*Tenou Haruka (Christmas Angel)*
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Event Worn At: Anime Vegas December Meetups 2005 and 2006
Chara Info: You already know about Haruka if you've looked at my other costumes. This outfit is from a Christmas-themed picture in the fifth artbook.
Why Her?: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Cosplaying Haruka/Uranus is so much fun! I've always wanted to do a Christmas angel from that particular piece from the fifth artbook, but I wanted to make it from fleece and fleece is expensive. So when I saw good-quality fleece go on sale for less than $2 a yard, I took the chance!
The Story: The most interesting thing about this costume is that it took me half a day to complete it. That includes shopping for the fabric XD. I brought the fabric home at 7:30 AM, and finished it by 7:00 PM.
Like I said, the main fabric is fleece. It's trimmed in faux fur. I used a pattern for the shirt, but not for anything else. The puff balls were found in the craft section of Joann. The boots are covers pulled over a pair of real boots :).
Since there were considerable problems trying to get wings from an eBay seller, I had to make my own. Instead of making traditional feathered wings, I made something a little more abstract. I sandwiched some very stiff interfacing in between a fuzzy fabric and sewed it in the general shape of the wings in the source art. They are VERY cute and more comfortable than a traditional pair of wings.
It's too bad that this is such a seasonal costume -- it can only come out of the closet once a year. But I had fun in it while I could.
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