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Levi McGarden
Fairy Tail

Inspiration:  I have a special love for Fairy Tail and certain characters from the manga really stuck out to me.  Juvia was my first FT cosplay, but I also loved Levi from the beginning, even though she wasn’t a very important character in the series until later on.  When I saw her second costume with its leggings and arm warmers I knew that was the outfit of hers I wanted to make.  Unfortunately, since the manga was black and white, I had to wait until the anime got to that point to know what the colors were going to be.  They weren’t what I was expecting, but cute none-the-less.

Materials/Construction Details:  This was a rather easy costume and only took me a day or two to complete.  The dress was made out of a cotton knit, which I dyed to the correct orange.  For some reason I wasn’t able to find any knit fabric that was already orange other than some ponte that was safety orange (ew!).  I made the arm warmers out of the same material.  I simply used maroon bias tape for the stripes down the front and back.  I was able to find maroon boots at Good Will and also purchased the tights and headband.  And with that, Levi was done!

Wig:  The wig took a lot of styling and I’m not really satisfied with how it came out.  It’s a scruffy long from cosworx with added wefts on the sides in the front so that I could have those two longer pieces.  The hair behind the headband was teased and sprayed in place to get that wild look she has going on.  Since I’m already eying another costume of hers (waiting for a color version), I’m thinking of looking for a better wig…something with more of a natural wave to it.

Prop: I used my red leather bound collector’s edition of the Lord of the Rings as the book in some of these pictures.  Don’t look too closely or you might see that Levi’s reading about hobbits.

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5 Comments to

“Levi”

  1. Avatar February 18th, 2011 at 3:56 am Sandie Archer Says:

    Hello!

    I was wondering if this awesome costume was still for sale?? Levi is my favourite character in a close second to Gajeel, and I already have th eblue hair. :3

    Please let me know!

    Tx


  2. Avatar February 18th, 2011 at 4:11 am Yashuntafun Says:

    Thank you, but I’m afraid it’s not still for sale. It’s fairly simple to make, so if you have any questions, just let me know! I love Levi too and Levi+Gajeel is even better!

    Your real hair is blue? That is so cool! I would love to do that.

    Sorry the costume’s not available, but I wish you the best of luck!


  3. Avatar October 17th, 2011 at 4:04 pm Darkdragn Says:

    Oops… I commented on you mentioning Levi as an upcoming cosplay, but i hadn’t realized you already did it. Sorry, this is my first time visiting your site.
    It did turn out adorable, though. ^_^


  4. Avatar October 17th, 2011 at 5:48 pm Yashuntafun Says:

    Thank you! And there’s no need to apologize. This is actually a different outfit of Levi’s anyway. 🙂


  5. Avatar February 7th, 2012 at 3:22 pm Baella Says:

    hey ! I’ll be Levy’s cosplay this summer me to ! thanks for the ideas ! ;p
    yours is really amazing ! (and I want your book of the Lord of the Rings >.<)


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