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Cosplayer Itsuka > Costume of Leia Rolando (Tales of Xillia 2)

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04-07-2015
Series
Tales of Xillia 2
Character
Leia Rolando
Year Completed:
2015
Construction Difficulty:
Normal
Costume worn at:
Anime LA 2015
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About this Costume
Construction Details:
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: I used Heat'n Bond for all the diamond fabrics on my hat's band. I bought a black conductor hat from eBay but when I realized the hat was going to sit a little too small on my head for the colorful band I made, I added a larger cap piece over the top to make the overall hat look bigger. This time the "hat" actually covered the back of my wig! I already owned a button up white shirt. Cravat thing is just a rectangle of scrap blue fabric. Jacket was patterned and sewn by me, is fully lined, and has a fake welt pocket for the pen cap since having an actual pen in the jacket would poke out funny against my chest. Pen cap is actually part of a stylus-pen from Daiso. Heart pin is actually a magnet that was also from Daiso (Daiso is basically a cosplayer's haven) and is glued onto the lapel with E6000. I dyed khaki shorts bought from the thrift store but they came out as a weird brown-green color before AX, so I had to re-dye them to the correct color for ALA. I plan on dyeing the shorts a little bit darker. I somehow wasn't able to find a brown belt for the shorts that are now too big for me due to ~FITNESS GAINS~ so I gotta remember that for next time. The thigh high socks are just black fabric tubes with the white diamonds painted onto them with white fabric paint. The gray calf socks are also just fabric tubes. The shoe covers fit over my pre-existing shoes like spats.
Personal Thoughts:
I feel like a dapper news reporter~ I wanted to get this done for Anime Expo 2014 but only managed to get the very basic parts put together for a Tales of Yardhouse dinner on the last night of AX. SIX MONTHS LATER, I got to properly wear her for ALA 2015. Also, I've discovered that light yellow is not a bad color to wear after all....

Extra disclaimer: LEIA IS MY XILLIA GIRLFRIENDO AND I WANT TO COSPLAY ALL THE VERSIONS OF HER.
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