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Updated Picture of Costume. Pretty much the entire thing was redone!

So, I've got to take some more detail shots of the various pieces used, but basically, here is the scoop. I purchased a pair of thigh-high black faux-suede boots, painstakingly spent about two days stitching the silver rings on, plus the garter straps. (I still hope to redo these someday when I have a lot of money, in leather).

I remade the blouse out of white cotton gauze and handpainted the red designs. I pleated the top with red top-stitching and created all of the drawstrings and tassels by hand. The blouse is a near exact replica now.

The bolero is a deep wine-red silk/rayon velvet, lined in red cotton. I handpainted the gold/red/black wave designs on the edges, and created red piping for the edges as well.

I hated to destroy my old Anna corset, but I knew I could do so much better. I studied the crap out of the seam lines and stud placement of the actual corset and replicated it out of black pleather (another piece I want to remake in leather someday). I used gold and silver studs and spent an entire day installing them into the corset. There are also a couple silver spikes, as featured by the real thing. The corset laces with a red braided cord, much like the actual corset. I took the buckles and straps from the first version and used them for the front of this.

The pants are black spandex leggings. The gloves are black suede. The sword was purchased a long time ago off a fantasy swords website; it was a gift from a friend. I made the necklace a while ago as well, black cord with silver cross pendants. The wig was an amazing steal off of eBay--it's curly and brunette with strawberry blonde highlights.

Worn to several events: Halloween in Salem, Dragon*Con 2006 and Spooky World in Boston 2007; as well as various ren-faires.

More pictures posted in the scrapbook!

Description
Updated Picture of Costume. Pretty much the entire thing was redone!

So, I've got to take some more detail shots of the various pieces used, but basically, here is the scoop. I purchased a pair of thigh-high black faux-suede boots, painstakingly spent about two days stitching the silver rings on, plus the garter straps. (I still hope to redo these someday when I have a lot of money, in leather).

I remade the blouse out of white cotton gauze and handpainted the red designs. I pleated the top with red top-stitching and created all of the drawstrings and tassels by hand. The blouse is a near exact replica now.

The bolero is a deep wine-red silk/rayon velvet, lined in red cotton. I handpainted the gold/red/black wave designs on the edges, and created red piping for the edges as well.

I hated to destroy my old Anna corset, but I knew I could do so much better. I studied the crap out of the seam lines and stud placement of the actual corset and replicated it out of black pleather (another piece I want to remake in leather someday). I used gold and silver studs and spent an entire day installing them into the corset. There are also a couple silver spikes, as featured by the real thing. The corset laces with a red braided cord, much like the actual corset. I took the buckles and straps from the first version and used them for the front of this.

The pants are black spandex leggings. The gloves are black suede. The sword was purchased a long time ago off a fantasy swords website; it was a gift from a friend. I made the necklace a while ago as well, black cord with silver cross pendants. The wig was an amazing steal off of eBay--it's curly and brunette with strawberry blonde highlights.

Worn to several events: Halloween in Salem, Dragon*Con 2006 and Spooky World in Boston 2007; as well as various ren-faires.

More pictures posted in the scrapbook!