Countess Bathory follows the real life historical figure's descend into madness starting with her wedding night and ending with her death penalty for murder in Turkey. The director/writer intended the aesthetic concept to be a blend of baroque, Elizabethan, and modern gothic. While most of the costume remain solidly between those three diameters, I wanted to show off the more savage nature of this world with a few characters. Bathory's servants had strong animalistic qualities, so as the story unfolded along with Bathory's insanity, more fur, feathers ect. would appear on her servants. In addition to that, Bathory's gowns would depart further and further from any recognizable reality, the furthest being the skeletal battle dress, with exposed skirt hoops and bodice bones.