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I'm dressing as Utena for Halloween. Partially because we're watching it in anime club, and it's the only place I have to wear a costume*. The nice thing is the only thing I need to make is the jacket -- I can buy the wig, shoes, socks, pants and a shirt under the jacket. Anyway, I ordered a wig off of eBay (new), red over-the-knee socks on Sock Dreams and red shorts and white tennis shoes off of Sears. The top I'm wearing under my jacket is a navy tank top from Old Navy.
It all showed up today. I snapped a picture of me wearing the shirt and shorts before work (and the shoes, but you can't see my feet), and tried on the socks -- which can't quite make it all the way up my legs, but work. Also tried on the wig, but need to both cut bangs into it and figure out the best way to get my hair to stick to my head and not peek out.
Besides the jacket, I have to fix my shoes. Utena's are white with black toes and heels and red laces. For the laces, I can use some of my ribbon and bind the ends to stop fraying, but I haven't decided how to do the shoe patterns. Gluing black canvas on would probably look better, but it would be harder to cut the right shapes, especially on the toes. Paint would be quicker, but it would be weird on the toes without a seam to follow. Either way, the shoes are a bit too tight for me, but were cheaper than buying them in the store. Having black shoes with white toes and heels would have been a lot easier.
It's funny. I don't normally deal much with shoes in my cosplays, since I subscribe to the principle of comfort first. As a result, normally I either wear my sneakers or my black dress boots -- or try and fail to make boot covers to go over my sneakers. Part of this is because when I'm con-going, I want to be seen in costume, but I want to actually do stuff.
(An aside, it's funny to listen to peoples' theories about Utena in anime club, since most of them haven't seen it.)
* Well, the Thursday before I'm helping at the Museum of the Earth for their annual astronomy-themed Halloween, but I usually try to wear a costume related to astronomy.
I'm dressing as Utena for Halloween. Partially because we're watching it in anime club, and it's the only place I have to wear a costume*. The nice thing is the only thing I need to make is the jacket -- I can buy the wig, shoes, socks, pants and a shirt under the jacket. Anyway, I ordered a wig off of eBay (new), red over-the-knee socks on Sock Dreams and red shorts and white tennis shoes off of Sears. The top I'm wearing under my jacket is a navy tank top from Old Navy.
It all showed up today. I snapped a picture of me wearing the shirt and shorts before work (and the shoes, but you can't see my feet), and tried on the socks -- which can't quite make it all the way up my legs, but work. Also tried on the wig, but need to both cut bangs into it and figure out the best way to get my hair to stick to my head and not peek out.
Besides the jacket, I have to fix my shoes. Utena's are white with black toes and heels and red laces. For the laces, I can use some of my ribbon and bind the ends to stop fraying, but I haven't decided how to do the shoe patterns. Gluing black canvas on would probably look better, but it would be harder to cut the right shapes, especially on the toes. Paint would be quicker, but it would be weird on the toes without a seam to follow. Either way, the shoes are a bit too tight for me, but were cheaper than buying them in the store. Having black shoes with white toes and heels would have been a lot easier.
It's funny. I don't normally deal much with shoes in my cosplays, since I subscribe to the principle of comfort first. As a result, normally I either wear my sneakers or my black dress boots -- or try and fail to make boot covers to go over my sneakers. Part of this is because when I'm con-going, I want to be seen in costume, but I want to actually do stuff.
(An aside, it's funny to listen to peoples' theories about Utena in anime club, since most of them haven't seen it.)
* Well, the Thursday before I'm helping at the Museum of the Earth for their annual astronomy-themed Halloween, but I usually try to wear a costume related to astronomy.
