Yuuko Ichihara - Foxy Lady #7

two pairs of skin colour dance tights

golden dance shoes, with X straps

black dance shoes, with X straps
for Yuuko's Green Dress 

The shoes and tights finally arrived! Not without a few mishaps. A few days after it said they were shipped, the tights shipping was cancelled by the sender. I asked what happened, they never gave me a proper answer, and a few more days later, I had a PayPal notification that there was a refund from them. I asked what happened, they gave me a weird answer, that they had to cancel the order to resend them, but I refused, due to poor customer service. In fact it ended being for the best, I immediately ordered other tights from another shop, and they look much more like I was looking for. The first ones seemed like they were warm fuzzy tights, the second ones are normal dance tights, skin coloured (they match my skin tone too) and opaque.

The same cancelling happened to the shoes, but fortunately their customer service is much better, and one or two days later, they were back on the tracking timeline. The shoes are very comfortable indeed, but a nightmare to put on. They have those hook closures, but I would prefer normal buckle closures. They won't come off easily, which is still an advantage. The only fault I have to point out, is the soles are suede, which means I can't wear the shoes outside. It may have been my mistake while ordering them anyway. I'll have to buy soles for them, but fortunately I have Domingos & Nogueira, so I just need to buy some there. Ah, I also ordered the same shoes, but in black, for Yuuko's Green Dress.

gold paint test swatch - not yellow enough

I recently tested a golden spray paint I got, sadly it doesn't match the shoes, so, next time I go to Benfica, I'll take one shoe and stop by Imaginação das Cores, and try to get a matching gold paint. I'll have to do the same for the golden thread, the next time I go downtown.

+ I have the shoes and tights, I can start working on everything for this costume. The only thing left to get is foam clay, golden thread and paint, and grey dye (or a nice grey fabric).

- the shoes have a glitter finishing at the front, which I'm not a fan of, but I'm afraid to ruin them if I try to take it off. There were none just plain golden fake leather. I also have to buy extra soles, in order to wear the shoes outside.

THE CUNNING PLAN 

Start working on the ears.