Orihime - Bleach
Cost: $50
Time to Make: 10 hours
Timeline of Construction: May 2007
Pictures
Information
I wanted to Cosplay Orihime since late 2005 when I first started watching Bleach. I found her
personality to be adorable and I loved her hair colour. I didn't get around to finding a wig and
seriously thinking about Cosplaying her until October 2006, though, when Pam suggested we Cosplay Ishida
and Orihime together. Things at the time didn't work out and I had to push this costume back till Anime
North 2007. I did, however, find a really pretty wig on eBay which was a gorgeous colour for the
character. :3 The outfit itself is very simple. I found a shirt in the boys section of Walmart
that had the pocket on the right side. It originally had long sleeves but I cut them down and
hemmed up the edges. I made the red bow out of a massive amount of red material that I
originally bought for my ZAFT uniform but I didn't end up using it for that costume. The gold
badge at the centre of the bow was made from a hair accessory that I cut down and painted. I
cheated on the clips and just bought them on eBay although one of the clips broke right after I
got it so I had to glue it together and it likes to fall apart. (>.<);; I already had the shoes
and the socks. The skirt was actually a problem to find. I wasn't keen on making it and Pam
found a skirt for me at a second-hand store near her home. Unfortunately she lives in a different
city. I had to wait till AN to get it from her. Originally it was a long skirt so at the con Pam
measured, cut and hemmed it for me. I wish I didn't create such an inconvenience but I was really
grateful to her for doing that for me. I ended up doing a nice shoot with Stillvisions Kevin at
2AM on Saturday of this costume because it was pretty late by the time that I got to wear Orihime. XD
SolarTempest Kevin took other lovely pictures of this costume at December Toronto AnimeCON '07.
It's a nice and simple costume that I can wear from time to time. I don't really watch Bleach
anymore (I only ended up watching up till episode 30) but I enjoy Cosplaying Orihime (even
though I do lack the assets for this costume). XD
Events/Conventions this costume was worn to
Anime North 2007 (Friday) & December Toronto AnimeCON 2007
Photo Credits
Kevin (Stillvisions) and Kevin (SolarTempest)
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