The Ace Attorney series has always been one of my favorite game series. The assistance were always some of my favorite characters. So of course after Investigations came out I had to cosplay Kay. Despite it being rather a simple costume, there's a lot of little details on it that add up to the level of complication. Like the tabi boots. You know how hard it is to find a pair of tabi boots? This costume had a mild bit of shipping drama with some of the items.
The easiest parts were making the skirt and the actual shirt part. The skirt was just a basic pleated skirt, the marital the same as my Magnet Miku costume. It's always nice having left over material less money spent on stuff later on. The top was a modified shirt pattern. Basically I just cut down the center and extended it a bit to create the awkward vest look and the pattern on top was painted on with fabric paint. The gloves were bought then modified, adding the trim on the bottom, though it makes it more difficult to actually put on the gloves, once I'm wearing them it's alright, the added lace took away the stretch at the wrist.
The belt was a modified belt I found on ebay. Love ebay, I think I get the majority of my cosplay finds from there. Got my wig from there as well as well as the clip that attaches to it. The boots were bought off ebay as well. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find tabi boots for a cheep price. It's almost always pricey for specalty boots. The pink parts are actually just little covers, rather then worrying about making whole tabi socks, it was just cheeper (with matrial I had left over) to make little covers that just look like socks (there was Velcro in the back to attach and detach it). The gloves were also bought off ebay and modified as well.
Her pin and key I had to make myself. The pin was made from sculpy, baked then painted. A pretty simple process. I will admit though I'm not really an expert with sculpting or anything like that. I just had to do my best and work with the tools I had.
The scarf was done from my own pattern. It was sad how badly the first version turned out. The second I took much more time for and it turned out perfectly. Just shows it pays off to actually take your time and make sure you do things correctly rather then quickly try and get it done.
The bag was an odd part, it was a rectangle shape, I needed to sort of keep that. And I've really never made a bag before. The material is the same as my Otacon jacket, the pink parts being left over from my shirt. I wanted it to be actually functional, so I lined it with yellow fabric. The shape is kept with a rectangle made from Bristol board. It's functional for what I need it to, and I'll be able to keep my stuff in it for the con. It attached to my belt and is worn from behind.Progress
Scarf + Pin
Pin
Pattern
Shirt, Scarf & Skirt
Finished
I saw you at Otakon, I was Maya Fey. I thought you were one of the best Fay's. I'm thinking of cosplaying as her next year. I need to find some patterns for the shirt. Any tips?
ReplyDeleteHey there! Sorry about the late response. And thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteThe pattern I used was a vneck tshirt pattern and I modified the hell out of it. The shirt was so sort of odd to begin with, I broke it down like this. Rather then a vest and a shirt underneath I thought of it it all as one piece. At the point wherever the neckline came down, I cut it and extended the one side so I could pull it over like a vest.
It really wasn't too hard to figure it out, but it all sort of falls on how you want to see the shirt. For reference I used Simplicity 8523 and the Vneck tshirt.
I hope that helped! And I hope your costume turns out great. It's a simple one, but with a lot of little details.
the scarf is so exotic and cute
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