Starfire – Teen Titans (Comic Version)

Made for: Dragoncon 2008

Background: I thought the big-haired 80s version of her would be so much fun to make.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Comic Starfire tag

Since my references varied so differently I picked various elements I liked from different artwork/looks.

Patterns Used: KwikSew 2004

Suit:
For the suit, I bought a white full body suit and dyed it orange. My husband did some airbrushing on it, for some shadows, and I cut away the front. For the purple part of the suit, I was originally going to use some plain purple spandex I had laying around, but decided buy the metallic kind instead. I used a swimsuit pattern and used the original purple fabric to make a mockup, then used the mockup as a pattern for the real one. It and the orange suit were then sewn together. I made the jewel for the front out of some wooden decorative pieces and beads.

Armor/Chest Piece:
Chase made my collar and gauntlets by make forms of my arms, and a basic form of my neck, and fiberglassing them.
I didn’t want to tape myself into this costume, so I bought Xtreme Designs FX’s female body armor. We removed the arm pieces and painted it. That way I had a little more of a superheroine “physique” without worrying about double stick tape popping off LOL

Boots:
For the boots, I bought a pair of thigh-high boots and simply made boot covers for them in my purple material. They’re also sewn onto the bodysuit to keep them up. The “jewels” at the top were egg pieces we found, cut in half, painted and glued in place.

Wig:
The wig was so much fun to make. It’s made of two different wigs I cut up, curled, and tease the heck out of, plus two packs of extensions.

Body Paint:
Ben Nye Magic Cake Aqua Paint

History: I rewore this in 2010, but the paint on the chestpiece had darkened over time, so I went without it and sewed a bra into the front of the suit, and sewed it closed. I plan on fixing the chestpiece at some point and rewearing it as it originally was for a photoshoot in the future… because I really didn’t care for the look of the built in bra and closed front.

And in 2022 I did just that for a long overdue white backdrop photoshoot. I removed the bra cups I sewed in and returned the suit to its original form, got the chestpiece cleaned up – honestly the chestpiece really hadn’t darkened up as much as I thought, it was maybe a shade darker than my makeup and not as bad as I had in my mind. The dyed/airbrushed bodysuit had faded a bit over time and I had to fix a few problems with the boot connection, but overall the white backdrop photos turned out pretty good and I’m glad to finally have this properly “documented.”

                       

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