The best I ever found was everything for my Miaka outfit one day at Kohls on the discount rack. :D Well, the skirt was originally grey, but that's where dyeing comes in. :D
But for my Link costume, I made everything except the weapons and small accessories; I got those off ebay. The boots were the WORST. D: I never, EVER want to make shoes again. Sure, they look fine now, but the process of making them is a dark tale of misery that I shall not speak of here.
AND I just remembered, I need to buy a new belt for that costume. While cleaning my room, I picked it up off the floor Where I left it after getting back from Katsucon in Feb. and managed to break the buckle off somehow. D:
I promised myself I would never ever try to do too much with shoes. I draw the line at my C.C boots since all I have to do is glue a little bit of fabric on.
Aw, poor Kit! I'm always deathly afraid that I'll kill a part of my costumes. :(
Slightly off topic story that popped into my head, so I had my Kallen costume made a while before the con, and I had lacrosse season right after I made it. Long story short, Rasha lost weight, costume became a little big. Solution? Safety pins! Worked out well in theory...until I needed to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to redo the half hour of pinning so I didn't go to the bathroom at all while I was at the con. Yay for 3 days of no peeing till I got home!
My costumes are always so complicated that it's really hard to go to the bathroom in them. The ones made of actual CLOTHES (like the Miaka and Ed one) were the easiest to get out of. The Link costume was hard, because I usually spent a good 15 minutes making it look JUST SO, and I also wore two pairs of tights because I bought one pair and discovered it was too see-through.
I never go to the bathroom when I wear my Miko outfit, though. The hakama is too hard to get out of an then get back on. Actually, I'd like to wear that one again sometime, but I need a wig to make it look good, since I cut my hair so short. (I now look like Suzaku + boobs!)
This time last year, I had pretty hair almost down to my waist.
Sometime around October, I got sick of trying to take care of it, so I chopped most of it off. And then a month ago, it was again too long, so I cut it more.
Though, I'm thinking about growing it out again to Lelouch length. Interesting that I now judge hair length by Geass characters.
It's creepy that I really do look like him. I've got the eyes, the hair, everything. But, unfortunately, I wear glasses most of the time because I'm too lazy for contacts (except when cosplaying!), and I can't make those great ANGRY! faces he makes. XD
So, I like to say I'm an alternate-universe gender-bendered OOC Suzaku. :3
My hair was also super annoying because it was super curly. Not wavy, CURLY. >:(
It's okay, my hair is now only a tool for my cosplay. XD
Oh yay! That sounds epic! (Y hallo thar AU gender-bendered OOC Suzaku (AUGBOOCS for short :P) how would you like to come into this not suspicious looking white van? I promise you won't get RAEPED or anything. XD
My hair USED to only be a tool for cosplay. And then I just got sick of it. >.< It's just too hard to take care of. I'm a busy person. It's easier if I can just wash it and be done with it, instead of having to style it like I used to. DX
(You win for making me stay up an hour later than I should have, when I have work tomorrow, BTW. But alas, sleep before entry-level minimum-wage service-industry job calls! D:)
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But for my Link costume, I made everything except the weapons and small accessories; I got those off ebay. The boots were the WORST. D: I never, EVER want to make shoes again. Sure, they look fine now, but the process of making them is a dark tale of misery that I shall not speak of here.
AND I just remembered, I need to buy a new belt for that costume. While cleaning my room, I picked it up off the floor
Where I left it after getting back from Katsucon in Feb.and managed to break the buckle off somehow. D:(no subject)
I promised myself I would never ever try to do too much with shoes. I draw the line at my C.C boots since all I have to do is glue a little bit of fabric on.
Aw, poor Kit! I'm always deathly afraid that I'll kill a part of my costumes. :(
Slightly off topic story that popped into my head, so I had my Kallen costume made a while before the con, and I had lacrosse season right after I made it. Long story short, Rasha lost weight, costume became a little big. Solution? Safety pins! Worked out well in theory...until I needed to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to redo the half hour of pinning so I didn't go to the bathroom at all while I was at the con. Yay for 3 days of no peeing till I got home!
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My costumes are always so complicated that it's really hard to go to the bathroom in them. The ones made of actual CLOTHES (like the Miaka and Ed one) were the easiest to get out of. The Link costume was hard, because I usually spent a good 15 minutes making it look JUST SO, and I also wore two pairs of tights because I bought one pair and discovered it was too see-through.
I never go to the bathroom when I wear my Miko outfit, though. The hakama is too hard to get out of an then get back on. Actually, I'd like to wear that one again sometime, but I need a wig to make it look good, since I cut my hair so short. (I now look like Suzaku + boobs!)
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I agree, costumes tend to hate bathrooms. :(
My hair used to be down to my waist but I had to cut it to get into my Kallen wig. Too bad though, it was perfect gothic lolita hair.
Yay for Suzaku with boobs! <3
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Sometime around October, I got sick of trying to take care of it, so I chopped most of it off. And then a month ago, it was again too long, so I cut it more.
Though, I'm thinking about growing it out again to Lelouch length. Interesting that I now judge hair length by Geass characters.
It's creepy that I really do look like him. I've got the eyes, the hair, everything. But, unfortunately, I wear glasses most of the time because I'm too lazy for contacts (except when cosplaying!), and I can't make those great ANGRY! faces he makes. XD
So, I like to say I'm an alternate-universe gender-bendered OOC Suzaku. :3
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It's okay, my hair is now only a tool for my cosplay. XD
Oh yay! That sounds epic! (Y hallo thar AU gender-bendered OOC Suzaku (AUGBOOCS for short :P) how would you like to come into this not suspicious looking white van? I promise you won't get RAEPED or anything. XD
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Is there candy in the van? :3
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Of course there is darling. The van has lots of epic candies from all over the world, just for you XD
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(You win for making me stay up an hour later than I should have, when I have work tomorrow, BTW. But alas, sleep before entry-level minimum-wage service-industry job calls! D:)
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