For the top, I wanted to take the basic design from the movie (and in the Comics) and make it more casual than a true recreation of what is seen on film. I made it from a cotton sateen rather than leather, because I live in Florida and I want to be able to wear this and not sweat profusely.
I finished my Winter Soldier cosplay! This was one of my simpler cosplays. The top was the only self created part of the costume. I purchased the pants from an Army/Navy store and I found the boots at Goodwill. Make-up is a mix of Kat Von D and Clinique. For the top, I wanted to take the basic design from the movie (and in the Comics) and make it more casual than a true recreation of what is seen on film. I made it from a cotton sateen rather than leather, because I live in Florida and I want to be able to wear this and not sweat profusely. I used Simplicity pattern 1558, the jacket pattern specifically. I liked the cut of it and I simply did not include the sleeves. I made a mock-up out of black cotton, and since the pattern was close enough to fit well, I used the mock up as my lining for the thicker cotton sateen of the main fashion fabric. Once together, I had to figure out the strips that cross the front of the top. In the movie there are 7 straps, so I took the length of the front I wanted to cover and divided by seven, so I got that my strips would be 2" finished width. In order to accommodate the larger surface over my chest, the strip length varied between 12" - 14". I sewed them onto the left side of the top and added snaps to secure them to the right. I also wanted to make this a more casual cosplay because I did not want to do a full metal arm. I added arm accents where I could display the red star on the left arm, while still keeping it a comfortable and relatively cool outfit. A dress design from Game of Thrones actually gave me the idea for the sleeve-lets. It took me a few tries to figure out what make-up I wanted. I'd actually never self applied eyeliner before, so it's been an adventure and now I want to wear it all the time and ride off on a dragon and slay all of my enemies. This has been a fun and relatively simple cosplay to put together, it also makes me feel like a badass to wear it, so I give this experience two thumbs up. I want to take more pictures, and plan to wear it to Spooky Empire's May-Hem Convention at the end of this month (May). Here's pictures from my first photo shoot.
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