This year at the NC Renaissance Faire I bought a chainmail bra and belt from Pendragon Chainmail. I took apart a tribal kuchi belt I had and had him add some coins and pendents. I bought some bells and attached those and will be adding some more coins. It is great..and really noisy! LOL!
This is a beautiful red and black Bella that I got from a trade with another dancer. It came all the way from New Zealand. I love it because the belt is separate and it looks great with a black chiffon skirt too.
So I have been working hard on my coin costume and made alot of progress. I covered the whole bra and added the halter straps. I just made the belt base the other day. I used some patterns I got from my friend and altered them quite a bit. I decided to keep the belt small because I didn't want to deal with adding darts. I covered the outside w/ fabric today. Once I add the coins, then I can add the backing and sew the hooks. The hard part now is deciding how I want to add the coins....I also made just a coin belt with orings but need to get some type of hook. This is for another coin costume project.