Mara Jade – Star Wars (Arica disguise)

Made for: Dragoncon 2010

Background: Thought this one would be fun to tackle.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Arica tag

Related Costumes: Mara Jade Green Tunic, Classic Mara Jade

Patterns Used:
KwikSew 2004

Bodysuit:

I bought a stretch netting online and dyed it black-to-blue gradient with a spray bottle (it was originally a much lighter blue), which I thought would be neat instead of a solid colour. I used the pattern above for the bodysuit, it’s one layer of flesh tone spandex and one of the netting. It zips up the back. The design on the front I made of chiffon with a lining backing, I handsewed it onto the suit using embroidery floss for a little more texture. I do wish I’d gotten the symbol up just a tad higher, like half an inch even, but oh well.

Skirts/Sleeves:

I made the skirts without a pattern, from two layers of blue chiffon. They’re hand-sewn onto the bodysuit in the front, back and on one side – they snap closed on the other side, to allow that area to stretch while I get into it. I do need to shorten the front one, it ended up being a little long and I step on it too much!

The sleeves were 1 layer of chiffon, and are sewn onto two silver D-rings at the back of the bodysuit. I used leather ties for the upper arms, and for some reason I could not find silver bracelets for the end. I ended up buying brass ones and sanding the finish off.

Accessories:

The wig was my Zatanna wig. The headband was cut out of a piece of silver plastic, punched holes in each end and added leather ties to tie it on. I’m not a fan of the foot-less tights look they sometimes show this costume with, so I went with boots ala the miniature figure, and wore my black suede Yuuko boots.

History:

I’ve hardly gotten to wear this because after wearing it all of 5 minutes at Dragoncon, the heels of BOTH boots broke. BOTH!! I glued them back together for GMX, where they promptly broke again. I took them to a cobbler to get repaired, and they said they’d never hold a repair because they were built wrong. Boo! I love those boots. I managed to wear them for the white backdrop photoshoot (which if look closely, you can see the broken heel because I’m putting no weight on that foot), but if I’m going to wear it again I’ll have to get new boots. 🙁

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