Yuffie Kisaragi - Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Cost: $66
Time to Make: 25 hours
Timeline of Construction: September - October 2011
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In 2010 Jukebox suggested that herself, Ammie and I should Cosplay from Final Fantasy VII as Aeris and Yuffie and she would be Tifa. I didn't really jump at the idea because I'm not really an RPG game fan and I never played VII. Over the summer of 2011 the idea came up again and I heard Kyle and also Ammie's boyfriend Jay would be in the group as Zack and Cloud so I started thinking about it more seriously. I found Yuffie's Crisis Core design that was a lot more simplistic than her standard FFVII outfit so I decided that I would make that version as it would be a quick costume to make and be part of the group for Youmacon 2011.
I couldn't find a pre-made pattern that was exactly like Yuffie's shirt so I took McCall's pattern M5955 for a jacket meant for a clown costume and I modified it. I removed the sleeves and extended the front openings so I could pull one side over the other and fasten it with snaps. I'm really not very good at patterning and modifying patterns but I'm pretty happy with how the shirt turned out.
I used bias tape for the yellow detail around the armholes and around the entire front and back of the jacket. I'm not totally happy with the final length that I achieved with the armholes. They ended up being a little wider than I wanted. I also accidentally thought the jacket would close from right to left and I tried to hide an error with the length of my bias tape under the side that would be covered. When I realized the shirt actually closes with the left side over the right I had to re-do all the bias tape on the left opening and around the back to hide the bias tape ending. (>.<);;
I had a heck of a time patterning the hooded collar for this costume. The final result was that the front parts of the collar weren't perfectly even, which made it super tricky to sew the collar to the shirt. I had to re-sew the collar sides about 5 times. I was ok with the final result, but I assumed making the collar and hood out of a fleece would give it a nice look, but instead the fleece liked to wrinkle in spots and didn't look that nice.
The belt loops were another tricky part of the shirt to arrange I had to re-sew some of them a couple of times before they were even. The headband and belt were easy to make, but just took a long time to turn after I sewed them. XD Yuffie's headband should have been more of an off-white grey colour, but I settled for using the same material as the shorts for it.
The shorts were made using Simplicity pattern 2280, which was the exact same pattern as the shorts that I made for Sherry in the summer. I modified the pattern a bit so it would be a bit tighter on the legs. Yuffie's shorts look a lot like they would be jean shorts, but I wasn't able to find shorts to buy so I settled for making a quick pair. My machine actually gave me a lot of trouble sewing the shorts as the tension kept screwing up and making the stitches very loose. I was a bit concerned about the shorts not being opaque, but the white material I used was I believe the same sort of fabric as what I used for my Lisa nurse dress so it's super thick.
Yuffie's design has some details on her shoes, but I opted to skip them and I just looked for a simple pair of yellow converse sneakers. I was hoping to find a pair at my go-to store for cheap costume shoes, Ardene's, but they didn't carry yellow ones when I looked. I was debating painting a grey pair yellow when I stumbled on a perfect pair of yellow sneakers at a dollar plus store for $3. XD Such a lucky find!
My wig was another eBay find. I thought it was going to be a bit shorter so I should probably trim it before I re-wear my costume. I sewed the white headband to the centre of my wig part so I could make sure the headband wouldn't shift. Unfortunately that meant the whole wig shifted as the headband moved so I've already noticed in a few photos from Youmacon that the headband had shifted up despite tying it really tight. XD Thankfully I noticed early in the day so I kept checking my headband and will keep that in mind for the future.
Overall I'm happy enough with how this costume turned out. It's a pretty simple design although I wish I had done a better job with some of the patterning. I usually get help from my mom or from Pan with patterning so I tried to do it all on my own this time with mixed success. I still found this costume to be comfy and nice to wear. I wasn't recognized very often as Yuffie's role in Crisis Core is just a cameo, but I still had a blast shooting with the group at con. We did a number of shoots with various photographers including Stillvisions and Baron Karza so the group shots are sure to be lovely. (^^) I'm not sure if I'll re-wear this again. I feel kind of guilty Cosplaying Yuffie since I'm not a big FF fan, but I did enjoying Cosplaying with my friends and if they want to do the group again then I'll try to join them.
Events/Conventions this costume was worn to
Youmacon 2011 (Friday daytime)
Photo Credits
Baron Karza
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