The Santa hat also has built in hair clips so it'll never slip off of my wig! Also nifty for when I'm wearing the hat by itself, haha! The poms on the shoes have little hair clips so they can be easily removed without damage to the heels. Reused the wig and shoes, had the large poms leftover from when I did my Christmas Tinkerbell cosplay, and the fur was remnants that I acquired for a good deal from the LA Fashion District when I was living in California. Other than the stretch velvet, this cosplay once more uses all items and materials I had on hand. I decided to revisit the look in 2017 when I got a great deal on this red stretch velvet from Joann for only $8 for two yards! Thus, the patterning began again, and this costume was born! I also made a pattern for it that was intended to be used with a non-stretch red velvet, but it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted (luckily I didn't cut the velvet though!) so I ditched it once again. This costume I had also been planning since December of 2014. To create the polka dots on the bow tie, and the cartoon marks on the gloves, I used heat transfer vinyl.
The bow tie was scrap fabric from a summer-friendly Anna skirt remake (that I have yet to finish), and the yellow for the gloves was from some fabric I have been saving to do Pixie from X-Men. Speaking of which, I used the old shorts pattern from that costume to create an updated pattern for this look! Sadly, I only had three yellow buttons on hand, so the back of it is missing one until quarantine is over, haha! Of course the shoes, wig, and shapewear undergarments I had on hand from when I did Park Ranger Jessica Rabbit.
The furry part of the ears are more like little "socks" that slide over the wire, so that it can appear to be attacked directly to the head without any obvious visual giving it away!
The ears attach via a headband that sits under the wig, with wires sticking through the netting of the wig. The ears and tail I had on hand for when I plan to cosplay Mirko from My Hero Academia. I have no shortage of craft supplies, luckily! Luckily, I had all the materials on hand to make this, so even though my state was not on mandatory lockdown while I worked on this, I made it a point not to leave my home except for groceries to be on the safe side. The gloves were bought online, and the belt was made of black mystique layered over wide elastic, and I used Instamorph to form the wide belt buckle. I had left my original hat at home in the Midwest when I was in California, so I used this Indiana Jones hat from the Disney Parks merchandise line until I was reunited with it. This was much easier and I wish I had done this from the beginning! It's quite comfy too, with real pockets! I ended up abandoning this pattern and gave up on this cosplay until 2015 when I decided to repattern and remake it with a heavy knit fabric that allowed me to design it with less pieces. It was 33 individual pieces, and was extremely difficult to get proper fitted and all the seams to match up. The shorts I initially tried to make out of Kona cotton also, but the pattern proved difficult. I patterned everything on my own, and even designed it specifically to fit the two bombshell bras that I wear with it! It was supremely difficult to sew the pockets onto the blouse for that reason! The shirt I had made and completed in 2013, using Kona cotton.
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