Leonie Heartilly
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Costume Photos
Train Spotting
"Say it with me: LOVE AND PEACE!"
Selphie
"Whoo-hoo!"
Taken by Paul Jacques
Taken by Paul Jacques
Yamidragon as Edea and myself
Taken by Paul Jacques
"Name's Selphie, from Squad A"
"Wanna join the Garden Festival Committee?"
Always the cheerful one
Trabia SEED
Costume Information
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| Cost : | £119.19 (with postage- £137.14) |
| Time Taken : | 6 hours |
| Description | |
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| Dress was commissioned by Dream Angels (www.dream-angels.net) who did excellent work with my Rinoa dutser & arm-warmers. The general length, fit, design & colour are perfect but I was dissapointed to find the zip doesn't reach the bottom of the dress & the bust is slightly baggy (I found this with my Rinoa duster actually). I might see if it can be adjusted or just wear a Wonderbra! The fabric on the inside is fraying a lot but the outside looks good at least. The inside of dress is fraying like mad. I brought some white cotton off a roll (bout an inch wide) I'm afraid don't know the official name of this type of fabric... I sewed that over the areas of fraying as a sort of lining to protect the dress fabric from wasting away on the inside. I made her shell-like looking zipper out of Sculpey oven bake clay. I have decided that I don't like making things with clay and I'm not very good at it lol Oh well. When gluing my "creation" to the normal zipper I tried to avoid getting glue on the zip itself as I still need it to open. Unfortunately I failed & the zip is now stuck. Bugger. I can pull the dress over my head for now but kinda need to sort this out... On the Selphie figures it looks like she has a label (small white square) on the back of her dress so I cut some white cotton fabric to size and sewed it on. I have a pair of brown knee high boots which I have painted the soles black. I spent ages looking for just the right buckle & straps to put around the top of the boot. Strappy boots are in fashion at the moment but couldn't find anything suitable or cheap... Slim brown belts don't even seem to exist where I can buy two. In the end found some suede (would have preferred leather-look but ah well)brown boots with buckle and straps on ebay and just cut the straps off them and glued them to mine. Seems a lot of money to spend and waste of a pair of boots but hey that's the price for being picky. My sister can have the boots once her feet grow a bit more anyway. I cut off the things used to pull on the boots (what do you call them?) and re-used them as the strap loops. I commissioned the wig from SephNoir (http://sephwigs.googlepages.com/home) and it looks amazing! All I did was pick the base wig and the colour, she did all the ordering and styling. I highly recommend her for wig commissions =3 There is no picture I've been able to find or an official detailed description of her necklace. Some say it's a flower, others a shell, someone else said a four leaf clover... who knows. I guess you can use a bit of artistic license with this one so I just brought a small silver flower necklace from Claire's Accessories that looked suitable. I want to find an Irivine cosplayer and steal his hat! I wore this costume on the Sunday 26th October 2008 at the London MCM Expo. I received many compliments on my outfit, in particular the wig so I made sure to mention that Seph made it for me ^-^ Was asked for loads of photos and it so nice to see my efforts of minor details are appreciated. I may buy a certain amount of my outfit but I spend a lot of time and effort to make sure it's to a standard of accuracy I approve off, if not I find a way to edit it. Therefore I am proud of my costumes and pleased when people comment on how good it looks. Even if some people may sneer that I didn't make it completely myself I'ld rather pay someone else and look amazing than make a terrible job by myself and go out and have people wonder why I even bothered as I look nothing like the character. But obviously anyone who is willing to put time and effort into something themselves deserves some praise. Selphie is such a bubbly, hyped up kid on sugar XD She's fun when it comes to posing as I get to be all jumpy and wave my hands about ect. Her costume makes me feel cheerful. Cost notes- Yellow dungaree dress- $90 (around £45) + $20 priority fee (I left it late ordering ^^;)Airmail postage- $16 Wig commissioned- $70 (around £35)base wig, wig shipping & styling. Postage- $10 Brown boots- £9.99 Brown strap and buckle boot- £8.99 postage £4.95 2 metres of blue ribbon- 72p Sculpey oven bake clay- £1.59 30cm White slightly stretchy cotton fabric- £1.80 6 metres of white cotton (not sure of correct term)- £1.60 Silver flower necklace- £4.50 | |
To-Do List
| Take measurements and order dress from Dream Angels | High | Complete |
| Find straps for boots | High | Complete |
| Search for suitable boots | Medium | Complete |
| Commission wig | Medium | Complete |
| Make shell type zipper | Low | Complete |
| Put "lable" on back of dress | Low | Complete |
Comments
You've got to do this! Selphie is sooo cute and I could see you really suiting her!
"Everyone! Love! And! Peace!"
YAY another FF8 cosplayer xDD
Im the one going as Rinoa on the sunday of the expo
would love to have some photos with you ^^ if thats ok x
the wig is fantastic well done!!!
Love the wig ^^ can't wait to see this now!! x
Yay I'm so pleased you like the wig! I'm going to have to come get some pics of you in it. ^^
OH MY GOD.
You look adorkable!! I just want to hug you!! I so can't wait to see you in this! Photos are going to be uber fun!! <3
looking great, can't wait to see this in oct
this is looking so awesome, which day are you wearing it leonie?
Wow, I love the wig!:D
Wow! You look perfect! Seph did a great job on the wig. ^^
your looking cute, nicely done ^^
You look so great Leonie! I'm going to have to grab that photo your mum took for my site. :3
*Huggles MoonLily*
Wow, your Selphie cosplay look so cute. ^o^oo
I LOVE THAT WIG!
You suit Selphie so well! Okay. NOW I'm excited for the Expo. I cannot wait to get photos of this! SQUEE.
awww cuteness!! i loves the wig :3
it looks really awesome leonie ^_^ You really suit her! can't wait to get some nice rinoa & selphie pics with you!! xDD
WOW!!! your wig is PERFECT!
yay! That wig looks so good! It really suits you :D
as much as I dislike Selphie you look wonderful! great costume! <3
Heya, remember me, I am the Man Misa and Man Amy from Expo, just like to say again that your wig is grrreat and suits yer very well^___^ your wig is better than my Amy wig lol
Very nice piece, if quite daring thanks to the small size of it. And I have to agree on buying items, its not a bad thing having to buy costumes or pieces to the costume if it makes it looks better.