about: This outfit was a major undertaking! Any free moment of mine all summer long was dedicated to beading, and more beading, with some eating in between. It is the costume I am most proud of, even two years later. I believe this is mainly because I just don't have the time now to do anything as elaborate!

For this outfit I wanted to stay true to Amano's design and colors while adding as much detail work as I could muster. I was going for the show-girl look! Every article of clothing on the outfit was beaded by hand. The corset has the most beading It is coated entirely in seed beads and sequins except for the bust, which features hand-pleated cups with hand made chains of beading running across. There are only two 1-foot lengths of store-bought beaded trim on this outfit, every other piece of beaded trim was hand-made.