Danielle de Barbarac “Breathe Dress”Ever AfterOctober 2017 This costume was a long process from start to finish, it felt so good to be done and also a little emotional. This dress was my ‘white whale’ of cosplay so to speak (yes…
Vice Admiral Holdo was an interesting challenge in draping and construction, it involved a fair amount of experimentation, and a whole lot of swearing. Deconstructing movie costumes is always interesting, it’s a puzzle process to figure out how they made…
Vice Admiral HoldoStar Wars: The Last JediMarch 2018 I decided to make Vice Admiral Holdo partially on a whim. I have never cosplayed a Star Wars character before, which I think has been in part because there just weren’t that…
Want to join the Battle Chef Brigade? Than you’re going to need your own uniform! This post will walk you through my Mina Han cosplay, with construction notes, tips and tricks. You can check out my video walk through for…
Mina HanBattle Chef BrigadeJanuary 2018 I had a brilliant idea back when I first played Battle Chef Brigade, which by the way is a very wonderful game that I completely recommend everyone play. The idea was to host a ‘real…
There are a number of important accessories that make up this costume, which this post will be going over. For information on other parts of the Breathe Ever After cosplay head to the following posts: Planning process Corset Dress Part…
Once the skirt and bodice are assembled it’s time to start on the sleeves, which are in essence elaborate tubes of trim. There is no curving or particularly fancy shaping, but there are trims, so much trim and thus so…
With the dress assembled it was time for the finishing touches. I use that phrase loosely because this finishing took way longer than the initial construction, which isn’t including the odyssey of finding the trims. With much trial and error…
As a child I remember dressing up in many attempts to wear this dress, White skirts and shirts with lots of glitter, or a vaguely period dress in our dress up box, but it was never quite the same. After…
A dress is only as good as its support, or something like that… In this case the Breathe dress needs a non decorative under corset to support the wings and other bits (boobs, I’m talking about boobs). As an empire…
Ever After continues to be one of my favorite movies, self-rescuing princess, true love and historical costumes: what’s not to enjoy? Since a very young age I have wanted to have the dress. Anyone who has seen the movie knows…
Aly of Pirate’s SwoopTrickster’s Choice SeriesOctober 2017 I hesitate to really call this a ‘cosplay’ it was more a matter of throwing together some pieces I already had and most importantly having blue hair. While not my favorite Tamora Pierce…
I am incredibly proud of this costume, I realized a character I have loved since I first picked up the Song of the Lioness Quartet. If you too want to be the Champion of Tortall, the Lioness Rampant, then I…
Alanna the LionessSong of the Lioness QuartetOctober 2017 Creating my Alanna the Lioness cosplay was a work of love and passion. As a young adult I read the Song of the Lioness quartet and was enthralled. On the page was…
Making two cosplays at a time seemed like a great idea before I started… Thankfully Bae was on the simpler end of cosplay construction, so if you are looking to create your own Moon-touched Girl cosplay, here are my tips…
