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Wisteria Fox Completed + Post Mortem

 Here's some photos of the full costume on me. 





I would not call this the photoshoot. I did just get my photo backdrop so I will likely do more but it will have less of my apartment mess in it. LOL. 

What Went Right:

- Most of my plans went well!

- Learned to knit!

- Did some cool designing on things even if some of it was improvised. 

- Dyed fabric

- Sewed a lined kimono successfully

- Kept a regular pace and finished in 2 weeks (over the course of 4 months.)

- Ended up creating a new character and I'm perhaps making a story with all the kitsune I came up with. It's a lot. I'll share character designs later! 

What could go better: 

- Creating and attaching the sleeves, hindsight. 

- The neckband doesn't stay down properly. 

- Hair chalk did not work very well, will need to wear a wig

- My kanzashi broke. The hot glue was not enough

- Bought one more kimono pattern for reference

- Bit more fabric research...find something that irons!

- Faux Fur fox Tail or Yarn tail 

- Been smarter with my spending

Some Tweaks: 

- Iron down the collar, maybe use some heat-n-bond.

- Put black mesh over the eyeholes of the mask

- Use the Goro wig

- Fix my big Kanzashi

- Wear make-up

- Wear the proper undergarments and accessories (this would help with the collar

What's next?

Finding an event to wear this costume. Definitely ready for Halloween, but may also have a tea party or professional photoshoot. 

The next costume I'm thinking about a Ren Faire Unicorn and my Polish vampire Hunter/Demon Slayer. 
And I continue to slowly knit my Flame Hashira shawl. It's coming along nicely. 

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