Yuuko Ichihara - Green Dress #10 - Foxy Lady #4

Golden dance shoes, for the Foxy Lady;
Black dance shoes, for the Green Dress

Got a payment from a bigger job, so I ordered shoes and dance tights for 2 cosplays.

Shoes for cosplay are always an issue, especially if they're heels, because you stand on them for hours, and sometimes also have to walk a lot. A few years ago, when I was already planning the Green Dress, it occurred to me that dance shoes are usually much more comfortable than normal shoes, plus they're safely strapped. At the time, I would "window shop" on Wish and AliExpress a lot, mostly for shoes, and found dance shoes in both. I ordered from AliExpress, mostly because it has better safety protocols and customer service than Wish.

When I decided to make the Foxy Lady dress, I thought that it would be practical to order both pairs of shoes together, and the same model, which looks both classical and versatile. So I did it today. I ordered the highest heels, 6,5cm, which aren't that high, and I like this model, because you can change the strap position. Neither are as high as both of Yuuko's shoes, and the golden should have a bit of a platform, but I'd rather loose some accuracy for comfort. What I'm not a fan of is the glitter at the front part of the shoes, which I'll have to scrape off of the black shoes, in order to glue the fabric on top. If I see that the "leather" underneath stays intact, I'll do the same for the golden shoes.

Plus size dance tights (I hope they'll fit)

I also ordered plus size dance tights, one pair for the Foxy Lady, another for over all cosplays. Why dance tights? Dance tights are usually more resistant and opaque than normal tights, great for "leggy" cosplays. Plus, the shop where I bought tights for most of my life, Rei das Meias, closed a few years ago, due to the gentrification of Lisbon. I still have to figure out how to not permanently attach the Foxy Lady's swirls to the tights. I'll probably end up just tacking them to the tights... I hope they'll be thick enough and fit me well.

I also hope the shoes will fit.

+ AliExpress and similar websites have a huge choice of shoes, and they're usually cheap. Let's hope everything is as described.

- I'm always a bit anxious about ordering stuff from these websites. I never had a bad experience, but one never knows... I just hope everything fits!

THE CUNNING PLAN

Chill and try not to think about the stuff in transit. Buy the PVC sheet, so I can start making the Foxy Lady's ears.