Yukiho Hagiwara ~ Pink Diamond Luxury
IdolM@ster
Inspiration: Since I’ve done a couple IdolM@ster costumes already, I was asked if I would like to join this group and I said yes! These girls were so much fun to cosplay with! I normally go for Hibiki, but she was already being done by the talented IchigoKitty, so I went with Yukiho instead. Her design was super cute!
Materials/Construction Details: For these costumes we used a super sparkly pink sequin fabric, backed in pink cotton. Yukiho’s top was a bit tough to pattern, but after messing around with a mock-up made of muslin, I eventually got it where I wanted it. I had to buy a raver shirt to get the large holed fishnet for the cut out panel and thigh highs, which I backed in a brown stretch mesh. The skirt is made of platinum casa satin using a very basic circle skirt pattern, with lace sewn around the bottom. All the little buckles, embellishments, and bracelets had to be painted so all of our gold pieces would match.
The thigh highs were made with matching platinum satin and a smaller version of the same lace design. I backed the platinum part with iron-on adhesive, which helped them stay up while I was walking around. The netting part was actually the sleeves of the raver shirt I bought sewn on top of the brown stretch mesh and sewn to the platinum cuffs.
The boot covers were a challenge, as we wanted them to be able to slide on and off the boots. I backed the sequin fabric in a stretch pink fabric so that a zipper would not be required in the design and used a white stretch fabric around the bottom as well. My cuffs are made of white gabardine and I used 3/4″ D-rings for the buckles. IchigoKitty and Katie was kind enough to create patterns and tutorials for everyone to use so that our boots would all match as much as possible.
Wig: I bought this basic bob wig on ebay and it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but I didn’t have time to order another wig. I think it still did the job. I attempted to straighten the ends, but it didn’t stick. However, I did cut and style the bangs.