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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.

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