This was a relatively simple cosplay to assemble, and is also simple in concept, sooo I added a few fun details to spice it up a bit! I'll start with the main pieces first though.

 

The bra I had on hand, and I patterned and sewed the red low cut dress. To keep the red straps in place on top of the bra straps, I sewed little horizontal straps with red bra hooks that I harvested from an old bra I deconstructed forever ago. Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat haha. They fasten to the black bra strap, which also prevents the straps from sliding off my shoulders entirely. I'm actually amazed how well it stays in place. I can even adjust the height of the front and the back top by moving it up or down the bra straps. Nifty!

 

It's silly, but I really like my belt strap haha. All it is is one piece of woven ribbon with gold thread throughout to make it a little more eye-catching. To get the ribbon to wrap around me twice, but have only one end dangling down, I sewed a loop on one end of the ribbon for the other end to loop through. On the hanging end, I also put 5 gold gems that increase in size as you go down it. I really didn't want this piece to look like an afterthought, so I put a lot of intention in how it would look!

 

Same for the feather necklace. I had painted the ends purple, but it just wasn't "popping" against the red dress. So I decided to hand glue chunky glitter in two different colors to make a flashier design, and now it definitely commands more attention with its little flashes of sparkle. The brown cord is just one long string which ties in the front. I used Loctite Gel Control glue to affix the feather to the end of the cord, and also wrapped it in heat shrink tube for good measure. The tubing also gave the aqua color beads just the right amount of tension so sit above the feather without sliding off.

 

As for the arm bands, I didn't have the right stretch suede color that I had hoped for, but since I loved how the belt looked, I decided not to fuss about dyeing it darker, since it matched the belt anyways. The woven string is actually brown cord glued down in an X shape with Loctite glue. When I did a version where I sewed through the armbands, they came out very lumpy, and unhappy looking, nooo. Gluing them on gives me an effortlessly perfect look, every time!

 

The leg band stumped me for a bit, since there’s no clear image as to what it is or could be made of. I initially thought to use beads, but those would fall down from their weight and slick properties. I considered foam, but didn’t want something that would rip, or get destroyed by sitting on it, or being thrown in a bag when I inevitably get annoyed with it, haha! I remembered I had this old roll of gold foiled leather remnant that I picked up for next to nothing from a liquidation facility. I cut some 1” squares out of it, punched holes into the corners, and mended them together with jump rings. Although it will need fashion tape to keep it staying exactly where I want it, it actually can stay up by itself for a small amount of time.