I-no - Guilty Gear X
Worn April 2006. This is one of my favourite costumes ever, and shortly after the con, I LOST the bloody dress and jacket! I suspect they got shoved somewhere in a move, and then thrown out, which is very upsetting...I am currently re-making them, at long last, and replacing the boot covers with actual boots :)As much as I love this costume though, I'm afraid to say that when I wore this costume I was not a happy girl. I had a huge headache - I'd advise you all to remember to eat and drink when you're at a convention! Between being encased in vinyl, having a head squeezed by a too-small hat, and having the sheer weight of said hat balanced on one's head...ouch. Migraine material, people. I was actually pretty rude to a lot of people, just because I was wanting so badly to just get the hell out of there. I based the original costume off of the in-game animations, hence the red band at the bottom of the dress. In the re-make, I'm doing it black - pictures coming asap :) I built the hat by adding a huge brim and pre-bent cardboard cone to the top of a cowboy hat I had lying around my house. This was duct-taped in place - NEVER underestimate the power of this wonderful thing called duct-tape. Never. It was then covered in vinyl, metal rings glued in place. Wig was my Lucifer wig - my first ever attempt at cutting a wig. Didn't do a bad job, really - a bit wonky around the edges, but it's pretty much invisible when worn. Gloves were easy, because they are not really gloves. Boots were likewise fairly painless - I was very pleasantly surprised! I didn't bother with a mockup this time, just basically cut around the boots, sewed the first seams, and pinned it to fit. It ended up being taped to the soles of my shoes again, with double-sided tape holding it onto the heel and sides of the platforms - but really, it looks fine and help up just fine. Hooray for colour matching tape! The little strap details were easily added - but started coming off towards the end of the event. Serves me right for doing a crappy job of hand-sewing them. I intend to replace the boot covers with proper boots for the remake - one of the things that bugs me about I-no's design is her boots. The chunky heel nd platform just look...yuck! I don't like the chunkiness of it, so I'm going to take liberties with that i nthe interests of having boots I'll wear again. The dress: I had problems with this. I originally intended to have it pull on without a zip - doesn't work. It's too tight - I actually got stuck in it when I was trying it on! Very embarrassing, that was. So I added that in, and altered a bikini pattern to connect the collar-ring to the dress and provide some coverage/support. I just used a simple panelled dress pattern, and did a double layer on it - the top one being detailed and attached to the buckles o' doom. I made the jacket separately because I wanted to strike her (in)famous victory pose without completely losing my dignity - hah. With the guitar, I was unable to find an aqua one so took along my bass instead. Photos by my mum, for she is awesome and put up with my costumed shenigans for years, Hish and someone else I forget. 
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