Personal Thoughts:

So for Ragyos costume I wanted to make it very high fashion appearing. I am currently a fashion design/costume design major so I very much so enjoy bringing anime characters costumes to life with my own opinions and flare. I try to stick to as accurately to the character as possible. With Ragyo there were many decisions I had to make on how I wanted to make each part of the costume. From literally head to toe I spent days deciding what materials or processes I was going to go through to make this costume. It was incredibly stressful, but also very fun and a great learning experience. For the wig I knew right away I wanted to use wig fibers for sure, I even hand sharpied the wefts myself so I could get the ideal color I had in my head. The shape is a bit more sleek and slimmer than the actual thickness of her hair but its something I thought would be more appealing with my face shape. For the dress I knew the only way to go was halter type straps and a mermaid skirt for the bottom, I made my own pattern for this all. The shawl is nearly done and I am using a long haired fur with wire inside of it to help flare. The collar and belt are craft foam with fabric covering so its comfortable and shapes nicely.

Overall I spent about 3 weeks working on the costume, and many weeks thinking about how I was going to make it. I have two sets of LED lights I plan to use one being the glowing fiber one in my photos that flashes color, and also a plain white glowing LED inside the wig. Sadly they didn't come in the mail in time so i'll have to wait. It will for sure be done and perfected before the convention ;^)

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