Christine Costumes

The character of Christine Daaé has some of the most beautiful costumes in the show, although the character Carlotta has some of the most extravagant. Within this section I'll take you on a tour of each costume, its relevance to the story and perhaps some of the symbolic elements the designer has woven in to subtly enhance the atmosphere created by the show.

Hannibal~ Christine graduates from one of the lead slave girls to the leading lady (singer) of this play within the play.
And:
Dressing Gown~ Christine wears this during her first meeting with Raoul and her first venture beyond the mirror
  • http://costumes.glittersweet.com/phantom/hannibal.htm
    My version of the hannibal outfit, based on the Australian versions.
  • http://costumes.glittersweet.com/phantom/dressgown.htm
    My version of the dressing gown, based on the English versions and my version of the dressing gown, based on the Australian ones

  • http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/whitegown.html
    Anea's dressing gown
  • http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/elyssa.html
    Anea's Elissa gown (full skirt.)

  • http://www.moviegowns.com/latestcreations.html
    Traie Arnold's cotton dressing gown. She also created a patterned dress for someone here.

  • http://www.musicalfans.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14202&b=1&st=&p=&#entry
    Commissioned dressing gown and fake Hannibal bodice (shorted corset.)

  • http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?member=171&cat=24495
    Cosplay, dressing gown.
  • http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=511052 and
  • http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=511051
    Cosplay, Dressing gown
  • http://www.meinewebseite.net/cgi-bin/designs/standard1/index.cgi?page=text&typ=&id=41794466&userid=100117062&var=
    German fan's dressing gown.

  • http://jessicalynnoriginal.com/phantom.html
    Jessica Lynn's recreation of the dressing gown.
  • http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/phabulous/index.html
    http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/phabulous/images/christineJanet.jpg
    http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/phabulous/images/ChristinePhantom.jpg
    OK, now I know this is a bloke in the costume, and comes under cross dressing also, but it is actually a good costume, even if it doesn't have that flat circular piece of the US Hannibal costumes. And Christopher Carl looks beautiful;).

  • http://www.angelfire.com/on3/costumer/phantom.html
    Caryn's hannibal outfit and dressing gown

  • http://www.phantom2001.de/galeriegeburtstag.htm
    German fans meeting the stars, one dressed as Christine in the dressing gown.
    • Serafimo~ She wears this outfit as the mute servant in another mock opera, Il Muto, before again taking on the role of the leading lady. A removable skirt and mob cap takes her from maid to page boy
  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1875/ilmuto.htm
    Josefine and Gunilla's double recreation of the outfit, including how they were made.
    • Countess~ The gown she wears after the pandemonium the Phantom creates during Il Muto as she takes on the lead role, she also declares her feelings on the rooftop to Raoul, her childhood friend/sweetheart.

    Masquerade Gown~ She wears this to the annual New Year's Eve ball held at the Paris Opera House.
  • http://www.costume-con.org/CClink/CC08/Photos/pages/sf19.shtml
    Pink and Blue "new" version of the dress

  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1875/mask.htm
    Josefine's gown based very much on the latest european versions of the costume, separate arm pieces and floral textured skirt fabric.

  • http://www.ladyghost.com/sandra1.html
    Sandra's dress based on the Spanish version also an article here

  • http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/masquerade.html
    Anea's Masquerade gown.
    • Blue Dress~ Her only non-costume dress through this show, and she wears it to a meeting with the managers of the Opéra, a musical rehearsal of the Phantom's own opera and finally to visit her father's grave.
  • http://costumes.glittersweet.com/phantom/wishing.htm
    The start of my Blue Dress based solely on the Australian designs, mixed with some 19thC patterning
  • http://costumes.glittersweet.com/blue.htm
    My version of the Blue Dress, based on a mixture of versions.

  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1875/wish.htm
    Josefine's Blue Dress having seen this in person, it is as well made as it is beautiful.

  • http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/wishing.html
    Anea's wishing gown

  • http://www.elisabethas-night.de/WishingGown.html
    German fan's costume

  • http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10014099/
    Blue dress from brodaded and plain materials.
  • http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/phabulous/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/phabulous/images/ChristineBarb.jpg
    Barbara's dress, before her new set of photos.

  • http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/realdaae/my_photos
    Christine Scott's Blue dress. And at the bottom here: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6718/laurapics.html

  • http://members.aol.com/LttlMeg/fun.html
    Blue dress made in two shades of blue, one is satin, not sure what the other is.

    And now for two costumes with no online presence, but the owners have given me permission to display here:
  • Jesi's email to me edited to just give info on the costume she sent, images linked from within the message.

  • jennifersbluedress.jpg 574x945pxl, 122K For more information you'll need to join the Yahoo! Group phantomoftheopera
    http://hometown.aol.com/chrlstinedaae/ the girl who bought the dress has lots of other photos of it.

  • http://www.ferdalump.com/victorian.html
    Blue dress inspired victorian gown.

  • http://www.musicalfans.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=3603&hl=
    2004 Halloween costume
  • http://www.geocities.com/lloettchen/dressme.htm
    Blue dress, appears to have been created using Truly Victorian patterns.

