Alessa - Silent Hill Origins
Cost: $15
Time to Make: 10 hours
Timeline of Construction: December 2007 - January 2008
Pictures
Information
Since I became interested in the Silent Hill series of games in late 2005, I missed the initial
release of the first four games. When I heard Silent Hill Origins was coming out, I followed the
news about its release from the start. I bought it the moment I could get my hands on it here in
Toronto and I loved playing it. Although a lot of people worried about the
game being made by Americans instead of the original Japanese group, I think Climax did a
wonderful job at creating an involving and exciting back story for Silent Hill. Anyway, when I
first played the game I really didn't pay much attention to the characters. I didn't really
think I would find anyone to Cosplay but a few weeks before Ohayocon I was randomly looking at
SHO pictures and I noticed that I sort of resemble Alessa. In this version they decided to
give her brown hair and to have her wear it up in a ponytail (the way I typically wear my hair).
After finding a neat purple fabric at Fabricland, I knew I would have to try to make this
costume for Ohayocon. I ran into a lot of troubles with making it though. Although the design is
really simple, it was actually pretty hard to find a decent pattern to work with. I eventually
found one but I ended up adding the waistband after the dress was made using velcro. It sort of
bunched up in spots when I was wearing the dress so I'll have to remake it eventually. The dress
shouldn't have been that complicated but I somehow managed to keep messing up on little things
(like I accidentally managed to cut through the first zipper that I bought). The sleeves also kept bunching
up when I sewed them in so I had to get my mother to help me fix it. (>.<);; I was sort of rushing to finish this costume before the con and I was even hemming the sleeves and bottom of the dress during the car ride down. XD I thankfully
already had a nice white shirt with a wide collar care of Pam who made it for my Ruka costume. I
also already had a red tie which I got from Sakura as a present for my Sven costume. I randomly
bought black mary jane shoes a couple of years ago at a secondhand store and they turned out
to be perfect for Alessa. I wore my T-kingdom binder to flatten myself out a bit so I looked a
little more like a kid. XD I used my own hair for once for this costume and it was weird to not
wear a wig. My hair actually gave me a bit of trouble. I had to get Pan to help me straighten it and
style it (since I never straighten my hair) but it ended up working out pretty well. Out of all
the Silent Hill costumes I've made so far, I think Alessa suits me the best. I had fun
wearing this costume and I'm hoping that I'll wear it again one day. Maybe I can convince a
friend to do Travis so I can terrorize him in photos. :3 At Ohayocon Kevin did a shoot of me in
the stairway of the Drury. The stairway worked very well for Silent Hill photos although I got a
lot of dust on my dress while doing the shoot. XD
Events/Conventions this costume was worn to
Ohayocon 2008 (Friday)
Photo Credits
Kevin
Back
