I bet a lot of people want to know how I made my Hizaki cosplay, so here's some progress photos
I started off with the bodice. My fabric of choice for this: italian velvet (it's a upholstery fabric).
Here's the front.
And the back.
Before make and attach the sleeves, I started to make the skirt. My fabric of choice: shantung jacquard.
For the frills I used the same italian velvet.
Make some straps first.
Make the frills by hand
Testing the fit between the frills to attach them later.
Such a heavy skirt needs a crinoline to support all that weight, so I made one.
Oh my! It can stand on its own!
Time to make and attach the sleeves.
If you want to work with heavy fabrics as the velvet I used, you'll need strong and sharp scissors x_x
Details of the fabric for the sub-sleeves(?)
Painting roses, because I couldn't find the color I wanted. This reminds me "Alice in Wonderland" by Disney, when the cards are painting red the white roses xD
Beading time!
Painting lace. Sorry for the poor quality of the last photos, I didn't have the camera with me in those last days T_T
Done! All made by hand D:
I didn't photographed some things because the deadline was so close and I needed to hurry up, sorry
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.......... The design MUST HAVE ONLY 2 COLORS; BLACK AND WHITE
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Alienated 
A lot of the girls in my grade who do textiles are making corsets... this kind of reminds me of it.
A-anyway, this is really pretty and amazing and the fabric was lovely!
They're making corsets? Sounds awesome! I'm making a costume right now which need a boning support, so it's like to make a corset I guess. I can't wait to start going to school and learn more about garment construction!
I fell in love with the velvet I found *_* but it's difficult to manage as you can see in the photo showing my scissors "standing" on their own xD I was really happy to work with new kinds of fabric and how everything turned out
It does look nice, I want to give it a go sometime... maybe after I try with some cheaper fabric
Also, I'm very impatient... and I find that when I hand sew (my mum's sewing machine goes really quickly and is very noisy!) my hand cramps very easily so I have to take breaks and it takes a long time too!
So it's pointless to say "hey, don't get angry or frustrated!" because some of us can't avoid those feelings and we shouldn't; because that means we can do better but we feel like we can't, at least at the moment (I speak for myself specially xD).
With time, patience and practice one can achieve great results, also have confidence in yourself can improve incredibly your skills. Keep this in mind and don't forget that even the greatest artists (or cosplayers, seamstress or designers if you want) started from below and through the basics as everybody else in sewing and they succeeded because never lost their focus or even found a goal to achieve.
Oh wow... this sounds really nice xD I need to follow my own advices hehehe.
I will try harder!