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After seeing new pictures and video clips for the Tangled short film coming out in 8 days, I really wanted to submit a photo of my dad from my wedding day.

There's a story behind this; something that really touched my heart. Before my wedding, I saw my dad as one of the last people I would ever expect to dress in costume for anything; I've never seen him do it before even for Halloween. I knew he didn't mind my crazy costuming hobbies, but it wasn't something I felt he was really interested in.

So after we decided on letting attendees and people outside the bridal party dress in costume for the wedding (and it could be non-Disney related if they wished), my dad came to me and asked, "So, what do I get to wear?"
I told him "Well dad, you can wear whatever you'd be comfortable with. Whether it be a tux or any kind of costume you want." I was thinking that since he had a rifle-shooting hobby and liked historical war movies, maybe he might be interested in wearing a military-styled uniform or camo attire? Or he might just stick to a traditional tux since I know he's a pretty professional guy.
But then he went on, "I'd wear a costume instead of a tux any day. I want us to match. So does this mean I get to be the King?"
I about died. He was into it enough to even grew out a beard; I've never seen my dad with a beard before. I love you, Dad.

The most reference images we could find were with the purple under-coat, which the King wore at the beginning of the movie. While starting on the costume I felt like a derp because I totally forgot about the white and gold outfit he was seen in very briefly at the end of the film, which is what they are also using for the new short film. But by the time we went back to watch the movie for certain details, we had already bought all the pretty fabrics for the red and purple garb, so we just went with it.

The King's outfit was a big team effort; it wouldn't have been done on time if I was doing it by myself. and did most of the work on the purple coat while I made the red/gold one. My dad found the boot covers and crown at a Halloween store. We knew we wouldn't have enough time to make an accurate medallion, but one of our friends helped throw one together the night before the wedding using a belt that we were originally going to modify for the "chain."

Rapunzel Wedding dress made and worn by myself

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