Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character: Izumi Curtis
Definitely one of my favorite cosplays, I finished Izumi in 2012 and have worn her to a con at least once a year since. The top photo was taken just before we left for AX 2012, the bottom photo is from ALA 2015 at the LAX Marriott.
Materials/Construction:
Pants- Black leggings (already owned)
Sandals- Khaki bedroom slippers and beige lycra (with Sharpie drawn logo)
Silver Ring- Lucky thift store find.
Top- White cotton poplin (pattern drafted by me)
Travel Jacket- Dark purple linen (self-modified McCalls pattern)
Wig- Normally I don’t talk about wig styling in detail… but this one was very involved and definitely the costume’s defining characteristic. I pulled the front half of a pirate dreadlocks wig into a ponytail. I then cut some dreads from the back and sewed them around the wig edge, pulling them up into the ponytail to cover any exposed netting. To get the messy dreads look, I threaded gunmetal wire through the ones around my face and the exterior of the ponytail. This allowed me to shape them and get them to stick up or out (wherever I needed them) without hairspray. Make-up was also done by me.
