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CHIHIRO (SEN)
Series: Spirited Away The first time I watched Spirited Away, I just fell in love with the movie. I had loved Miyazaki movies since I was in elementary school and always wanted to cosplay something from his epic collection. Unfortunately, although the intention to cosplay Chihiro was always looming in the back of my to-do list, I never really had a reason to finally do it. However, when my good friend Krystal mentioned the possibility of cosplaying Haku, I JUMPED at the opportunity to finally cosplay Chihiro. The construction went fairly smoothly. Krystal, in her generosity, sent me a box of perfect, coral fabric she had been saving for a KH2 Kairi costume. Not only that, but she drafted the pattern for our pants and tunic too. This made it very easy to construct all the pieces, however, it was quite tedious as all of the edges had to be heat-n-bonded together rather than stitched. The results were pretty neat though. The pants and sleeves are 100% functional - the pants can be gathered up and the sleeves tied back to behave the way they do in the film. The shoes were a last-minute thrift store find which were originally blue, lace-up sneakers which I painted yellow and attached a mock velcro band to match Chihiro's. After bringing this costume to the WCS, it is one of my most special costumes becuase of all the wonderful memories associated with it!  
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