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Houmei from Shining Windby ~pixiekitty

Artisan Crafts / Costumery / Costumes / Cosplay & Role-Playing

I performed a skit in this costume with

for Anime USA 2011. Our costumes won Best Overall Craftsmanship.

I worked on it in a span of 3 months, and it was pretty frustrating at times. I've never made a costume with SO much fabric for myself before! The kimono has close to 12 yards of fabric if you include the lining of the kimono. I'm not used to such a lose fit, so I felt super frumpy walking around in it!

The details on the kimono (cranes, peacock, and swirly details) are all hand painted and/or pieces of fabric heat n' bonded to the kimono. All of the different gradients were done with several colors of floral spray.

The little red dress underneath was a pain in the butt, because of the shapes of the white trim....and brocade frays so much! I ended up having to melt the edges of the inside seams before lining it so that the seams would not fray apart.

The green coral head pieces are made from Wonderflex; They insert into the wig with little plastic combs. The crown is a combo of Wonderflex, Styrofoam, Paper Clay, and craft foam.

Major insane wig construction done by:

The base wig is from Arda wigs - the wig is awesome! I love it!

photo by PsychoticSmiley.com

my fan prop! (aka Buckwheat Jr.)

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*Maiko-Girl Sep 8, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

The details on this is amazing,i love those "eyes" on the back there!

~Levedy Apr 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Huh. I never thought to use floral spray for color gradients on a costume. Cool! Very beautiful!!

~pixiekitty Apr 23, 2012

Thanks! It's great since it's made for silk flowers, and doesn't really stiffen fabric too much. It can also be washed. I noticed if you iron the fabric afterwards it make the fabric more soft and flexible again.

~Levedy Apr 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Really good to know! Thanks!^^

*Kinlyu Feb 12, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

That's one stunning costume! It looks beautiful, you did an amazing job!! <3

~pixiekitty Feb 19, 2012

Thank you so much!

!Kuchiitachi5 Feb 6, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

this one is my fav

~pixiekitty Feb 7, 2012

Thanks!

~Mikorio Jan 8, 2012

This is amazing! The gradient of the cloth, the painting and the wig are all excellent.

~pixiekitty Jan 8, 2012

Thank you!

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