Costume: Maria
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Bleached
hair, a little more than chin-long. The tips are - depending
on the graphic style - light pink to dark magenta, the roots are
dark. Maria wears golden earrings, their look can only be described
as "long, crazy shaped".
She wears a chocker made of the same material as the skirt, with
one charm on the front which is a little smaller than the ones
on her skirt. Pink eyeshadow and a subtle medium red lipstick
finish the look.
Her sweater jacket exposes her midriff, and it has three gray
buttons of which the bottom one isn't closed. The jacket's color
always is a little different too, I would suggest a light burgundy
though. The sleeves are very long and even cover part of her hands.
Under the sweater she wears another shirt which is - depending
on the graphic style - olive green or olive brown.
Maria's skirt is made of a smooth, shiny pink leopard print fabric.
It is a little longer than Heather's skirt, the bottom edge should
be just out of reach of
your fingertips when you stand upright, and the upper edge should
sit about 1 1/2 inches underneath your bellybutton.
Her white stockings actually have a big, pale leopard print pattern
too, this can only be seen in the CG artworks though.
On her skirt Maria wears two "belts". One is nothing
but a teal band right underneath the top edge of the skirt.
The other belt is a golden chain on the front half of the skirt,
to which three golden charms are attached.
These do have a pattern on them which looks like the eagle on
the back of an American quarter. Still those charms are not actual
quarters since they are way bigger than the coins. The charms
on the skirt are bigger than the one on the choker, except for
the one on her far right. The chain-belt
is attached to the skirt with a longish, rectangular clip on her
left side and a round clip on her right side. |
Maria
also wears three rings, a broad, grooved, golden one with on her
left middle finger, a big silver ring with a round black ornament
on the top on her right middle finger, and a plain, thin silver
ring on her right ring finger. Don't forget to use some pink nail
polish!
The right side of her stomach shows a butterfly tattoo, if you
look closely you can tell that there is another one below it (towards
her belly button) although it is mostly hidden underneath her
skirt.
The boots she wears are black leather, the sole and heel are gray
and the bottom of the sole is red. |
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How
Alessa made it:
I found a blond wig on ebay that had sort of a similar
cut, but was longer, so I just had to cut it. The roots I darkened
with carefully applied mascara
and spray painted the tips dark pink. I used some acrylic spray
paint though to make sure it won't damage the artificial hair
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The pink leopard
print fabric was found on ebay, an old skirt of a similar cut
was used as pattern. The choker closes in the back with a small
piece of of velcro, the edges of it were painted black with water
resistent marker. The golden chain for the belt was also found
on ebay; all the golden coins were parts of cheap costume earrings
I found at Claire's. (Claire's is a fantastic place for little
accessories like this!)
I didn't find them in gold though, only in silver, so I ended
up spray painting them golden.
For the teal band I simply bought some thin satin band at a fabric
store and carefull sewed it on.
With the jacket I was very lucky, I was walking past a small boutique
for seniors where they had this jacket on display for a very low
price. It has the perfect color and a very similar cut, I just
had to shorten it a lot. Unfortunately the sleeves aren't long
enough though. For the shirt Maria wears underneath the jacket
I sacrificed an old summer shirt.
The boots also were already in my possession for years, so I painted
the bottom red. I bought some white stockings as well as the make
up and nail polish and I was good to go. |
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How
Killersmemo made it:
I started with the red jacket (one I already owned), which
I had to cut and sew well because it was very long, then I removed
the original buttons and added three big white bottons, except
for the one at the bottom which did not get replaced. |
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The skirt was made
from a piece of fabric I bought in a cheap shop close to home...and
the great thing was that it was alredy pink so Ijust had to
sew it the right way, following the shape of the hips (though
it looks very tight). I wore grey undershirt and you can see
a little piece of it out of my red jacket, covering the chest
slightly.
To make the jewelry I had to go mad a little because I couldn't
get the golden pendants easily, but after spending some time
searching, I found a very old necklace my mom had but didn't
wear anymore. So I took four of the many golden coins it was
made of: One of these I used to make Maria's necklace, held
on a little strip of cloth I cut from the pink-leopard skirt.
For the belt I took a golden chain I already owned and then
added the other three coins on it just like Maria's, so I hooked
it on a green, very narrow ribbon(probably the most difficult
part of the costume, because Icouldn't really sew it well, not
too tight or loose or I risked to get the look weird.
The black
boots were just the same as Maria's and im very happy about
this aspect...I found them easily in a shoe store and I paid
very little. Don't forget to wear white stockings!!
Last things...I didnt wear a wig, just coloured my hairtips
red with hairspray colour, added the pink eyeshadow, pink-transparent
lipgloss, fake fingernails and a golden ring I on the middle
finger of my left hand...that's it!
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