By Kamui Shirou
With Justin as Mana
Worn at: Anime Expo 01 (debut)
General: Uhm... wow. @_@ Probably my nicest costume to date. I was talked into doing this costume by Justin (again :P) in place of the masquerade costumes we were supposed to do at AX01. I was veerryy intimidated by this outfit, cause the Le Ciel images are soooooooo absolutely gorgeous and veerryy hard to see. In all the pictures you see of their Le Ciel outfits, it's just a big blob of white. *L* Anyways, this costume was worked on within the two weeks or so before AX, inbetween work and whatnot, and due to a little room situation, wasn't finished; however, I wore it at AX anyhow. ^_^Outfit: Made using my first store bought pattern. Part of this costume was created at Ten Ken's house, where a bunch of us were gathered and having fun doing cosplay stuff, so Matt aided in the pinning while I cut and sewed. The fabric used for this is very nice and detailed, although rather thin. Yards and yards of trim were purchased in LA's wonderful fabric district, and took one ENTIRE night (sleep omitted) to handsew onto the costume. @_@ That kicked my butt... anyways... the details on the front of the coat also took forever. Each piece of trim was carefully cut, placed, and the danglys were all individually hand-beaded by me.
The Group: Although Justin and I never wore our costumes together at AX, both of them look awesome when seen next to each other. Justin made a very pretty and elegant Le Ciel Mana, and it was amazing to watch him remake his costume. I even helped cut out his STORE-BOUGHT pattern... yay me. :P I would love to see more Le Ciel members in the group... the costumes are truly intricate and beautiful!
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