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Final Fantasy XII

Inspiration:  I love Final Fantasy and yet I hadn’t done a single costume from any of the games yet, mainly because most final fantasy costumes are seriously overdone.  My favorite part of the FF games are the chocobos though, those cute, giant yellow birds.  I also loved the style of the moogles in Ivalice with their long ears and giant pompoms.  Gurdy is actually the chocobo distributing moogle in FFXII, so she was the perfect pick for me.  Plus she’s adorable!

Materials/Construction Details:  Gurdy’s costume is made mainly out of yellow and pink canvas/duck cloth since that’s the texture the material appears to be.  Brown yarn had to be hand sewn around the edges of the duster, along the bottom of the dress, and at the end of the sleeves.  I made the sleeves extra long so they would be floppy.  A hole was carefully cut out of the back of my duster so the moogle wings could stick out. I made these out of red felt over a wire frame.  I purchased brown, fuzzy leg warmers as an added touch and made the little flower accessory in my hair out of left over pieces of felt.

The ears and pompom were the most difficult parts to figure out since they needed to be so huge!  I made a frame for the ears out of chicken wire and made sure to put a curve into it so the ears would have some depth.  The pompom is a giant Styrofoam ball covered in tiny red feather boas, which gave it the perfect puffy look.  A very ridged wire had to be used to keep the pompom upright.  The weight of the ears and pompom were too much for a headband to handle, so I had to attach them to a helmet, which I then covered in pink fleece to make her bonnet.  The head piece was a bit heavy, unfortunately, and after a while it started giving me a headache.

Wig: The wig is a New Look brand ‘Leslie’.  Unfortunately when I ordered it in brown, I didn’t realize brown meant dark brown.  This wig was later used as Meru’s Hiccup wig though.

Prop: I had a couple props for this costume.  I made a helmet for my chocobo plush by making the shape out of duct tape, sealing it, and then painting it silver.  I then added the little red a blue accents out of embroidery thread.  I did this because the chocobos in FFXII are armored for battle.  I also made little business cards to hand out since Gurdy is all about business and making money!

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