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So...I met my goal. I have the body of my steampunk tailcoat together, including the lining! I left my good camera at school, so these pics are from my webcam and aren't the greatest. Anyway...
The pics are horrible, but oh well. I'll try to remember to get my camera on Wednesday when I'm up in LA for the day. So...the costume consists of a light brown suede corset (there are some better pictures of it in my earlier entry) with a zipper up the front. You can only really see this in the first picture, but I'm working on binding the edges of the corset in dark brown (real!) leather. The tailcoat is a really beautiful bluish grey dull satin. It's lined with the same material, and the collar is a poly fabric in a matching color that has textured stripes woven in, which you can't see in these pictures at all. I'm so proud of this outfit so far! I have to make a design decision on the sleeves though. I was going to put short sleeves on, but I kind of like it as a vest. If I leave it sleeveless, the next decision is whether or not to finish the sleeves. It fits my character to leave them frayed, but I dunno...Lots left to do on this outfit though. Bind corset, put buttons on jacket, make pants, spay paint/rub n buff plastic accessories, make leather accessories...yah, lots still to do. And I still have two other cosplays that haven't been started yet.
In other news, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Hope it was lovely for you too. I'm also really looking forward to the sewing party this Sunday. I will be there for sure! I'll probably bring the steampunk pants and Liz from soul eater to work on.
The pics are horrible, but oh well. I'll try to remember to get my camera on Wednesday when I'm up in LA for the day. So...the costume consists of a light brown suede corset (there are some better pictures of it in my earlier entry) with a zipper up the front. You can only really see this in the first picture, but I'm working on binding the edges of the corset in dark brown (real!) leather. The tailcoat is a really beautiful bluish grey dull satin. It's lined with the same material, and the collar is a poly fabric in a matching color that has textured stripes woven in, which you can't see in these pictures at all. I'm so proud of this outfit so far! I have to make a design decision on the sleeves though. I was going to put short sleeves on, but I kind of like it as a vest. If I leave it sleeveless, the next decision is whether or not to finish the sleeves. It fits my character to leave them frayed, but I dunno...Lots left to do on this outfit though. Bind corset, put buttons on jacket, make pants, spay paint/rub n buff plastic accessories, make leather accessories...yah, lots still to do. And I still have two other cosplays that haven't been started yet.
In other news, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Hope it was lovely for you too. I'm also really looking forward to the sewing party this Sunday. I will be there for sure! I'll probably bring the steampunk pants and Liz from soul eater to work on.