IM OFFICIALLY STARTING ON MY COSPLAY FOR DRAGON*CON!
I GOT THE CORSET FOR MY STEAMPUNK MERMAID COSTUME! Now I just has to manufacture the rest of the things. I have an idea for the skirt but no idea how I'll pull this off since I don't have a sewing machine and buying a skirt won't be cheap. I'm thinking for the shoes, instead of buying to go with it, or wearing heels like I'd like to (too much walking for heels), I've got this pair of black low-heeled pumps I might paint with gold glitter paint. My idea for the skirt is a fishtail cut (so it's mermaidy) with gold tule coming out of the bottom (to look like the fin)! Also, a gears in a pattern over where the 'shells' would go on the mermaid costume and gold piping going down the bones of the corset.
So yeah, not STRICTLY 'mermaid!' but not the usual victorian steampunk either. I like this idea. Also, it'll be so expensive it'll be the ONLY cosplay I'm doing (I got lucky with the corset, they had a plus-size corset clearance and it was only $30!) because I AM NOT MADE OF MONEY!
So yeah, not STRICTLY 'mermaid!' but not the usual victorian steampunk either. I like this idea. Also, it'll be so expensive it'll be the ONLY cosplay I'm doing (I got lucky with the corset, they had a plus-size corset clearance and it was only $30!) because I AM NOT MADE OF MONEY!