How do you make an ABBA costume?

Answer 1

Not sure when you asked the question so you may already have the answers. Which ABBA costume are you wanting to make? We( my sister and I) made Frida and Agnetha's "cat" costumes, their kimonos and one similar to Frida's out fit on the cover of the Money Money Money 45 (the white bikini top and skirt that it mostly strips) I've also done the cover part from their North American 1978 tour (the white cover with blue V strips).

For the cat we used an over sized t-shirt then copied (traced) the cats from a video paused on the tv. I used t-shirt paint and glueable jewels for the rest. We actually wore these to a Bjorn Again concert and had a great reaction from both Bjorn Again and from the audience.

For the kimonon's i used a bathrobe pattern (we just altered the sleves to make them wide) I have since found that Simplicity makes an kimono pattern (4080) in their costume patterns. The design on the kimono is not excatly the same as it was taken from a small picture and video imiages. Frida's Money Money Money cover outfit was done just from the cover of the 45 so I'm not sure how excat it matches. For the covers from the 78 tour we took a larger sheet partly truned, cut an opening for the head and took strips of blue material to make the V design. Hope this helps email me if you'd like pics or more help.

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