  • http://www.phantomderoper.de/news.php?id=73&sess=
    http://www.beepworld.de/members67/vossnadine/fotos.htm
    http://www.havlik.de/Dies%20und%20das/Phantom/Maskenball/Maerz04/Maskenball021.html
    http://www.havlik.de/Dies%20und%20das/Phantom/Maskenball/Vreni2/MaskenballVreni.html
    http://www.havlik.de/Dies%20und%20das/Phantom/Maskenball/Maskenball1.html
    German fans hold a costume contest, entrees included a Blue (wishing) Dress, Red Death, Carlotta's Elissa costume, Mme Giry, marquerade chorus and some standard Phantoms.
  • http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10014099/
    Blue dress and Phantom mask

  • http://www.satinshadow.com/page40.html
    http://www.satinshadow.com/page21.html
    Red Death and Blue Dress


    • Aminta~ The costume she wears while performing the Phantom's Opera Don Juan Triumphant, and unmasks him in full view of the audience.
  • http://fanac.org/worldcon/ConFrancisco/w93m043.html

    Joy Sillesen, recreation based on the original design with lace rather than embroidery on each scallop.
    • Wedding Gown~ Presumably this gown is to the Phantom's own design specifically for Christine, as it has previously been worn on an automaton of Christine in his lair. She wears this during the final sequence.
  • http://costumes.glittersweet.com/weddingdress.htm
    My version of the Wedding Dress, currently being remade.

  • http://www.elisabethas-night.de/WeddiingGown.html
    German fans recreation of the wedding dress, using the textured fabric used in the European version!

  • http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/realdaae/my_photos
    Christine Scott's version based on Sarah Brightmans original costume. In fact also on Sarah Brightmans Broadway costume which had buttons up the front as well.

  • http://www.geocities.com/piseag/19th_c.html
    Cotton broadcloth version with horizontal lace rather than diagonal.

    • Miscellaneous
  • http://www.buffalobreath.com/html/subtheme.asp?subtheme=Phantom+of+the+Opera
    Commercial dress

  • http://www.geocities.com/therookie77/og.html
    White wedding type dress, silver-black mask... much like the infamous silver Japanese mask that looks black in publicity photos

  • http://www.costume-con.org/CClink/CC09/Photos/pages/sf25.shtml
    Black with white lace overlay. Personal interpretation from the book?

  • http://stardreamdesigns.com/customcreations/18th_cen.htm
    Dress very similar to the Aminta dress

  • http://www.actorsontheweb.com/phantom/lepto/christinedress.html
    White dress with pink flower accents.

  • http://www.sarahrice.com/webpages/sr_photos_phantom.html
    Don't know what production this is, but looks pre ALW.

  • http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/costumes/
    blue striped gown 1883, very similar to the Blue Dress
    • Broken Links
    If you are the owner please let me know where to find the files again:
  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1031/phantom.html
    text only about dressing up, not sure what this costume is about.
  • http://www.karaokexpressen.no/VM-i-bilder.htm
    Karaoke contest, in which a contestant sang in a white wedding dress type gown.
  • http://www.reminisce-designs.com/phantom_costumes.html
    Joy Sillesen, wedding dress, only top half seen on this page, possibly the rest is seen on her victorian reproductions section, but it was not there when I last visited.
  • http://www.reminisce-designs.com/phantom_costumes.html
    Joy Sillesen, Hannibal outfit and dressing gown
  • http://www.reminisce-designs.com/phantom_costumes.html
    Joy Sillesen, pink and blue US version
  • http://www.geocities.com/larvasmiyu/index.html
    Chiffon recreation of the dressing gown.
  • http://members.aol.com/nebula5/imgjaz/beneath2.gif
    Costume based on the Ken Russell video of Phantom of the Opera by Julie Zetterberg. Click the image for another recreation in the same video: the hooped white dress. Anyone got the book The Costume Makers Art? She's in there too. Go see fanac.org link for her phantom comments(Under Miscellaneous in other)
  • http://www.studiocreations.com/images/dragoncon2002/Page1.html
    D*C 2002 generic Christine and Phantom.
  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/4138/phantom/oct31.html
    Kristen Rodgers and her blue dress, scroll down.
  • http://www.geocities.com/realdaae/Phantom_Wish_Dress.html
    Christine Scott's blue gown http://www.geocities.com/realdaae/Phantom_wedding_dress.html
    Christine Scott's wedding gown.
  • http://www.grandfoyer.com/wishing.html
    Another great recreation of the dress.
  • http://communities.msn.com/ThePhantomoftheOpera/home.htm Nice version of the blue dress, from an unofficial school show.
  • http://www.fyrelyte.com/phantom_of_the_opera1.htm Costume that looks more like an illustration in the Hirchfield illustrated novel by Leroux.
  • http://www.zianet.com/thegen/costumes/couples/phantomofopera.html I assume this is supposed to be the Blue Dress outfit.. it's white but.. the Cloak is blue and quite, quite lovely.
  • http://www.cdc.net./~stringer/Costumes.htm Jeff And Susan Stringer, moderators of the costume e-list at yahoo groups created a scene from the Music of the Night video. They have 'corrected' the spelling now, but I preferred it when they called Christine Kristin, as that is what is in the first drafts of the show and the Swedish spelling, sort of, this Swedish character.
  • http://wiliqueen.dreamhost.com/couture/media.html Costume of the Music of the Night video, Hannibal outfit and Dressing Gown, very well made from what I can see, and quite faithful to the OLC version.
  • http://www.cvsd.k12.pa.us/CVHS/DEPT/LANGUAGE/FHALLO.NCLK French Students dress up as french characters, real or imaginary. Gotta love the Angel of Music;)
  • http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Mezzanine/6631/fun.html Better photos of Kristen's blue dress, with a 'Phantom'.
  • http://www.mecha.com/otaku/club/events/halloween99/costume99.html
    Halloween at anime club cosplay

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