27th July 2011: NEW BOOTS!!! :D Even though I was attached to the other pair, I found some that I felt would be an ok replacement with Selphie's cosplay - the colour or the shapes not exactly accurate but it's about the right height and comes with a buckle on top :D - I also threw on the entire outfit with my nunchaku not only to show how the boots look with the outfit but for fun cos I ADORE this cosplay <3 <3

16th July 2011: Nunchaku complete I has my first prop weapon :D

7th July 2011: Nunchaku progress Seeing how proud I was for completing the dress, I needed the weapon to make it FULLY complete - just put together in 1 hr, my fantastic dad did this for me even though I don't think he knew what it was for ^^;;; all I have to do is paint it which a part of me thinks my dad would propbably do that as he's a slight perfectionist with painting lol If I enjoy the masquerade experiance from LFCC, I'll enter this cosplay for the Hyper Japan square enix contest ^_~

23rd June 2011: Wig styled Seeing as how I'm inexperienced with wig styling and how my friend insisted, she did the wig for me AGAIN XD I think the finished outcome looks fantastic and couldn't be more greatful towards her -^^- While some cosplayers followed the game art, she just went with a realistic curled effect which I think works just as well <3

23rd June 2011: Base wig As I was finished with Souseiseki, I recycled the wig for Selphie ^^;

22nd June 2011: Necklace I knew Selphie wore a necklace but had no clue what charm hung from it - As I was browsing through photos of Selphie cosplays and any reference art, I came to a conclusion ... there is no definite charm so I searched my room for any kind of charm and found a four leaf clover - so I used this on a chain I already had

22nd June 2011: Back view complete Added the tab and pockets at the back - now I am very happy with the dress :)

22nd June 2011: pockets! As I can't sew in a straight line, I made these terrible pockets... at first I wanted them to be more curved around the edges but they somehow became straight...meh! they'll do XD

21st June 2011: Dress front complete After leaving the zip to dry over night, I sewed it onto the dress and punched in the silver studs at the top - still have to do the back such as sewing the white label and make pockets but I am really proud of it :D

20th June 2011: Zip Zip arrived huzzah!! .... until I opened it and realised it was a brass coloured ¬¬ but as I had a can of silver enamel spray paint at hand, I fixed this XD
Left: Original colour
Right: After spray painting

19th June 2011: Boots! The footwear would always be one thing I hate bout cosplays in terms of finding the exact pair! >.< But luckily, I had an old pair of boots which I hardly wear anymore and realized the shape was kinda similar - so I used acrylic to paint the base - I don't think I'll add the brown strap on top though as I don't have any scrap piece for that

18th June 2011: Straps Seeing as how I had to wait for the zip to arrive, I started making the straps - afterwards, I then had to loop the buckle round it ... this next bit sounds a bit stupid but I actually had no idea how to ^^;;; so I sat there fiddling with this for about 30 mins (I kid you not XD) til I finally got it lol

13th June 2011: Dress base After cutting everything out, I sewed the dress together - now I have a base for it - it is indeed a little stiff and (hopefully) fit to my shape - just need the zip to hold it in place - also, I decided to cut out the white square and test on the back of her dress

12th June 2011: Dress preparation Ok seeing as how the internet went down for 5 days, I had no choice but to sew something ^^;; I decided to give Selphie's dress a go - it definitely consisted of several panels - upon looking at some refs, some people have done about 8 panels and others, 12 or so... seeing as how I'm lazy I decided to do the minimum number - so I spent the day cutting out 24, yes 24 panels ... 8 for he fabric, 8 for the interfacing and 8 for the lining... I was so damn sleepy after that...

11th June 2011: Reference collage A small art, game and figurine reference - couldn't be asked to screen cap the back shots but know she has pockets and a tab :3