Leonie Heartilly
 


Costume :Kairi
Variant :Pink dress
Source :Kingdom Hearts II
Progress :In Progress

Worn At :

None



Costume Photos

Kairi wig

Kairi's Keyblade

Close up reference

Shoe Progress- one

Shoes complete!

Belt/bag/back view reference

Shoes are clearly LILAC!!

Kairi's shoes

Bag

 


Costume Information

General
Time Taken : 3 hours so far (not including shopping for supplies)

Description
The first thing I got for this costume was the wig. It's absolutely gorgeous! Very accurate & I'm tempted to just wear it out for a normal day.

I brought some plain white Converse style canvas shoes and I have dyed these lilac using Dylon washing machine dye. I'm so pleased with how they came out! The rubber soles & edging were painted black and require a few coats as chips off easy. I used black elastic for the laces to help keep them up what with the interesting way she ties them. The tongues had to be folded over and stitched as were too long and covering up the first cross-over of lace on bare leg. The sides of the shoe were also stitched very slightly to the tongues at the bottom to stop the shoe from gaping.

I have a simple, figure hugging, short pink dress that I will make alterations to. However for the moment I'm scared to touch it in case I mess it up ^^;
Brought a black sleeveless top with a hood which I literally intend to cut up just for the hood.

A black shoulder pouch bag I found in a local charity shop which I ripped off the brand name/logo off the front (not easy as was some metal badge thing). I glued on a lilac ribbon in it's place. I won't use the bags original strap as need to add thicker straps to attach it to a belt with lobster clasps.

Cost notes:

Wig- $32.99 (around £16.50) Postage $9.99
Plain white Canvas shoes- £3
Lilac Dylon Machine Dye- £5.99
Black craft paint- 99p
2 metres of black elastic- £1
Black shoulder bag- £2.75
2 metres of lilac ribbon- 72p
10 lobster swivel clasps with split ring- £3.59

Topshop baby pink mini dress- £3.20, postage £2.00
Evie @ Peacocks pink summer dress- £4.99, postage £2.75 BACKUP DRESS
New Look black sleeveless top with hood- £1.50, postage £2.50

Comments

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You are very right, the wig does look awesome, ^^ And you seem to have the right face for Kairi X3 I look forward to the end result XD

by silver-vixi on Thursday, 4 September, 2008 - 01:00
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The shoes are looking great! Yay for details and accuracy! The effort really shows! ^__^

by Silver on Thursday, 4 September, 2008 - 01:19
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Your Kari wig is amazing it looks the sae as my friends one :D it's decent qulitly and let me just applued you for the shoes very well done :D

by vampiresan on Tuesday, 9 September, 2008 - 23:14
 

To-Do List

Work out how to make bag/belt thingyMediumIn Progress
Buy zipsMediumPlanned
Buy & alter a white topMediumPlanned