Why hello there commission!
The first picture shows a mock up of the bodice. In the original image, Isabella is wearing a semi off the shoulder type of dress. The dress is reminiscent of Victorian tea time. After examining the style of the bodice, I figured out how to do the bodice for sure. The blue is supposedly representative of something lacey or something ruffley. The bodice top is supposed to have two rows of ruffle. This will be an interesting feat to accomplish, but I'm ready for anything. ^.~
The skirt is pretty much what it is. I'm going back and forth whether or not to make the skirt and bodice attached or separate the two. For one thing, there will be a belt (with big bow behind it) covering the waistband. It is of the same color (light / ocean blue). The skirt has yet to be hemmed, but that will be figured out once fitting time comes around.
And this is for a dude.
I had originally planned to do a Princess K costume in 2007 when I first heard about The World Ends With You. Though most of my friends boasted about the Enix game, they informed me that there was a Lolita character who ran a shop named Lapin Angelique (Angel Bunny!). I checked out the character design and I knew I could pull it off eventually. I've had Princess K on my "To Do" list for quite some time.
In 2009, several of my friends cosplayed from The World Ends With You at Fanime's Cosplay Spectacular. Since then, I decided to get the ball rolling on Princess K.
This outfit took two different patterns. I used a patter that I think every costumer should own (Butterick 4954). This pattern has been used on many of my costumes (Sabrina, Akiha, and Roberta). With a few ample modifications, I was able to pull off the bodice.
For the skirt, I just used the skirt part of a dress pattern I had (McCalls 5094). It was the closest I had to a circle skirt. I extended it a little bit more to have extra foofy-ness.
I got all the fabric and supplies from the Los Angeles Fabric District for less than $30. The appliques cost the most @ 2.50 for each one. If you look closely, the appliques have much more design to it than the reference image. I went with a fancier cross applique because the plain white crosses looked boring. Lolita fashion is meant to be opulent and elegant. I also added a ribbon because it has been consistent in most Lolita fashions to have a bow on the outfit.
In reality, the fabric only cost less than $10. I re-used lining from other projects. I did not want my scrap fabric to go to waste.
Luckily, I already that the tiny hat in my closet. I bought the tiny hat at Anime Expo 2005.
The bodice still needs work. I'll have to figure out how to make the ends.
The skirt still needs a zipper. If you look closely at one of the progress pictures, the hem on the flounce part of the skirt looks scallop-y. If anyone could tell me how to fix this problem with the hem, let me know. I've been having this problem with other projects.
Next Projects
Aizen - Bleach (com)
Isabella - Paradise Kiss (com)
Country Style Lolita
I blame re-entering the Sailor Moon fandom again. Hotaru Tomoe has always been one of my favorite characters from the series. I've been intrigued by her duality in the Sailor Moon S series. I do not know when this will debut, but I'm hoping for an Anime Vegas debut.
The fabric was relatively cheap, but the quality was top notch. I have bridal satin like quality to the skirt. Can you believe I got it for $2 a yard? I also got a nice quality navy fabric for the top. It's not too blue, neither not too black. I still have yet to figure out how am I going to apply the pearls.
The biggest challenge was - yet again - hem rolling. It's a shortcut my mom taught me. I've been trying to figure out what is the best way to hem curved ends for a skirt. I like how the skirt is very flow-y rather than being a straight A line cut. I'm still figuring out the top.
So far, I have Professor Tomoe to cosplay with. We're hoping that Deb can be our Hotaru Tomoe.
I've recently been going back into online voice acting. This is just a sampler of various voices for the oh so popular series, K-On.
