touches in your cape design!

Man, I am FEELIN that rose bodice!

An Odette dress would be so amazing! I made the full ball gown for a con and people loved it! Would also love to see that strawberry dress armor! 😍😍

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE THE ODETTE DRESS SOMEDAY!!! Barbie in Swan Lake was one of my absolute favorite movies as a kid! Her dress is the ONLY ballgown I would ever wear personally if I owned one. I am not a ballgown girl, but that dress is my dream dress. It would be killer to see you put your own spin on it too.

Kira, we want to see all of them. Trust me.

I think it's really cool you like roses. They may be seen as stereotypical in the realm of love, but they've got an epic backstory. You should check out Aphrodite's story and her correlation to roses if you haven't already!

so many amazing ideas, never knew i was into victorian ghosts but im here for it and need it and would totally wear it, also celestial and gold beading and chaining just is everything and totally my asthetic

I want to see that Strawberry Rococo dress so bad you have no idea!

Strawberry porcelain corset? Like a tea set vibe? With a pastel goth/floaty lolita dress