Yuuko – xxxHOLiC

Made for: A-Kon 2005

Background: Picked up the first volume and I thought this was pretty.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Yuuko tag

Patterns Used: No clue.

Dress: I only had the pictures in that first volume to go by – I did change the top a bit; I made it a corset, to help support the weight of the rest of the dress – spiral steel boning with a lace-up back. I made the skirt using my manga Belldandy skirt as a pattern. All the white designs were done with white matte satin on the bottom, and all the ones on the sleeves and tops are white suede. I didn’t finish the designs on the back or around the edge of the skirt, due to time constraints.

Accessories: The boots and cigarette holder I bought. The necklace I made – the moon is cut out of styrene and painted, and the other sections were various beads I wired together.

Wig: The wig I bought, and added the piece to the top (made of foam, covered in hair and wired into the wig) – I opted to keep the hair shorter in the back than hers is – after Hild I didn’t feel like having a heavy wig for a while! The hair sticks I bought, painted, and added the flags to. The tassles I dyed and sewed on, and the moon symbols I heat transferred on.

History: This costume was a pain to make (you’ll notice I have NO in-progress pictures because the whole process was frustrating, for some reason) but I was pretty happy with it once wearing it. It’s not exactly accurate, but I like it 🙂

                       

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