Costume completed - December 18, 2007

I had always wanted to make this after finishing Kingdom Hearts, but the shoes seemed like such a big challenge that I kept putting it off until the summer of 2007. It took me six months off and on to finish it mostly because I kept racking my brain on how to do the shoes. In the end I was real satisfied.

Tops - The white top was bought from goodwill and altered by shorting it and using bias tape for the lining. The black top that goes underneath was made by hand and the outline in white using the material that was cut off from the white tank top.

Choker - This was the same choker used from Garnet.

Armbands - The armbands were made using foam and fabric.

Necklace - This is the same necklace I used from Kairi KH2.

Skort - I made this using a pair of my own shorts as a guide. After finishing the shorts, I sewed the skirt part to it. The scallops were cut using a pair of small and precise edged scissors. I used tiny amounts of fray check using the end of an ear swab with the cotton taken out along the edges of the scallops. The star design was painted on using acrylics.

Belt - This was made using a belt and covering it with fabric.

Shoes - The hardest, but my favorite part. The shoes were made using a pair of cheap croc-like shoes, paperclay, stretchy material, superglue, black thread, and eyelets. See progress pictures below.

Wig - This was purchased online and was cut and styled. I also had to dye the wig to be more of a red color using the alcohol and permanent marker method. A tutorial of that can be found on cosplay.com thread here.

Total spent - $69.20

Progress photos

Completed photos

12-22-07

6-9-08

6-30-08

Photo credits - Ninja_Kurai and Valli