Island Adventure Outfit

Ann's first costume for Skull Island is a a kaki outfit, styled after the traditional adventurer style that was popular in the 1930s.  It is also a homage to the original 1933 King Kong Fay Wray outfit have many of the same patterning and style elements.

Beautifully tailored to be form fitting but with added tucks and  pleats to give the dress a lot of movement.  Top stitching adds more tailored detail.

Adventure Dress Index

	Research Pictures
	Dress description
	Seam Study

Research Pictures

High rez scan.  When studying, be careful to ignore the print lines on the back side.		Texture of the fabrics can be seen here.  It's a textured linen or a raw silk.
On the rocks, for the scream trailer sequence.  Can see the outfit full length.  Note how tight the skirt is and why the 4 deep box pleats are needed.	PR shot.  Ann's skirt is never unbuttoned in front and he doesn't wear his jacket on the island. Best shot of her boots - brown lace-up, old fashion style	Darkened, can see the fabric and the seams more

Details....

Beautiful cream scarf.  Looks like a basket weave pattern with triangles of gold and red between the brown lines.		Note the 7 pin tucks.  They look like they've just been done with a double needle and pressed to the side.  Note, they do not finish at the same point in from, more of a shallow cup.  They go into the yoke in back.  This give extra room.
Is there a banana dart on the bodice	Fabric wet look more like silk than linen.  Though linen makes more sense	Brown belt with square buckle, quite long .belt
Note the skirt button closed all the way to the bottom, but see the box pleats on either side

Dress Description - Breakdown

	Long sleeve dress, button front "shirt dress" style Buttons all the way down the front with large 4 hole buttons Worn with buttons closed
	Skirt and blouse are separate pattern pieces but are stitched together at the waist
	Blouse Yoked Back pleat stitched closed at top (confirmed) and bottom (guessed) There may be banana darks in the front of the shirt, but maybe not. Top is blousy to give a lot of room for arm movement, it is gathered into the waist. Sets of 7 pin tucks on the shoulders to give extra room.  All the way from the yoke, over the shoulder and end in a curve. Cuff is heavily top stitched, one button, same size as down the front of the shirt. 2 tucks at least small placard
	Skirt Smooth fitting princess seamed in the front and back Seams are pressed open on the top part of the skirt The bottom part of the skirt had deep box pleats. May even be double box pleats, but we don't have enough information.
	Brown leather belt, long.  Rectangular buckle
	Patterned scarf Cream base with brown basket weave design with bits of gold
	High brown leather boots Lace up

Seam Study

Seams and top stitching study

	Shows top stitching on cuffs and collar.  Also tuck on wrist.
	More detail study of the stitching and tailoring on the cuff.  Green marks show the fabric tucks.
Huge box pleat in the center back to give her a lot of movement.  As it's tacked close about the first inch after the yoke, the bottom will probably be too, right where it's connected to the skirt	Blue marks are seam lines.  Red shows the depth of the box pleat in the back.  Green circle highlights the open part of the box pleat.
Darken shot of the skirt pop out the seams.  Note the gathering on the top.  The blouse fabric is gathered to the smooth waistband of the skirt	Top circle by the waist show a bit of placard detail for the button front skirt.  The other two circles show the seams that go all the way down the skirt (front and back).  The bottom third of the skirt has very deep box pleats at this seam.  They may even be double box pleats, but we need more shots to know.

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