NECKLACE/CHOKER

PADME'S PURPLE SENATE DRESS
Star Wars Attack of the Clones Costume

Padme wears a choker or cuff style necklace with the Senate Dress. I believe the actual piece may have been made from red brass (rich low brass) or possibly gold. The 7 horizontal circular sections seem to be a square wire wrapped with thin wire (approx. 22 or 24 gauge). They seem to be soldered in to place by the overlapping vertical bars.

CONSTRUCTION

I used yellow brass rather than red brass, simply because I could only find the sizes of brass needed for the vertical slats in yellow brass. I don't have the ability to solder my pieces, so I opted to make the vertical slats into spacer bars using zap-a-gap glue. The yellow brass was antiqued with Chocolate Brown Copper and Brass Oxidizer from Caswell Inc.

Although the real choker is clearly made from square wire, my first attempt to wrap thin wire around 10 gauge square wire failed. The necklace was too heavy and was not pliable enough to open up around my neck.

For my second attempt I wrapped 22 gauge brass wire around a 1/8" diameter round brass rod, and then slid the long wrapped coil off the rod. After making 7 of these long wrapped hollow coils, I then threaded memory wire inside each coil to give them a circular shape. These coils that make up the horizontal slats of the necklace are light weight and easily bendable.

SEE LIST OF MATERIALS

My necklace came out slightly larger in circumference than I would have liked, but because all the pieces are glued in place I can't cut off the 1/2" or so needed to make it perfect.

COSTUME FABRICS |TABARD EMBROIDERY | HEAD DRESS | NECKLACE | BROOCH
CORDING DYE NOTES | VELVET DYE NOTES | PURPLE CORSET | FARTHINGALE | SKIRT | SKIRT MOCKUP | BODICE | VELVET COAT