Making my 'Redd' Costume! (out of recycled materials cuz i'm a goblin)

Thank you so much BetterHelp for sponsoring this video!

ALRIGHT, it's beea minute since I've done a full cosplay on this channel, so I figured: Why not make it out of TRASH? This week I felt like getting pirate-y, so I chose Redd from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and things got THRIFTY. I tried to use mostly recycled fabrics and materials for this, and I think it was a successful mission!
Let me know if you like these 'full costume' videos!
ANYWHO, ENJOY! LOVE YA!

A HUGE thank you to the folks over at Mayflower II for letting me film on the ship!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:24 Costume Breakdown & Materials
03:33 Le Advertisement
05:11 The (confusing) Corset Pattern
08:38 BLOUSE TIME
09:50 Skirts on skirts on skirts
12:01 Corset Structure & Trim
13:55 Finishing Touches & Accessories
17:35 The Reveal!
18:22 wrap-up & Bloops

#cosplay
#piratesofthecaribbean

[downrighthorizontal]

rachel: “am i liking a non-earth tone?” also rachel: *holding a literally Earth-clay-toned pink fabric*

[bananainpjs]

Hi Rachel! I'm a therapist, and I think you should know that Better Help sells client data to third party advertisers. Which is illegal in my country and yours, not to mention wildly unethical to use someone's private health data to sell ads.

There are other reasons that the platform is unethical and bad for both clients and therapists, and I highly encourage you to look up the lawsuits against them.

[jmsantana]

“Am I starting to like pink?” She says as she holds the most earth toned pink to ever exist.

[EmpressEmbeth]

I want to mention something, as someone who worked in marketing in my early 20's, that some of you may already know but some people here may not have considered. I've seen some comments going, "Guys, we can shut up about BetterHelp now, I think Rachel gets it." And I'm sure she does! I really hope she's being gentle with herself, and that no one is going after her personally, because I do feel like she's a genuinely good person who just made a mistake. And that sucks. She deserves, and from what I've seen she is getting, support from her community as she goes through the hard process of us giving her negative feedback and setting a firm boundary.

But what I want to talk about is this: that we're not just talking to Rachel in this comments section. We're talking to everyone who watches this video who didn't already know about BetterHelp's shady practices. And we're talking to BH directly.

Every content creator who takes a sponsorship from a company becomes, at least temporarily, a brand ambassador for them, responsible for spreading the company's name and generating positive press for the business. I'm sure many of you already know that that's literally how marketing works. Accepting this sponsorship is Rachel, knowingly or not, helping BetterHelp as much as or more than they're helping her. We know this because companies only sponsor creators when they think they'll get a good return on their investment- they think she'll generate positivity for their brand, make their name a household name, which gets people to buy their product.

The point of this comments section being so saturated with complaints about BH is to let the person who made this deal know that Rachel's followers aren't for sale to them. Because while no, the CEO of BH isn't reading this comments section, I'm willing to bet Amy in cubicle 205 or whatever, the person in BH's marketing department who sent Rachel the contract for this sponsorship, is following up on whether this seems like a good return on their investment. And we're letting them know that no, no it isn't. And it won't be any time we see them, because they're not a company we're willing to support.

So we ARE doing something that matters here. We're not just beating the dead horse of telling Rachel she was wrong. We are doing something to take on the company directly. We're letting them know that they shouldn't approach Rachel again, that her subscribers won't use their service, and that we're actively willing, en masse, to be vocally negative about their brand. We're doing what we can to cut their advertising off at the knees by denying them spaces in which to advertise, and informing potential clients who may not know about their shady practices.

My initial comment on this video was actually a wellness check for Rachel, to let her know that we're not mad at her, that we have faith she'll learn from this, that she's a good person who just made a mistake, and that it's going to be okay. I asked her to be gentle with herself, and to watch out that she doesn't spiral from this. I reminded her that she's a bright spot in all of our lives, we love what she does, and that we'll still be here for her. Because I do think she needs and deserves to hear all of those things right now. And I do think this community is capable of being kind while we hold Rachel accountable for vetting her sponsors, and supporting our girl while we draw a firm line in the sand with an unethical company.

Just wanted to throw out there the perspective on why, from a marketing standpoint, the overwhelmingly negative response to this sponsorship is in fact a very, very bad thing for BetterHelp, and we should keep it up any time we see them trying to carve out a space to make themselves look good. Just remember to be conscious of the creator whose platform they used to do it, and whether or not that creator makes a habit of working with/standing by shady companies, or whether they're just a human being who made a mistake.

[alongstorycutshort]

Putting it out there that I would absolutely love to see you do an Elizabeth Swan video in the future! Much like Keira Knightly, I will watch you in fun period outfits forever in perpetuity.

[sarahluczyk]

It occurred to me that if you need a lower stress week, you could always do a reaction to your first sewing video. Newer folks to the channel don't know vintage Rachel who didn't sew 💜

[SparklyPurpleNails]

Just adding my voice to the ‘love Rachel, hate BetterHelp’ chorus.

[SheWhoWalksSilently]

Alright, to continue with the cool female characters, I think Captain Amelia from Treasure Planet cosplay would be bomb 😌

[FelixTheAnimator]

Joann's should sponsor you instead.

[lauramayer]

As someone may have said already, "those square things" on the bottom of the corset are called "daggets." (For some reason that word was already in my brain, and Google confirmed it!)

[bagel_guy]

"Kinda feel like a house cat"
Isnt that the goal in life

[Speilbilde]

Love Rachel and love Redd, but I cannot deny that the choice of sponsor soured my enjoyment of the video. BetterHelp is an awful company and I feel like it should be incredibly well know by now. (Data selling is the big one, but i have also read some sources say they treat the therapists on their app awfully and that they have unlicensed therapists on there)

[jalapenojalapeno]

your dunkin coffee is iconic, i think they should sponsor you

[weapon_dancer]

I will never not stop talking about how good an Anne Bonny and Mary Read movie would be. This fit looks so good!! And honestly, I like the variance of colors for the pink, it feels much more piratey that way with the mismatch.

[Mandy_Savage]

"Safety be damned" - me running between rooms with scissors

[dragoncat]

Hi Rachel, I get that you may not have known, but Betterhelp doesn't use therapists who are actually licensed and skims the personal data of its user-base and sells it to other companies, taking advantage of vulnerable people. There's tons of videos about it from very reputable creators, and they've gotten into legal hot water before. Next time, I ask that you research the company before accepting their sponsorship.

[caitly]

You have tons of wonderful costumes, cosplays, and outfits that you create. But this one KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK OH MY GOSH!!! The layers, the details, it flows so well. You inspired me to start sewing and creating, it's so fun to see your projects develop over the years and with helpful tips and processes that help me (and probably more subscribers and viewers too!). Very well done.

[vernieplummer]

I especially liked the fact that the top and bottom were not the same color. They are both perfect colors for what you’re doing, and I thought it looked great together.

[LittleBit]

I totally understand wanting to spread the word about mental health resources but it’d be great for you to do some research about the unethical practices of BetterHelp and consider finding a different resource/company to support. Loved this project regardless!

[mailynnrivers]

OH NO, Rachel, please do not let Better Help sponsor you- they are incredibly shady 'n at. D: