Cosplay - Sakura from Tsubasa Chronicles

My baby sister (called such because she's the youngest of 8) and I collaborated on this costume, which we competed at the Colossalcon masq. We didn't win anything, but we had a heck of a time (all of it fun) and the compliments we received were numerous. In our minds, that was even better than a slip of paper, because we couldn't go 4 feet without someone shouting out for a picture, or stopping us to compliment the gown. It was awesome.

My little sister did all of the jewelry work and prop work. She is amazingly talented in the art and sculpting department. She's also a talented sewer, though she would disagree with me on that, but hey XD. I tackled the dress part of this. All in all, the whole thing probably took about two and a half weeks to make.

The bodice was drafted by first making a corset (she actually has a fully boned and busked corset under there - that will be a different post) so that I would be able to see how it would accurately lie, and cinching that on the dress-form set at Kat's measurements. I first drafted it in muslin (twice) and tweaked it until I was happy, and then made it out of the bridal satin. The skirt was simply the left over fabric, hemmed, surged, and then gathered and stitched onto the bodice (I lost 3 needles to that beast).

The cloak is a separate piece entirely, also drafted by myself. The design was free-handed by Kat (the model / my sis) and then painted by me with the help of my friend Nobi. Kat and I styled the wig together and she took on the amazing task of making the jewelry and staff, all of which looks amazing.

There is also a hand made hoop skirt and two petticoats (also made by me) under there, but I'll save the undergarments for their own posts. :)

We had a lot of fun walking around as Sakura and Syaoran, and we're looking forward to bringing this out again at future conventions.

photo was taken by my friend AndraiaTower