I must have watched Tim Burton’s Batman dozens of times on VHS growing up. (In fact, probably the only movies I watched more than that one were Jumanji, which I watched until the VHS tape literally broke, and the Star Wars trilogy.) Danny Elfman’s kickass music, Michael Keaton’s troubled brooding, Tim Burton’s wacky filmmaking, Jack Nicholson’s hilariously psychotic villainy, the …

In the course of my costume research, I’ve gathered many dozens of visual references of the 1989 Joker’s costume.  These include auction photos of screen-used costumes and costume elements, as well as museum displays.  I included many of them in my updated Joker costume analysis, although they were often cropped to better see certain details.  For those of you interested …

I’m Alex, aka “Obsessive Costuming Dude,” and welcome to my “rebooted” sewing/costuming blog! (I’ve previously been posting with Blogger, but I’ve moved to WordPress for better presentation and functionality.) Unfortunately, most of the actual blog content didn’t transfer, and most of what did was mangled so badly as to be unusable. I’ll be reposting/re-uploading the previous materials and costume resources …