Hanamaru
Kunikida

Series: Love Live Sunshine
Version: Water Blue New World
Created: November 2019
Worn to: Kumoricon 2019
Awards: Kumoricon 2019 Director’s Choice

The WBNW costumes always stood out to me as one of my favorites and I while the animated designs are somewhat flat I knew they had so much potential for fun materials and techniques!

The base of this costume is a bell tutu that I made with a gradient of tutu netting, even the panty was dyed to match this gradient! The tutu is so fluffy and it was really satisfying to make! The bodice of this costume was made of blue velvet with black velvet accents. I also found the coolest ice blue metallic pleather that I used for the front panel of the bodice and the skirt apron. To continue my theme of textured materials the overskirt has a layer of sequins on it for maximum sparkle!

When planning my skit I knew I needed to have a transforming skirt. I created my long overskirt with a gradient tulle panel that connected to the long skirt and faded to be the length of my short skirt. It ended up looking so cool on stage! The skirt apron also has EL wire in it, but it’s a bit hard to see in photos. My wig is a Ferrari in Sandy Brown from Arda Wigs.