Cosplay

Found out friends of mine were planning to attend Video Games Live and take part in the costume contest as Earthworm Jim and Evil the Cat. I asked if I could join them as Princess What's-Her-Name and the answer was a wonderful yes that sparked a ton of awesomeness.
First, the costume. I spent a long time looking but finally found a yellow bra that fit me loosely enough I could get it over a blue microfibre top. I covered the bra with a sheer fabric and hand sewed on beads as an accent. The modded bra took the longest effort. The crown was a hoot.
The crown is made from a plastic cola bottle! Spray painted gold, nail polished red, bejewelled. It was hot glue gunned onto the cowl. I made the cowl from a velvet turtleneck I cut off of a shirt. The antenna are pipe cleaner. The wig had to be fed through the cowl (after I put both on) through a tiny hole in the headpiece. The stripey stockings were nearly impossible to find, but I was eventually successful. I didn't get a chance to finish modifying the second pair of stockings to cover my thighs.
The other costumes were made by my friend, the master costumier, and are so awesome! Jim's head is a spandex sock with plastic eyeballs that have sculpted spandex lids pulled over them and the frame and teeth of Evil the Cat are imposing metal work.
The best part was meeting Tommy Tallarico who had composed the music for the Earthworm Jim video game. He stopped by backstage to see us (someone had told him Earthworm Jim was competing). We waited until nearly the end of the meet & greet (long line) to talk to him like he'd asked. He was thrilled to see EWJ characters, and we were thrilled to meet him. It was a total blast!