Dressing a Wizard

I decided that my Wizard wasn't going to be wearing the 'fat suit', that I made for when he's 'Santa', but that he needed to be his own skinny self. Which meant he needed something to wear under his robes. I decided on some tights and a long-sleeve shirt, so they wouldn't be adding a lot of extra bulk. The ragged ends of his sleeves will hide his rather unattractive, huge wrist joints.

Then I made the inner robe.  He still looks nice and slim.

As much as I had been seriously tempted to steal my old OOAK Wizard's robes, I decided to make my new guy ones of his own. After all, That old Wizard was one of the very dolls I ever made, and I still really like him. I didn't have much in the way of interesting old brocades left - the ones I still have are 25 years old, and stores no longer carry anything like them. The only brocade fabric I had that was big enough, was a deep purple with dark green designs woven through it. It was left over from one of my large lady's gowns.  Both sides of the brocade looked rather similar, and I had wanted something more contrasting for the insides of the sleeves and for the front facings. So I lined them with a purple tricot. It's very thin, and fine enough not to add any extra weight or thickness, and it's transparent enough to let some of the brocade design through.....

So now I'm working on his bag, and sword scabbard and belt. He'll need a staff too. I'm
​not sure yet if I'll give him an 'over-cloak with hood', or a wizard hat - or both.

And then when all his clothes and accessories are done, he'll need his hair and beard.