I did this costume because I decided that Star Wars Costumers are some of the nicest people on earth. Seriously. I ended up spending some of the most delightful hours at an anime convention with members of the 501st Legion, a group of really good Star Wars costumers. And I figured that I needed to join their ranks. (Or at least do a Star Wars costume so that I didn't feel out of place.)
And
so of course I needed to create a costume. I debated my possibilities.
I'm about a foot too tall to be Leia. And Amidala is brunette.
Not to mention that doing a good Amidala would take nearly forever. I wanted
something that would turn out well without too much work.
The
costume is modeled on Grand Moff Tarkin's. To make it a bit cuter,
I decided to go for a skirt instead of pants and fitted the jacket to fit
my body. It turned out really cute. It was easy, cheap, and,
best of all, it's handwashable. Now I just need to start making my
business suits like this.