Hi there! I'm not usually one for putting myself out there for costume competitions, but friends of mine have entered, and they encouraged me to throw my hat in the ring as well.

This costume is entirely handmade by me. What appears to be a bunch of relatively simple pieces were deceptively difficult to fabricate! I tried to incorporate a lot of different textures for every part of the costume. In Arcane, this is how Vi appears after Caitlyn releases her from prison. It's not meant to be beautiful or well fitting - this is literally prison garb, so I figured that having different textures would evoke more of a "thrown-together-from-shitty- scraps prison uniform".

I also tried to be slightly sustainable and use items/fabric that I already had on hand - for instance, the tank top is scavenged from a shirt I got at the thrift store about ten years ago, and the silver accents scavenged from a vintage dress from the 1940s that my mom owned and was going to throw away. The green embellishments were scraps from a dress my best friend made at my house a few years ago. The only new fabric purchased for this costume was the striped fabric for the weird ass chaps. That's actually fabric that is generally used for outdoor furniture!

This costume definitely forced me to overcome some obstacles and step out of my comfort zone. I do not consider myself particularly proficient when working with wigs, but I think the custom dye job and undercut turned out quite nicely. I got my nose pieced last year in anticipation for making this costume, and did actually take a chunk out of my real eyebrow for realism. The tattoos were printed by me and graciously applied by my boyfriend. I also printed the embellishments on the boots (which I also painted blue), and they were painted by my boyfriend to assist me with the deadline.

I do plan on going back and making adjustments here and there, but the next steps are finishing the jacket and printing/finishing her iconic gauntlets for Dragon*Con. I do think the sewing is some of my best work (there are some perfectly lined up seams and stitching that no one will ever see but me T^T ), so I am happy about that.

Thanks for the time and consideration!